1575 ORD AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 1194 ORDINANCE NO 1240 AND ORDINANCE NO 1378ORDINANCE NO. 1575 .
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1194, ORDINANCE
NO. 1240, AND ORDINANCE NO. 1378, PRE5CRIBING FROCEDURES
AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF ITS PROVISIONS, REPEALING
ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THFREWITH, AMENDING SAID ORDI-
NANCES BY DEFINING WHAT CONSTITUTES A DOG RUNNING AT
LARGE A NUISANCE AND PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF FIVE (5)
DAYS TO THE OWNER, AND PROVIDING FOR THE IMPOUNDING OF
ANY DOG WHICH CONSTITUTES A NUISANCE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PA RIS:
Tha.t Ordinance No. 1194, Ordinance No. 1240, and Ordinance No.
1378, be amended as follows:
(a) No person, firm, or corporation shall permit any dog or dogs
to run at large, whether inoculated and the annual license fee tags are
exhibited upon the collar of said dog or dogs, or not, when said dog is
damaging the property of others, disturbing the peace and welfare of
others, or if such dog is known to be of a vicious nature and/or disposi-
tion.
(b) That all dogs guilty of either or all of the above behaviors are
hereby declared a public nuisance and detrimental to the health, welfare,
and property of the citizens of the Gity of Paris, in flie area where such
dog is permitted to run at large.
(c) That the owner, keeper or custodian of all dogs who are in vio-
lation of Sections (a) and (b) above, shall be notified by the Chief of
Police, in writing, of the actions of said dog, and they shall be given five
(5) days in which to correct the same, or in which to make arrangements
to keep said dog seeurely confined.
(d) That in the event said owner, keeper or custodian of any such
dog fails and refuses to opmply with said notice, then said dog, whether
vaccinated or the license fee ha.s been paid thereon or not, may be im-
pounded. That when any such dog is impounded, notice of same shall be
published by posting one notice at the Dog Pound and one notice on the
bulletin board in the City Hall, in the City of Pa.ris, and if said dog is
not redeemed by paying the impounding fee of $1. 00 within forty-eight
(48) hours, then said dog may be destroyed.
(e) That any owner, keeper or custodian of any dog violating any
of the above provisions shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction therefor ahall be fined in any sum not exceeding Gne
Hundred ($100.00) Dollars, and each day that the dog is permitted to run
at large in violation of this ordinance sha.ll constitute a separate offense.
(f) That every person, firm or corporation, who shall be the
owner, keeper or custodian of a dog, or dogs, who ha.ve bitten any per-
son, when notified by the City Health Officer, shall seeurely confine said
dog for a period of fourteen (14) days from the date of notice of the
Health Officer, for the purpose of observation to determine whether or
not said dog is infested with rabies.
(g) That any owner, keeper or custodian of any dog, or dogs, who
shall fail bw refuse to keep such dog, or dogs, which have bitten any per-
son, securely confined, ahall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction therefor, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding Two
Hundred ($200. 00) Dollars, and each day tha.t the dog is permitted to run
at large in violation of this ordinance shall constitute a separate offense.
(h) All ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
ti) This ordina.nce shall become effective twenty (20) days from
and after the date of ite passage.
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas,
this 12th day of February, A. D., 1962, in regular meeting.
Ma yo r
A TTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED ASC,TQ FORM:
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