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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1960-0297 - Ordinance - 06/27/1960BOORUM & PEASE ORUM & PEASE ORDINANCE NO. 297 4-1 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 PENALTIES; PROVIDING SEPARABILITY OF SECTIONS; REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 134; 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 speci- fically 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 and 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 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 sub- section (b) above, shall immediately be collected and either placed and kept in a waterproof and insectproof container until removed from the premises, or treated immediately and periodically thereafter with a chemical as direct- ed 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 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 livestock 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 keeping in force of licenses shall be as follows: 00685 a. Any person desiring a license permitting him to keep livestock or poultry within the city limits shall file an application with the City Sec- retary on a form provided by him for that purpose. Said application shall a- mong 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 out- side boundaries of the structure or fence in which the livestock 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 herein- before provided. d. The application with the opinion of the City Health Officer attached shall be then 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 ($10.00) Dollars. f. The City Health Officer shall once every thirty (30) days 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 hear- ing. 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. 6. Ordinance No. 134 and any parts of all other ordinances inconsist- ent or in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall be and the same are hereby repealed. 00686 7. The fact that the City of College Station is badly in need of the regulations herein set out, and said regulations will be to the best interest and general welfare of the inhabitants of said City, creates an emergency, and this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect immedi- ately from and after its passage at this meeting, and it is so ordained. PASSED AND APPROVED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED this 27th day of June, 1960. APPROVED: /%,„, L, A1/41D- Mayor ATTEST: City Secretary