2019-001 - Amending Chapter 5 Animals and Fowl Relating to Setting of Fees

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announcements, for vaccinations, and for euthanasia shall be set forth in a fee schedule determined by the animal control manager and posted at the animal shelter and on the police department website. In the case where the owner of an animal requests that animal control euthanize the animal, animal control is authorized to euthanize such an animal only if the owner resides within the city limits at the time of the request for euthanasia and the animal has not bitten any person within the ten days preceding the request." Section 3. That Chapter 5, "Animals and Fowl," Section 5-3(e)(3) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, is hereby and shall be amended and replaced to read in its entirety as follows: "(3) Any person owning any animal impounded under this article shall be allowed to take such animal from the animal shelter or other place where impounded upon the following conditions: "a. Payment to the city of an impoundment fee determined by the animal control manager and contained in the fee schedule described in section 5-3(b) for each day or fractional part thereof. "b. If the owner cannot provide proof of a current rabies vaccination, the animal must be revaccinated or vaccinated for rabies within five days of being reclaimed by the owner of the impounded animal. Animals less than 12 weeks of age will not require a rabies vaccination in order to be released. "c. When an animal has been impounded for the first time, the owner of the animal is eligible for a one-time impoundment fee rebate established by the animal control manager upon submission, within 30 days of the animal being redeemed, of written documentation that the animal has been spayed or neutered." Section 4. That Chapter 5, "Animals and Fowl," Section 5-3(0(7) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, is hereby and shall be amended and replaced to read in its entirety as follows: "7. Adoption of animals. A person may adopt an animal from the animal shelter under the following conditions: "a. The animal to be adopted must be classified as adoptable by the animal control manager. "b. The prospective adopter has the proper facilities to care for the animal. C. The prospective adopter completes the animal adoption agreement form.