1982-089215L
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE I OF CHAPTER 4 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON PROVIDING FOR REGULATIONS AND
FEES FOR DEAD ANIMAL PICKUP AND DISPOSAL, PROHIBITING DISPOSAL
OF CARCASSES ON PUBLIC PROPERTY OR PROPERTY OF ANOTHER,
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF, REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
Article I of Chapter 4 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Denton is hereby amended by adding thereto a new Section 4-34
to read as follows
"Section 4-34 Dead Animals, Pickup, Regulations and Fees
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to place,
put or leave a dead animal upon a publzc place,
street or rlght-of-way or upon property of
another person without the other person's
consent
(b) All veterinarians and residents qhall be charged
a fee of Five Dollars ($5 00) for each trip by
city employees to pickup one or more dead
animals All dead an~mal~ shall be placed in a
sealed plastic bag prior to pickup by city
employees Any veterinarian requesting pickup
of a dead animal shall, in order to receive
pickup service for animals weighing over
thirty-five (35) pounds, provide loading
assistance to city employees at the time of
pickup
(c) All veterinarians and residents brlnglng dead
animals to the City's Animal Control facility
shall be assessed and pay a Three Dollar ($3 00)
disposal fee per trip prior to acceptance of the
carcass(es) for disposal
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to place or
leave an animal carcass at the C~ty's Animal
Control Center except at times when such Center
is open to the public and a city employee is
available to receive such carcass"
SECTION II
That any person violatinq any of the provisions of th~s
ordinance shall, upon conviction, be fined a sum not exceeding
Two Hundred Dollars ($200 00), and each day and every day that
the provisions of this ordinance are violated shall constitute a
separate and distinct offense This penalty is in addition to
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and cumulative of, any other remedies as may be available at law
and equity
SECTION III
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in force when the
provisions of this ordinance become effective which are
inconsistent or in conflict with the terms or provisions
contained in this ordinance are hereby repealed to th. extent of
any such conflict
SECTION IV
That this ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14)
days from the date of its passage, and the City Secretary l~
hereby directed to cause the caption of th~s ordinance to be
published twice in the Denton Record-Chronicle, the official
newspaper of the City of Denton, Texas, within ten (10) days of
the date of its passage ~
PASSED AND APPROVED this the /~=~-day of October, 1982
CITY OP DE~ON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
C J TAYLOR, JR , CITY ATTORNEY
CITY OP DE~ON, TEXAS
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~NTHE MATTER OF
CITI OF ~ENTON
(Ch~rlott~ Allen>
THE STATE OF TEXAS Roy Appleton, Jr
Counly of Denton
being duly s[worn, says he is the General Manager of the Denton Record- Chronicle, a
newspaper of general circulation which has been continuously and regularly published
for a period Of not less than one year in the County of Denton, Texas, preceding the date
of the attached notice, and that the said notice was published in sa~d paper on the follow-
ing dates
No. 82-Bg reEulations & fees for dead animal oicku~ & disposal
251tns$ $20,00 OCTOBER 27 28, 1982
28 October 82
~ubscrtbed and sworn to before me this day of
~ N~tary Pubhc, Denton County, Texas
HERE PASTE THE NOTICE BY Fd~ ~o
PUBLICATION CUT FROM PAPER
IN THE MA~FER OFTHE
AFFID_AVIT OF PUBLISHER TO
PUBLICATION OF LEGAL NOTICE
Fded Ihe dav
Deputy
iN THE MATTER OF
CITY OF I)ENTON
(Charlotte, Al len)
TilE STATE OF TEXAS Roy Appleton, Jr
County of Denton
being duly sworn, says he ~s the General Manager of the Denton Record- Chromcle, a
newspaper of general c~rculabon whxch has been continuously and regularly pubhshed
for a permd of not less than one year m the County of Denton, Texas, preceding the date
of the attached notice, and that the said not~ce was pubhshed m said paper on the follow-
mg dates
No 82-89 regulations & fees for dead animal pickup & d/sposal
25 lines $20 O0 October 27 & 28, 1982
28 October 82
Subscmbed and sworn to before me th~s day of ,19
W,tness my hand and off, cml seal~~~-~;~ ~--
Notary Pubhc, Denton County, Texas
HERE PASTE THE NOTICE BY F,h '%
PUBLICATION CUT FROM PAPER
IN THE MATYER OF THE
c~o~p~ AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLISHER TO
~o~ PUBLICATION OF LEGAL N~CE
~ND D~SPOSA~;~
~P~=a~PeO- r,led th~ , day
AND ~QVJDING ~R a
~[~lyE ~ATE OF
Deputx
INTHE MATTER OF
CITY OF DENTON
(Charlotte Allen)
THE STA~rE OF TEXAS Roy Appleton, Jr
Counly of Denton
being duly sworn, says he is the General Manager of the Denton Record Chronicle, a
newspaper of general circulation which has been continuously and regularly published
for a period Of not less than one year in the County of Denton, Texas, preceding the date
of the attached notice, and that the smd notice was published in said paper on the follow-
ing dates
No 82-89 regulations & fees for dead animal oickup & d~$oosal
2511ne$ $20.00 OCTOBER 27 128, 1982
28 October 82
sworn to before me this day
Subscribed and .
Witness my hand and official sea~C~'''-~ .
Notary Pubhc, Denton County, Texas
IN THE MATTER OF
CITY OF DENTON
(Charlotte Allen)
THE STATE OF TEXAS Roy Appleton, Jr
County of Denton
being duly sworn, says he ~s the General Manager of the Denton Record - Chronicle, a
newspaper of general c~rculatmn whxch has been continuously and regularly published
for a permd of not less than one year m the County of Denton, Texas, preceding the date
of the attached notace, and that the sa~d not~ce was published m sa~d paper on the follow
mg dates
No, 82-89 regulations & fees for dead animal pickup & disposal
25 ltne~ $20,00 October 27~ & 28, 1982
28 October 82
~ubscmbed and sworn to before me this day of __ ,19
~ Notary Pubhc, Denton County, Texas