HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-O-10 - Procedure in Animal Bite CasesORDINANCE NO. 1992-10
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER
3, SECTION 3-6, OF THE CITY OF STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS,
WHICH SETS OUT THE PROCEDURES FOR THE QUARANTINE OF
ANIMALS IN ANIMAL BITE CASES WITHIN THE CITY OF
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS:
CHAPTER 3, SECTION 3-6, "PROCEDURE IN ANIMAL BITE CASES" IS HEREBY
AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
CHAPTER 3
ANIMALS AND FOWL
SECTION 3-6. Procedure in Animal Bite Cases.
It shall be the dut of any person owning or having charge of any
warm-blooded animal Y which has bitten, clawed or scratched any person
to have such animal confined by a licensed veterinarian for a period
of ten (10) days, and if for any reason such animal is not so confined
by the owner, the animal control officer shall impound such animal for
observation. If, at the expiration of the ten (10) days the health of
the animal is satisfactory, it may be released upon payment of all
expenses incurred by such confinement.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 5th day of May, 1992.
ATTEST:
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yce Pemberton, City Secretary
eor Swearingen, Mayor