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ORDINANCE NO. .2 ()05-1:3'I.3
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2001-338 TO ESTABLISH AN
ADOPTION FEE FOR DOGS AT ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DOLLARS ($120), AN
ADOPTION FEE FOR CATS AT ONE HUNDRED TEN DOLLARS ($110), AND AN
ADOPTION FEE FOR FERRETS AT TEN DOLLARS ($10) PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 6
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS; PROVIDING
THAT A SCHEDULE OF FEES SHALL BE MAINTAINED ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF
THE CITY SECRETARY; A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it in the public interest to create a fee for adoption
of dogs, cats, and ferrets; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. That the following fees in the Schedule of Fees established by Ordinance
No. 2001-338 are hereby amended to be collected pursuant to the specified provisions of Chapter
6 of the Code of Ordinances:
SCHEDULE OF FEES
Sec. 6-14
Dog and Cat Registration Fee
$ 10.00 annually
$ 4.00 annually if
unable to
procreate
Sec. 6-17
Animal Impound Fees
(1) Class A Animals (dogs, cats, fowl, each animal)
First Impoundment
Second Impoundment
Third Impoundment
Fourth Impoundment
$ 20.00
$ 30.00
$ 45.00
$ 70.00
(2) Class B Animals (goats, sheep, lambs, pigs, sows, shoats, calves,
foals, and animals of the same approximate size and weight, each
animal)
First Impoundment
Second Impoundment
Third Impoundment
Fourth Impoundment
$ 30.00
$ 40.00
$ 75.00
$113.00
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Sec. 6-17
Sec. 6-18
Sec. 6-21
Sec. 6-22
(3) Class C Animals (cattle, mules, horses, ponies, and animals of the
same approximate size and weight, each animal)
First Impoundment
Second Impoundment
Third Impoundment
Fourth Impoundment
$ 35.00
$ 50.00
$ 75.00
$] 15.00
(4) Class D Animal (prohibited, exotic, or wild animals requmng
capture by center personnel [provided, if the Class D animal is
already contained by the owner, then Class B fee schedule shall
apply])
First Impoundment
Second Impoundment
Third Impoundment
Fourth Impoundment
$ 34.00
$ 50.00
$ 75.00
$]15.00
Daily Handling Fee
First Day or part, of Day
Each Subsequent Day
$ 15.00
$ 5.00
Adoption Fees
Dogs
Cats
Ferrets
$120.00
$1 ]0.00
$ 10.00
Carcass Handling/Dead Animal Disposal Fee
Drop-off/Animal Brought to
Animal Control Center
City Pick-up of Animal
$ 5.00 per animal
$ 25.00 per animal
Animal Euthanasia Fees
$ 30.00 per anima]
(]) Burial Box
Small Animal up to 15 pounds
Medium Animal 16-30 pounds
Large Animal over 30 pounds
$ 45.00
$ 55.00
$ 65.00
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(2)
Cremation Urn
Up to 50 pounds
Over 50 pounds
Injection Mold Urn
Redwood Box Urn
Ceramic Urn
$ 65.00
$ 70.00
$ 75.00
$ 85.00
$ 90.00
$100.00
Sec. 6-24
Quarantine Fees
First Day or part of Day
Each Subsequent Day
$ 15.00
$ 5.00
Rabies Diagnostic Testing
$ 70.00
Sec. 6-30
Prohibited Animal Permit Fee
$ 50.00 per animal
Sec. 6-38
Dangerous Animal Fee
$200.00 per animal
SECTION 2. The above-mentioned fees as established by the City Council shall be
placed on file in the office of the City Secretary and made available to any member of the public
who wishes to see a copy of the fees as established by this ordinance. The City Secretary is
directed to maintain this Schedule of Fees on file in the City Secretary's office as adopted hereby
or as in the future may be established by the City Council. All fees shall be paid to the City at
the Animal Control Center in accordance with Article III of Chapter 6 of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Denton.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word in
this ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid by any court
of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not cffect the validity of the remaining portions of
this ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas hereby declares it would have
enacted such remaining portions despite any invalidity.
SECTION 4. Save and except as amended hereby, all the provIsIOns, sections,
subsections paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases of the Code of Ordinances shall remain
in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. 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
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.
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PASSED AND APPROVED this the ~day of L/Ztf1J.fjn/..eA)
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
EDWIN M. SNYDER, CITY ATTORNEY
BY:
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C~P7tJrL-
EULINE BROCK, MAYOR
,2005.