85-H-16 REGULATING ANIMALS
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ORDINANCE NO. ;?6"""'-- fj -It,
AN ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE KEEPING OF LIVESTOCK,
FOWL, CATS, DOGS, WILD ANIMALS, AND VICIOUS
ANIMALS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ;
PRESCRIBING SANITARY CONDITIONS OF PENS AND
ENCLOSURES; PRESCRIBING LIMITS IN DISTANCE FROM
LIVING, DINING, OR SLEEPING STRUCTURES; PROVIDING
FOR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS, LICENSING,
VACCINATING AND IMPOUNDING OF DOGS AND CATS;
PROVINDING ANNUAL OCCUPATIONAL PERMITS; PROVIDING
IMPOUNDING AND SELLING OF LIVESTOCK RUNNING AT
LARGE; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING
PENALTY AND REPEALING CERTAIN ORDINANCES OR PARTS
OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT. HEREWITH EXCEPT THOSE
PROVISIONS IN THE ZONING ORDINANCE WHICH
REGULATES THE KEEPING OF LIVESTOCK, FOWL, DOGS,
AND CATS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ:
ARTICLE 1- Definitions
AS used in this ordinance the following terms mean:
Animal: Any live or dead vertebrate creature, warm or cold
blooded, domestic or wild;
Animal Control Facility: any facility operated by the City
of Schertz, or its authorized agents for the purpose of
impounding, quarantining, or caring of animals held under the
authority of this ordinance~
Animal Control Officer: person designated and duly sworn by
the City of Schertz as a law enforcement officer who is qualified
to perform such duties under the laws of this City and/or this
State;
Auctions: place or facility where animals are
bought, sold or traded except for those facilities
defined in this ordinance. This term does not
individual sales of animals by private owners;
regularly
otherwise
apply to
Cat: any live or dead Felix Catus;
Circus: commercial variety show featuring animal acts for
public entertainment~
Dog: any live or dead Canis Familiaris;
Domestic Animal: tame, domesticated, of or pertaining to the
family or household;
Fowl:
Gallus) ~
A bird of any kind~
domestic cock or hen (Gallus
Grooming Shop: commercial establishment where animals are
bathed, clipped, plucked or otherwise groomed;
Kennel: Any premise wherein any person engages in the
business of boarding, breeding, buying, letting for hire,
training for a fee, or selling dogs and cats, and/or a facility
for keeping more than three (3) animals of the same species;
Livestock: Domestic animals used or raised on a farm,
especially those kept for profit;
Owner: person keeping or harboring one or more animals. An
animal shall be deemed to be harbored if it is fed or sheltered
for three consecutive days or more~
Performing Animal Exhibitions: spectacle, display, act or
event other than circuses in which animals are used;
Person:
subdivision,
association,
individual, corporation, government or
or agency, business trust, estate,
or any other legal entity;
governmental
partnership,
Pet: animal kept for pleasure rather than utility;
Pet Shop: person, partnership or corporation whether operated
separately or in connection with another business enterprise,
except for a licensed kennel, that buys, sells or boards any
species of animals~
Public Nuisance: animal or animals which:
1. molest passersby or passing vehicles
2. attack, or attempt to attack other animals
3. trespass
4. repeatedly at large (stray)
5. damage private or public property
6. bark, whine, or howl in an excessive, continuous or
untimely fashion
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Quarantine:
cage, isolation
manner approved
strict confinement under restraint by closed
kennel, rabies chamber, padlock or in any other
in a rule of board of animals specified;
Rabies: an acute viral disease of man and animal affecting
the central nervous system and usually transmitted by an animal
bite or saliva (hydrophobia);
Restraint: animal secured by a leash or lead, or under the
control of a responsible person and obedient to that person's
verbal commands or within the real property limits of its owner;
Riding School or Stable: place which has available for hire,
boarding and/or riding instructions any horse, pony, donkey, mule
or burro;
Stray: animal running free or at large, with no physical or
verbal restraint;
Veterinary Hospital:
a licensed veterinarian
diseases and injuries of
establishment maintained and operated
for surgery, diagnosis and treatment
animals~
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of
Vicious Animal: animal or animals that constitute or are
physical threats to human beings or other animals;
Wild Animal: live monkey (non-human primate), raccoon, skunk,
armadillo, fox, poisonous snake, leopard, panther, tiger, lion,
lynx or any other warm or cold blooded animal which can normally
be found in the wild state~
Wild State: living in its original, natural condition; not
domesticated, tame, regardless of state or duration of captivity;
Zoological Park: facility other than pet shops or kennels
displaying or exhibiting one or more species of non-domesticated
animals operated by a person, partnership, corporation or
government agency~
ARTICLE 11- General provisions
Section I Animal Control Officer:
That there shall be appointed an Animal Control Officer(s) whose
duty it will be to gather up and impound or quarantine any
livestock, fowl, cats, dogs, or other domestic and non-domestic
animals found running at large (stray) within the City limits;
and to enforce all provisions of this ordinance.
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The Animal Control Officer is hereby designated as the Health
Authority for the purpose of this ordinance.
Section II Reports:
It shall be the duty of the Animal Control Officer to report in
writing monthly the total number of animals impounded and/or
quarantined, the total number of animals redeemed or sold to
private parties, the total number of animals humanely disposed of
under the provisions of this ordinance, the animal population as
of the last work day of the month at the Animal Control Facility.
Section III Fee Deposits:
It shall be the duty of the Animal Control Officer to payor
cause to be paid all monies collected by him/her under the terms
of this ordinance to the City of Schertz.
Section IV Limiting the number of Domestic Animals:
l. It shall be a violation of this ordinance for any person
to possess, own or otherwise keep more than three (3) animals of
the same species in any developed residentially zoned section or
area of the City of Schertz, except in cases of newly born or
hatched litters or clutches under the age of three (3) months
old.
2. This section shall not apply to commercial kennels,
veterinary establishments or animal hospitals operated by a
licensed veterinarian, or Pet Shops and Grooming Shops located on
property zoned for such purposes. Such establishments, however,
must meet sanitation requirements and keep animals securely caged
or penned.
3. This section shall not apply to any person keeping or
harboring animals in a cage, yard, lot, other fenced or enclosed
boundry the extreme perimeter of which will not be closer than
one thousand (IOOO) feet from any house, home, apartment or
domicile of any person(s).
Section V Abattoirs and packing houses and stock yards:
That the provisions of this ordinance shall not be construed to
prohibit any person engaged in operating any abattoir, packing
house or stock yard from keeping livestock for a reasonable
length of time awaiting their use in connection with the
operation of such abattoir, packing house or stock yard which had
been zoned for such use.
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ARTICLE III Licensing/Permits
Section I Licensing Procedures:
I. Any person owning, keeping, harboring or having custody
of any animal over three months of age within this municipality
must obtain a license as herein provided. This provision may not
apply to the keeping of small caged birds, aquatic and amphibian
animals or certain reptiles solely as pets, or livestock when in
the enviorment of a farm located within an undeveloped
residentially zoned section.
2. Written application for licenses shall be made to the
Animal Control Officer which shall include: Name, address of
applicant, name of animal, description of the animal, a rabies
certificate issued by a licensed Veterinarian or anti-rabies
clinic and the appropriate licensing fee.
License fees may not be required for seeing eye dogs or
governmental police dogs, however other requirements of other
sub-paragraphs under this article shall remain in force.
3. The licensing period shall begin with the fiscal year,
(October), annually. Applications for license may be made thirty
days prior to and up to sixty days after the start of each fiscal
year. In addition, an application for a license must be made
within thirty days after obtaining a dog or cat over three
months, except that this requirement will not apply to a non-
resident keeping a dog or cat within the municipality for no
longer than ninety days. Persons applying for a license after
one hundred twenty days (May) application period shall be
required to pay 50% of the fee stipulated in Article XI.
Section II License acceptance and use:
Upon acceptance of the license application and fee the Animal
Control Officer shall issue a durable tag stamped with an
identifying number and the year of issuance. Tags will be
designed so that they may be conveniently fastened or riveted to
the animals collar or harness.
Dogs and cats must wear identification tags or collars at all
times when off the premises of the owners. It shall be the duty
of the owner of any animal to procure a duplicate tag from the
Animal Control Officer in the event that the original tag is lost
or destroyed. There will be a fee of 50% of fee charged in
Article XI for each replacement tag.
No person may use any license for any animal other than the
animal for which it was issued.
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The Animal Control Officer shall maintain a record of the
indentifying numbers of all tags issued.
Section III Permits:
1. No person, partnership or corporation shall
commercial animal establishment or kennel without first
a permit in compliance with this section.
operate a
obtaining
2. Upon a showing by an applicant
willing and able to comply with the
ordinance, a permit shall be issued
applicable fee(s) in Article XI.
that he
regulations
upon payment
(they) is
of this
of the
3. The permit period shall begin with the fiscal year,
(October), and shall run for one year. Renewal applications for
permits must be made thirty days prior to and up to sixty days
after the start of the fiscal year. Applications for permit to
establish a new commercial animal establishment or kennel under
the provisions of this ordinance may be made at any time. The
fee(s) will be pro-rated per month left within the fiscal year.
4. If there is a change in ownership
establishment or kennel, the new owner
transferred to his name upon payment of a
in Article XI.
of a commercial animal
may have the permit
transfer fee as listed
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considered
permit.
6. Persons operating kennels for the breeding of animals
which handle less than ten (lO) animals may elect to license such
animals individually.
Every facility regulated by this ordinance shall be
a separate enterprise and requires an individual
7. Any person who has a change in the category under which
a permit was issued shall be subject to reclassification and
appropriate adjustment of the permit fee shall be made.
8. No fee(s) shall be required of any veterinary hospital,
governmental operated animal shelter, government operated control
facility, or government operated zoological park.
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Section IV License and Permit Issuance and Revocation:
l. The City of Schertz may revoke any permit or license if
the person(s) holding the permit or license refuses or fails to
comply with this ordinance or any law governing the protection
and keeping of animals.
2. Any person(s) whose permit or license is revoked shall,
within ten (lO) days thereafter, humanely dispose of all animals
owned, kept or harbored by such person and no part of the permit
or license fee shall be refunded.
3. It shall be a condition of the issuance of any permit
or license that the City of Schertz shall be permitted to inspect
all animals and the premises where animals are kept any
reasonable time of the day and shall, if permission for such
inspection is refused revoke the permit or license of the
refusing owner named on the permit or license.
4. If the applicant has withheld or falsified any
information on the application, the City of Schertz shall refuse
to issue a permit or license.
5. No person (s) who has been convicted
animals shall be issued a permit or license
commercial animal establishment.
of cruelty to
to operate a
6. Any person(s) having been denied a permit or license
may not reapply for a period of one hundred and twenty (120)
days.
ARTICLE IV Restraint and Animal Care
Section I Restraints:
l. All dogs and cats shall be kept under restraint and not
allowed to run at large, stray.
2. No owner shall fail to exercise proper care and control
of his animal(s) to prevent them from becoming a public nuisance.
3. Every female dog or cat in heat shall be confined in a
building or secure enclosure in such a manner that such female
dog or cat cannot come into contact with a male animal, except
for planned breeding purposes.
4. Every vicious animal, as determined by an Animal
Control Officer, shall be confined by the owner within a building
or secure enclosure and shall be securely muzzled or caged
whenever off the premise of its owner.
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Section II Care:
1. No owner shall fail to provide his animals
sufficient good and wholesome food and water, proper shelter
protection from the weather, veterinary care when needed
prevent suffering, and with humane care and treatment.
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2. It shall be the duty of the owner or keeper of each and
every dog or cat kept in the City of Schertz to have such dog or
cat vaccinated against rabies by a practising veterinarian at
least once every year, provided, however, that such dog or cat
must have been so vaccinated within six (6) months of the date of
the owner or keeper's application for license as herein required.
It shall further be the duty of each owner or keeper to obtain a
certificate from such veterinarian certifying that such animal
has been vaccinated and produce that document for inspection by
the Animal Control Officer when requested. If the vaccination
document cannot or will not be produced by the owner or keeper of
such animal the Animal Control Officer shall issue a citation for
failure to comply with this section of the ordinance.
3. No person shall beat, cruelly treat, torment, overload,
overwork, or otherwise abuse an animal, or cause, instigate, or
permit any dogfight, cockfight, bullfight, or other combat
between animals or between animals and humans.
4. No owner of an animal shall abandon such animal or in
case of impoundment by the Animal Control Officer, allow the
animal to remain in the Animal Control Facility beyond a seven
(7) day maximum for the purpose of adopting at a lesser cost than
the fine fee(s).
5. Only a licensed veterinarian shall crop a dog's ears.
6. Only a licensed veterinarian shall dock, clip, or cut a
dog's tail.
7. Any person who, as the operator of a motor vehicle,
strikes a domestic animal shall stop at once and render such
assistance as may be possible and shall immediately report such
injury or death to the animal's owner; in the event the owner
cannot be ascertained and located such operator shall at once
report the accident to the appropr iate law enforcement agency.
Failure to do so, shall be a violation of this ordinance.
8. It shall be unlawful for any person to attach or permit
to be attached to any animal belonging to him, or in his
possession, any cow bell or loud sounding, noisy, or disturbing
implement or instrument within the limits of the City.
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9. No person shall expose any known poisonous substance,
whether mixed with food or not, so that the same shall be liable
to be eaten by any animal, provided that it shall not be unlawful
for a person to expose on his own property common rat poison
mixed only with vegetable substances.
IO. The owner of every animal shall be responsible for the
removal of any excretion deposited by his animal(s). Failure to
do so, shall be a violation of this ordinance.
ARTICLE V Impoundment and Violation Notices:
Section I Animal Control Officer(s) Duties:
The Animal Control Officer (s) are hereby enpowered during the
performance of their duties to:
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animals.
Facility
Capture unrestrained, stray dogs, cats and/or nuisance
Impounded animals will be taken to the Animal Control
and there confined in a humane manner.
2. Dogs and cats impounded shall be kept for a period of
not less than three (3) working days before being made available
for adoption.
3. If by a license tag
impounded dog or cat can be
Officer shall immediately upon
the quickest means available.
4. An owner reclaiming an impounded dog or cat shall pay a
impoundment fee as listed in Article XI.
or other means, the owner of an
identified, the Animal Control
impoundment notify the owner by
5. An owner reclaiming an impounded dog or cat shall pay a
boarding fee as listed in Article XI.
6.
calender
City of
suitable
Any dog or cat not reclaimed by its owner fourteen (14)
days after notification shall become the property of the
Schertz and shall become available for adoption in a
home or humanely eutharized.
7. In addition to impoundment a dog or cat found at large,
stray, the Animal Control Officer must issue, to the known owner
of such animal, a citation for violation of this ordinance.
8. At the discretion of the Animal Control Officer, when
the owner of said dog or cat can be located immediately after
capture and in lieu of impoundment, the Animal Control Officer
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may return the animal to its rightful owner and there upon issue
a citation for violation of this ordinance. In this case the
impoundment fee must be paid, however the boarding fee shall be
waived.
Section II Ownership:
If, after a thorough investigation, the ownership of a dog or cat
cannot be substantiated after its capture, it shall be impounded
for a period of not less than five (5) working days, and
thereafter be considered as abandoned, where upon it shall become
the property of the City of Schertz and become available for
adoption in a suitable home or humanely euthanized.
ARTICLE VI Controlling and Quarantining of
Animals Involved in Bite Incidents
Section I Enforcement:
l. The Animal Control Officer and/or any law enforcement
officer shall direct the owner of a suspected animal involved in
a biting incident to have it examined for rabies by a licensed
veterinarian within twenty-four (24) hours of the incident and
submit proof of examination to the Animal Control Officer.
2. Animals involved in a biting incident for which an owner
cannot be readily identified and/or contacted expeditiously, will
be impounded. The Animal Control Officer will insure that the
animal is examined within twenty-four (24) hours by a
veterinarian. The animal shall be confined under positive
control for ten (lO) days. The animal will be isolated from
other animals or possible victims.
3. The Animal Control Officer shall cause all un inoculated
and unlicensed animals involved in a biting incident to be
impounded in a suitable facility for a period of ten (lO) days at
the owners expense. The animal will be released back to the
owner, after the animal has been vaccinated against rabies by a
licensed veterinarian. All cost are to be paid by the owner.
4. Inoculated animals involved in biting incidents, upon
the owners request in writing, and the Animal Control Officers
and/or veterinarian's approval, may be confined under positive
control on the owners premises isolated from other animals or
possible victims.
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5. A final examination by the veterinarian at the
termination of the ten (lO) days quarantined is required and
proof of the examination and release shall be furnished to the
Animal Control Officer.
Section II Reports of Exposure to Rabies:
I. Persons having knowledge of an animal bite or scratch
or other attack on an individual that the person could reasonably
foresee as capable of transmitting rabies or of an animal that
the person suspects is rabid, shall report the incident or animal
to either the Schertz Police Department and/or the Animal Control
Officer of the City of Schertz. This report shall include the
name and address of any victim and of the owner of the animal, if
known.
2. The owner of an animal that is reported to be rabid or
to have attacked an individual or that the owner knows or
suspects to be rabid or to have attacked an individual shall
submit the animal for quarantine to the Animal Control Officer of
the City of Schertz.
3. If a quarantined animal is found to be rabid the Animal
Control Officer will cause to have the animal humanely
eutharized. If an animal dies or is eutharized while in
quarantine, the Animal Control Officer will cause to have the
head or brain of the animal removed and submit it to the nearest
Texas Department of Health Laboratory for testing.
4. If a quarantined animal is found to be free from rabies,
the Animal Control Officer shall release it to the owner
following the quarantine period.
5. The owner of an animal that is quarantined under this
ordinance shall pay the City of Schertz the cost of the
quarantine and disposition of the animaL The Animal Control
Facility may sell and retain the proceeds, keep, grant, or
euthanize an animal that the owner or custodian does not take
possession of on or before the seventh (7th) working day
following the end of the quarantine period.
6. Immediately after acquiring knowledge that his animal
has been bitten by a rabid animal, it shall be the duty of the
owner or keeper to cause such animal to be given anti-rabies
treatment, and to impound such animal for a period of six (6)
months in a place approved by the Animal Control Officer or to
eutharize such animal in a humane manner.
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ARTICLE VII FOWL AND OTHER SMALL ANIMALS
Section I Stray:
That it shall be unlawful for any person raising or keeping
chickens, turkeys, geese, guineas, ducks, pigeons, or other fowl
to permit or allow the same to run-at-large (stray) within the
limits of the City of Schertz. Straying shall be intended to
mean the same as in Article I of this ordinance.
Section II Pen, Coop or Enclosure of Fowl:
It shall be the duty of every person raising or keeping chickens,
turkeys, ducks, geese, guineas, pigeons, or other fowl to keep
them in pens, coops or enclosures, which shall be a distance of
at least fifty (50) feet from every building/structure used for
sleeping, dining or living and shall be kept in a sanitary
condition and shall also be kept in such a manner as will be
reasonably calculated not to become offensive to neighbors or to
the public.
Section III Keeping Rabbits, Quinea pigs, White rats, Etc.:
It shall be the duty of every person raising or keeping rabbits,
guinea pigs, white rats, white mice, hamsters and other small
animals to keep such animals in pens, coops or enclosures and
such pens, coops or enclosures shall be a distance of at least
fifty (50) feet from every building/structure used for sleeping,
dining or living and shall be kept in a sanitary condition; and
shall be kept in such a manner as will be reasonably calculated
not to become offensive to neighbors or to the public.
Section IV Not applicable to authorized Veterinary Hospitals:
Provided, that this article shall not apply to authorized
veterinary hospitals for the treatment of domestic animals.
Provided further, that this article shall not apply to the
keeping of dogs or cats as domestic pets only and not for
breeding or for gain.
ARTICLE VIII Livestock
Section I Stray:
It shall be unlawful for the owner, keeper or person in charge of
any horse, mule, jack, jenney, cow, cattle, hog, sheep or goat,
or similar animal to allow or permit the same to run at large
(stray) within the limits of the City of Schertz. Straying
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shall be intended to mean the same as in Article I of this
ordinace. Every such animal shall be kept in a stable, shed, pen
or other enclosure wherever located within the City of Schertz,
for keeping of such animals shall be a distance of at least one
thousand (1000) feet from every building/structure used for
sleeping, dining and living and shall be kept in a sanitary
condition and shall also be kept in such a manner as will be
reasonably calculated not to be offensive to neighbors or to the
public.
Section II Impounding:
The Animal Control Officer shall take up or cause to be taken up
any such animal found running at large within the limits of the
City of Schertz, and shall impound any such animals in a suitable
place provided for that purpose.
Section III Notice of Sale:
That the Animal Control Officer shall within three (3) days after
such animal has been impounded post two notices, one at the
Municipal Complex, and one in some other public place, giving
therein full description of such animal so taken up and impounded
and stating a day and place of sale of such animal, which date of
sale shall not be less than ten (IO) calender days from date of
posting notice, and said animal shall be sold at a public auction
to the highest bidder for cash.
Section IV Reclaiming Before Sale:
The owner of any animal impounded may reclaim the same from the
Animal Control Facility at any time before sale by paying all
fees, fines and expenses of taking up and keeping such animal.
Section V Records:
The Animal Control Officer shall keep a well-bound book in which
he shall record a description of all animals impounded, the date
of impoundment, the date of sale, the amount realized from the
sale, the fees and expenses due for impounding and keeping same,
the name of owner, if known, and the name of the purchaser.
Section VI Redemption:
At any time within fourteen (14) calender days from the date of
sale, the owner of any animal impounded and sold under the
provisions of this ordinance shall have the right to redeem the
same paying to the purchaser thereof double the amount paid by
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said purchaser for such animal in addition his reasonable
expenses incurred in keeping the same.
Section VII Staking and Grazing:
It shall be unlawful for any person to stake any livestock for
the purpose of grazing upon or within the reach of any public
street, alley, sidewalk or park, within the limits of the City of
Schertz.
Section VIII Riding of Animals:
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride an animal, drive an
animal or animal pulled vehicle within any developed
residentially zoned area, or public street, alley, sidewalk, or
park within the City of Schertz without special permission from
the City Manager. Exception, City sponsored parade or special
event as authorized by the City Council.
ARTICLE IX Wild Animals and Performing Animal Exhibitions
Section I
Keeping of Wild (non-domesticated) Animals:
I. No person shall keep or permit to be kept on his premises
any wild or vicious animal for display or for exhibition
purposed, whether gratuitously or for a fee. This section shall
not be construed to apply to zoological parks, performing animal
exhibitions, circuses, and veterinary hospitals.
2. No person shall keep or permit to be kept any wild animal
as a pet.
3. The City of Schertz may issue a temporary permit for the
keeping, care and protection of an infant animal native to this
area which has been deemed to be homeless.
4. The Animal Control Officer shall have the power to
release or order the release of any infant wild animal kept under
temporary permit which is deemed capable of survival.
Section II Performing Animal Exhibitions:
1. No performing animal exhibition or circus shall be
permitted in which animals are induced or encouraged to perform
through use of chemical, mechanical, electrical or manual devices
in a manner which will cause, or is likely to cause, physical
injury or suffering.
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2. All equipment used on a performing animal shall fit
properly and be in good working condition.
ARTICLE X Adoption
Section I Innoculation before adoption:
All dogs
Facility
following:
and cats
shall be
adopted from
innoculated
the Schertz Animal Control
before adoption, with the
I. Dogs receive: Galaxy VI sense (one dosage includes
Distemper-Hepatitis, Adeno virus 2, Parain-fluena, Leptosporosis
and Parvo virus); Rabies vaccine according to age requirements,
and any other serums directed by a veternarian.
2. Cats receive: Feline 3-way (one dosage includes
Rhinotracheitis, Calici virus, and Panlenkogsenia virus); Rabies
vaccine according to age requirement and any other serums
directed by a veternarian.
Section II Examination by veterinarian:
All animals adopted from the Schertz Animal Control Facility
shall be examined by a veterinarian for health conditions prior
to adoption.
Section III Medical treatment by veterinarian:
Animals, other than dogs and cats, may receive inoculations or
other medical treatment as recommended by a veterinarian, prior
to adoption.
Section IV Fees Passed on:
All costs, debts and/or fees created by this Article shall be
passed on to the adopter and must be paid prior to receiving
custody of the animal(s). License fee will be waived for adopted
animals, only during current license period. However a proper
tag will be issued in accordance with Article III.
Section V Adoptions final:
All adoptions from the Animal Control Facility are final.
ARTICLE XI Fees Schedule
(See Exhibit A attached)
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ARTICLE XII Special provisions
Section 1- Enforcement:
The civil and criminal prOVl.Sl.ons of this ordinance shall be
enforced by those persons or agencies designated by municipal
authority. It shall be a violation of this ordinance to interfere
with an Animal Control Officer in the performance of his duties.
Section II- Penalty:
Any person who shall violate any of the prOVl.Sl.ons of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not exceeding $200.00. Each
and every day of such violation shall be deemed a separate and
complete offense. Minimum fines levied per offense: (See Exhibit
B attached)
Section 111- Savings Clause:
If any section, part, or provision of this ordinance is declared
unconstitutional or invalid, then, in that event, it is expressly
provided and it is the intention of the City Council in passing
this ordinance, that all other parts of this ordinance shall not
be affected thereby and shall remain in full force and effect.
Section IV Repealing Clause:
That all ordinances and part of ordinances in conflict with the
terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed~ provided, however,
that the provisions of the zoning ordinance which regulate the
keeping of livestock, fowl, and dogs within the limits of the
City of Schertz shall remain in full force and effect and shall
be in addition to the regulations prescribed by this ordinance.
APPROVED on first reading ~ day of. ~~ ,19~~
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this the ~ da of ()~
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Mayor, City of Scher
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(SEAL OF CITY)
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EXHIBIT A
FEE SCHEDULE
Section 1- Standard fee:
A lice~e shall be issued after payment of the Standard fee of
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Section 11- Permits:
A permit shall be issued after payment of the applicable fee.
I. Kennel authorized to house less than ten(lO)
dogs/cats
2. Kennel authorized to house ten(IO) or more but
less than fifty(50)
3. Kennel authorized to house fifty(50) or more
dogs/cats
4. Pet Shop
5. Grooming Shop
6. Riding Stable
7. Auction
8. Zoological Park
9. Performing Animal Exhibition and/or Circus
10. Transfer Action
$ 25.00
$ 50.00
$lOO.OO
$100.00
$ 25.00
$ 75.00
$125.00
$ 50.00
$ 50.00
$ 10.00
Section 111- Impoundment fee:
An Impoundment fee must be paid for each animal captured:
l. Dog or Cat
2. Fowl and other small animals
3. Livestock
4. Zoological and/or circus animal
$ 20.00
$ 25.00
$ 50.00
$IOO.OO
Section IV- Board fee:
A boarding fee must be paid for each animal confined by the
Animal Control Facility:
I. Dog or cat per day of confinement
2. Fowl and other small animal, one time charge
3. Livestock animal per day of confinement
4. Zoological and/or circus animal per day
of confinement
$ 6.00
$ 10.00
$ 25.00
$200.00
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EXHIBIT B
SPECIAL PROVISIONS
Section 11- Penalty:
I. Animal Abandonment
2. No rabies vaccination
3. Not registered/licensed
4. No permit issued
5. Allowed to run-at-Iarge, stray
6. More than three(3) animals per species, per animal
7. Unconfined and/or non-muzzled vicious animal
8. Unconfined female dog or cat in heat
9. Any violation of Article IV, Section II (Care),
except sub-paragraph 10 (Rabies Vaccination) and
sub-paragraph 3 (abondonment)
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$98.50
$73.50
$35.50
$35.50
$28.50
$23.50
$98.50
$13.50
$ 8.50
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UNIVERSAL CITY. TEXAS 78148
(512) 658-7424
PUBLISHER' AFFIDAVIT
(COUNTY OF BEXAR)
(STATE OF TEXAS)
I, Linda Hardin , authorized representative of the
Herald Newspaper Group, do solemnly swear that the notice, a
printed copy of which is hereto attached, was published once
a week for 1 consecutive week(s) in the Northeast Herald
published at Universal City, Bexar County, Texas, on the following
date(s), to wit: Octobpr 1, A.D., 19 R<;
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Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
19 t'-S' .
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SCHERTZ
AN ORDINANCE
REfiULATlNG THE
KEEPING OF
LIVESTOCK, FOwL,'
CATS, DOGS, WILD..
ANIMALS, AND
VICIOUS ANIMALS
wiTHIN THE LIMlTS
OF THE CITY OF .
SCHERTZ, TEUS;
PRESCRIBING SANI-
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OF PENS AND EN-
CLOSURES; PRES-
CRffiING LIMITS IN
DISTANCE FROM
LIVING, DINING OR
SLEEPING STRUC-
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OF DOGS AND CATS;
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LEGAL NOTICES
ORDINACE NO.
85-H-16
AN ORDINANCE'
REGULATING THE
KEEPING OF
LIVE$TOCK, FOWL,
CATS, DOGS, WILD
ANJ,l~lALS, AND
'VICiOUS ANIMALS
WlHT1N THE LIMITS
OF' THE Cl'L'Y OF
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titCENSING, VAC-
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POU!IlDING OF DOGS
,ANt> CATS; PRO-
VIDING ANNUAL OC-
CUPATIONAL PER-
MVl'S; PROVIDING
IMPOUNDING AND
...SELLING OF
, LIVESTOCK RUNN-
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PROVIDING A SAV-
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VIDING PENALTY
AND REPEALING
CERTAIN OR-
DINANCES OR
PARTS OF OR-
DINANCES IN CON-
FLICT HEREWITH
EXCEPT THOSE
PROW.IONS IN THE
ZONING " ,OR-
DINANCE WHICH
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the 1st day of
1\185,
June G. Krause
CitY SecretarY
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UNIVERSAL CITY. TEXAS 78148
(512) 658-7424
PUBLISHER' AFFIDAVIT
(COUNTY OF BEXAR)
(STATE OF TEXAS)
I,
Linda Hardin
, authorized representative of the
Herald Newspaper Group, do solemnly swear that the notice, a
printed copy of which is hereto attached, was published once
a week for
1
consecutive weekCs) in the Northeast Herald
published at Universal City, Bexar County, Texas, on the following
dateCs), to wit: October 10, A.D., 19 85
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Bexar County, Texas.
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