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ORDINANCE NO. 1913 AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE WITHIN THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; PROHIBITING NOISY ANIMALS; PRESCRIB- ING SANITARY CONDITIONS; DECLARING A NUISANCE; PROVIDING FOR THE IMPOUNDING OF ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE; PROVIDING PROCE- DURE WHEN ANIMALS BITE OR SCRATCH PERSON; PROVIDING FOR POUNDAGE FEES; PROVIDING FOR DESTRUCTION OF ANIMALS; PROVIDING FOR SALE OF DOGS AND CATS IMPOUNDED; PROHIBITING CRUELTY TO ANIMALS; PROVIDING FOR SALE OF LIVESTOCK IMPOUNDED; REGULATING STAKING AND GRAZING; REGULATING HARBORING OF LIVESTOCK, HOGS OR SWINE, FOWLS, GUINEA PIGS AND RABBITS; PROVIDING FOR RESTRAIN- ING OF DOGS; PROVIDING FOR .VACCINATION OF DOGS; PROVIDING FOR DISPOSITION OF DOGS RUNNING AT LARGE; PROHIBITING DANGEROUS ANIMALS; PROVIDING FOR A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $200.00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR A SAVING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF AUGUST 1, 1969. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. Running at large prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person owning or keeping any animal to suffer or permit such animal to run at large upon the public streets, avenues, alleys,parks or other public property of the city, or to suffer or permit any animal to run at large or go upon the premises owned or in possession of any other person in the city. The term "animal ", as used in sections 1 through 9 shall also include, and such provisions shall also apply to, fowl and reptiles, and the term may be used inter- changeably. Section 2. Noise prohibited. No person shall wilfully or knowingly keep or harbor on his premises any animal that makes or creates loud and obnoxious noises by whatever method created, thereby disturbing the peace of the neighborhood or disturbing the occupant of adjacent pre- mises or people living in the vicinity of such loud and obnox- ious noise. A person shall be deemed to have wilfully and knowingly violated the terms of this section if such person shall have been notified by the chief of police, animal control officer or any police officer of such disturbance and shall have re- fused for a period of twenty -four (24) hours to correct such disturbance and prevent its recurrence.