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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1949-0134 - Ordinance - 06/29/1949ORDINANCE NO. 134 AN ORDINANCE MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO KEEP LIVESTOCK OR POULTRY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS WITHOUT A LICENSE; PROVIDING REGULATIONS FOR KEEPING LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY; PRESCRIBING PROCEDURES FOR GRANTING AND REVOKING LICENSES; PROVIDING FOR INSPECTIONS; PRESCRIBING PENAL- TIES; PROVIDING SEPARABILITY OF SECTIONS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas: 1. No person shall keep livestock or poultry within the limits of the City of College Station without first obtaining and thereafter keeping in force a license permitting him to do so. The term livestock includes specifically but not exclusively horses, mules, asses, swine, cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits and guinea pigs; and the term poultry includes specifically but not exclusively chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, pigeons, and guineas. 2. Said licenses shall be granted or allowed to remain in force only when the regulations as follows are observed: a. The livestock or poultry shall be kept within structures, enclosures, or tethered, and not permitted to run at large. b. The manure and debris incident to the maintenance and care of livestock or animals shall be scraped from roosts and floors and raked from pens or areas with such frequency as to pre- vent the same from serving as breeding places for insects and from emitting noxious odors. c. The manure and debris scraped or raked as provided in subsection (b) above, shall immediately be collected and either placed and kept in a water proof and insect -proof container until removed from the premises, or treated immediately and periodically thereafter with a chemical as directed by the manufacturer thereof that is manufactured and sold as an effective agent for preventing flies and other insects from breeding in manure and debris. d. The inside walls, ceilings, roosts and floors of the structure in which the livestock or poultry is housed shall be treated and kept treated with D. D. T. or other effective material manufactured and sold for the control of flies, mites and lice and applied according to the manufacturer's directions. e. The structure or enclosure within which the live- stock or poultry are confined shall be not less than one hundred (100) feet from any dwelling house other than that occupied by the owner of the livestock or poultry. 3. The procedure and requirements for the granting and keep- ing in force of licenses shall be as follows: - 144 - Ordinance No. 134 - Page 2 a. Any person desiring a license permitting him to keep live- stock or poultry within the city limits shall file an application with the City Secretary on a form provided by him for that purpose. Said application shall among other things call for the name and address of the applicant, the estimated average number and types of livestock or poultry to be kept, a description of the structures, and the facilities to be used for the enclosure of the livestock or poultry and for the disposal of the manure and debris incident to their maintenance and care, and the distance to the adjacent residence from the outside boundaries of the structure or fence in which the live- stock or poultry are to be enclosed. b. The application shall be accompanied by a fee in the amount of ten ($10.00) dollars. The funds derived from such application fees shall be used by the City to defray the cost of inspections and other expenses incident to the enforcement of this ordinance. c. When an application has been filed in due form, the City Sec- retary shall turn the same over to the City Health Officer who shall inspect the facilities wherein the livestock or poultry are to be kept and prepare an opinion as to whether the same are in compliance with the regulations hereinbefore provided. d. The application with the opinion of the City Health Officer attached shall then be submitted to the City Council, which shall then pass on the application. e. A license shall be valid one year from the date of issuance. The same may be renewed by the filing of a renewal application form with the City Secretary on a form provided by him for that purpose and the payment of a renewal application fee in the amount of ten dollars (010.00). f. The City Health Officer shall periodically or upon written complaint of the City Marshall or any resident of the City make an inspection to ascertain whether the regulations as hereinbefore pro- vided are being observed. If he finds that aforesaid regulations are violated, he shall prepare and file a statement to that effect with the City Secretary. The City Council shall then give ten (10) days notice by publication of a hearing. If after a hearing the City Council finds the aforesaid regulations have been violated, it shall then order the permit cancelled. 4. Any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall be fined not less than twenty -five ($25.00) dollars nor more than one hundred ($100.00) dollars. Each day that such violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense. 5. If any section of this ordinance is found to be invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections. - 145 - Jrdinance No. 134 - Page 3 Passed this the 29th day of June 1949. APPROVED: S/ Ernest Langford Mayor ATTEST: S/ N. M. McGinnis City Secretary u - 146 - ORDINANCE NO. 134 / 614 .AN ORDINANCE MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO KEEP LIB -STOCK OR POULTRY WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS WITHOUT A LICENSE;/PROVIDING REGULATIONS FOR KEEPING LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY; PRESCRIBING PROLR'EDURES FOR GRANTING AND REVOKING LICENSES; P tOVIDING FOR INSPECTIONS; PRESCRIBING PENALTIES; PROVIDING SEPARABILITY OF SECTIONS; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. J BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas: 1. No person shall keep livestock or poultry within the limits of the City of College Station without first obtaining and there- after keeping in force a license permitting him to do so. The term livestock includes specifically but not exclusively horses, mules, asses, swine, cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits and guinea pigs; end the term poultry includes specifically but not exclusively chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, pigeons, and guineas. 2. Said licenses shall'be granted or allowed to remain in force only when the regulations as follows are observed: a. The livestock or poultry shall be kept within structures, enclosures, or tethered, and not permitted to run et large. b. The manure and debris incident to the maintenance and care of livestock or animals shall be scraped from roosts and floors and raked from pens or areas with such frequency as to prevent the same from serving as breeding places for insects and from emitting noxious odors. c. The manure and debris scraped or raked as provided in subsection (b) above, shall immediately be collected and either placed and kept in a:wate_rpr.00f and insect -proof container until removed from the premises, or treeted immediately and periodically there- after with a chemical as directed b\' the manufacturer thereof that is manufactured and sold as an effective agent for preventing flies and other insects from breeding in manure and debris. d. The inside walls, ceilings, roosts and floors of the structure in which the livestock or poultry is housed shall be treated and. kept treated with. D. D. T. or other effective materiel manufactured andsold for the control of flies, mites and lice and applied according to the manufacturer's directions. e. The structure or enclosure within which the livestock or poultry are confined shall be not less than one hundred (100) feet from any dwelli.nc house other than that occupied by the owner of the livestock or poultry. 3. The procedure and requirements for the granting and keepino in force of licenses shall be as follows: a. Any person desiring a license permitting him to keep livestock or poultry within the city limits shall file an application with the City Secretary on a form provided bY him for that purpose. Said application shall among other things call for,pazie and page 2 - Ordinance No. 134 address of the applicant, the estimated average number and types of livestock or poultry to be kept, a description of the structures, and the facilities to be used for the enclosure of the livestock or poultry and for the disposal of the manure and debris incident to their maintenance and care, and the distance to the adjacent residences from the outside boundaries of the structure or fence in which the livestock or poultry are to be enclosed. b. The application shell be accompanied by a fee in the amount of ten (010.00) dollars. The funds derived from such application fees shall be used by the City to defray the cost of inspections and other expenses incident to the enforcement of this ordinance. c. When an application has been filed in due form, the City Secretary shall turn the same over to the City Health Officer who shall inspect the facilities wherein the livestock or poultry are tote kept and prepare an opinion as to whether the same are in compliance with the regulations hereinbefore provided. d. The application with the opinion of the City Health Officer attached shall then be submitted to the City Council, which shall then pass on the application. e. A license shall he valid one year from the date of issuance. The same may be renewed by the filing of a renewal application form with the City Secretary on a form provided by him for that purpose and the payment of a renewal application fee in the amount of ten dollars (410.00). f. The City Health Officer shall periodically or upon written complaint of the City Marshall or any resident of the City make an inspection to ascertain whether the regulations as hereinbefore provided are being observed. If he finds that aforesaid regulations are violated, he shall prepare and file a statement to that effect with the City Secretary. The City Council shall then give ten (10) days notice by publication of a hearing. If after a.hearing the City Council finds the aforesaid regulations have been violated, it shall then order the permit cancelled. 4. Any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall be fined not less than twenty-five (025.00) dollars nor more than one hundred (4100.00) doll.ars. Each day that such violation occurs shall constitute a separate offense. • 5. If any section of this ordinance is found to be invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections. Passed this the 29 day of June 1949. Attest: Appr Mayor 0 308