1993-012ALL003C9
ORDINANCE NO. 93
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AMENDING SEC. 6-4 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES TO PROVIDE FOR ISSUANCE OF A CITATION BY ANIMAL
CONTROL OFFICERS; AMENDING SEC. 6-9 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO
PROVIDE FOR AN OFFENSE OF PERMITTING AN ANIMAL TO RUN AT LARGE;
AMENDING SEC. 6-30 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO PROVIDE FOR AN OF-
FENSE TO KEEP OR HARBOR AN ANIMAL UPON RECEIPT OF NOTICE REQUIRING
SUPERVISED QUARANTINE OR DESTRUCTION OF AN ANIMAL; AND PROVIDING
FOR A MAXIMUM PENALTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $200 FOR VIOLATION THEREOF;
AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. That Section 6-4 of the Code of ordinances is
hereby amended and shall read as follows:
Sec. 6-4 Enforcement.
(a) Enforcement of this chapter shall be the
responsibility of the city manager.
(b) The animal control officer shall have
authority to issue citations for violations of
this chapter.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person, upon
being issued a citation, to intentionally or
knowingly give the animal control officer other
than his true name and address.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to
intentionally or knowingly interfere with the
animal control officer in the performance of his
duties.
SECTION II. That Section 6-9 of the Code of Ordinances is
hereby amended and shall read as follows:
Sec. 6-9 Animals Running at Large--Prohibited.
No person shall permit any animal to run at large.
SECTION III. That Section 6-30 of the Code of Ordinances is
hereby amended and shall read as follows:
Sec. 6-30 Rabies quarantine; confinement; disposition.
(j) A person commits an offense if the person
knowingly keeps or harbors an animal from super-
vised quarantining or humane destruction as re-
quired herein for rabies control when demand is
made by an animal control officer for surrender of the
animal.
SECTION IV. A person who violates any provision of this
ordinance is guilty of a separate offense for each day or part of
a day during which the violation is committed or continued. Each
offense is punishable by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars
($200.00).
SECTION V. That this ordinance shall become effective fourteen
(14) days from the date of its passage, and the City Secretary is
hereby directed to cause the caption of this ordinance to be pub-
lished twice in the Denton Record-Chronicle, the official newspaper
of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of the date of
its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the day of , 1993.
BOB CASTLEBERRY,
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY: APPR VED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
DEBRA A. DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
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