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ORDINANCE NO. 386
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING ANIMALS AND FOWL RUNNING AT LARGE, PROVIDING FOR
IMPOUNDING AND FOR SALE OR DISPOSITION OF IMPOUNDED ANIMALS; REPEALING
ORDINANCE NO. 248.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of College Station:
I. Definition of Terms. As used in this ordinance,
(a) "Animal" shall mean any and all types of animals, both
domesticated and wild, male and female, singular and plural.
(b) "Fowl" shall mean any and all fowl, domesticated and wild,
male and female, singular and plural.
(c) "At Large" shall mean off the premises of the owner or
custodian of the animal or fowl, and not under the immediate control of
the owner or custodian.
II. Animals and Fowl Not to be Permitted at Large,
IX No person owning or having in his custody animals or fowl shall
permit same to go at large to the injury or annoyance of others, nor shall
such animals or fowl be permitted at large upon the streets or .other public
O ways of the city. Such action is declared to be a nuisance and dangerous
to the public health and safety.
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WAny person finding any animal or fowl upon his property to his
injury or annoyance may take up same and remove it to any private or other
animal shelter that will take possession of it. If no such shelter is
available, he may hold the animal or fowl in his own possession, and as
soon as possible notify the police department of this custody, giving a
OC description of the animal or fowl and the name of the owner if known.
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m IV. Police to Take Possession.
The police department as soon as possible after receiving notice
will dispatch an officer to appear at the premises and take possession of
the animal or fowl.
V. Return to Owner.
If the officer has or with reasonable dispatch can obtain the
name of the owner or custodian of the animal or fowl, he will return it to
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the residence address. If there is no one at the address, he will leave a
notice where the owner or custodian may reclaim the property. He will then
proceed to the nearest animal hospital or shelter which will accept the
animal or fowl and leave it.
VI. Owner to Pay Board for Animal.
The owner or custodian who redeems an animal or fowl from an animal
hospital or shelter will pay a board bill on a per diem basis in an amount
previously agreed to between the city and the owner of the hospital or
shelter, but in no event shall such payment be less than $3.00.
VII. Disposition if Owner Not Found.
Any officer or designated person picking up an animal or fowl and
after reasonable diligence is unable to find who owns or has the custody
of it, will take it to the nearest animal hospital or shelter and leave it.
VIII. Officer May Impound.
Any police officer or other person designated by the city for such
purpose is authorized to capture and impound any animal or fowl found at
large, impounding to be in accordance with the procedure authorized by
this ordinance. In the event capture cannot be effected promptly, this
officer or person is authorized to destroy the animal or fowl.
IX. Disposition of Unredeemed Animals.
Any animal or fowl not redeemed within 72 hours will be disposed
of in such manner as previously agreed upon between the city and owner of
the animal hospital or shelter. The owner of the hospital or shelter is
made an agent of the city for this purpose, and his actions in this regard
are declared to be a governmental purpose.
X. Disposition of Large Animals.
Should any officer or designated person upon call or upon his own
initiative pick up a large animal such as a horse, cow, or mule or any
other animal that is not acceptable by an animal hospital or shelter, he is
authorized to call a trucking firm or company. The firm or company will
convey the animal outside the corporate limits to one of the farms which
has a working agreement with the city to handle such cases. The disposition
of the animal in this case shall be handled in the same manner as though
it were in an animal hospital or shelter.
XI. The fact that there are many animals and fowl in College Station,
whose status at the present time is not clear, creates an emergency and
an imperative public necessity for the suspension of any rules requiring
ordinances to be read at more than one meeting, and any such rules are here -
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by suspended, and it is ordained that this ordinance shall take effect March
1, 1964.
XII. Ordinance Number 248 dated February 25, 1957, is hereby repealed.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 27th day of January, 1964.
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
City Secretary
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