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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 7, "ANIMALS AND FOWL," OF
THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (1964), AS AMENDED, BY
INCREASING POUNDAGE FEES; INCREASING LICENSE FEES; IN-
CREASING REDEMPTION FEES AND PROVIDING ADOPTION FEES;
INCREASING QUARANTINE FEES; PROVIDING DISPOSAL FEES;
PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL
PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCES AND OF SUCH CODE AFFECTING
ANIMALS AND FOWL; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION IN PAMPHLET
FORM; DIRECTING PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION AND PENALTY
CLAUSE; DIRECTING THE ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT OF THE
CAPTION AND PENALTY CLAUSE AND THE FILING OF THIS°ORDIN-
ANCE; PROVIDING A PENAL CLAUSE; AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS
SECTION 1.
That Section 7-17 of Chapter 7 of the Code of the City of Fort
Worth (1964), as amended, be, and the same is hereby amended so that
hereafter same shall read and be as follows
"Sec. 7-17. Poundage fees.
"The following shall be the fees charged for
poundage
For taking up and impounding, per head $30 00
For taking care of animals per day, per head .$5.00
For selling animals, per head $5.00
For preparing and posting advertisement of sale $5.00
For newspaper advertisement. The actual costs as
determined from time to time; and in the event more
than one animal is advertised in the same advertise-
ment, the cost per head shall be divided equally
among the animals sold or redeemed."
SECTION 2.
That Section 7-20 of Chapter 7 of the Code of the City of Fort
Worth (1964), as amended, be, and the same is hereby amended so that
hereafter same shall read and be as follows
"Sec. 7-20 License--Required; fees; term
"It shall be unlawful for any person within the
city to own, keep, possess, harbor or to allow to
remain upon premises under his control, any dog, male
or female, without having obtained a license
therefor.
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"The fee for such license shall be five dollars
($5.00) per year for each dog, payable in advance.
All licenses shall expire December thirty-first and
shall not be issued for less than one year.
"Any dog owned and used by a blind person as a
guide dog is exempt from the license fee while so
owned and used but is not exempt from being licensed
or from any required vaccination.
"Moreover, any dog owned or in the care of a
nonresident of the City of Fort Worth who is travel-
ing through the city or temporarily sojourning
therein for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days
is exempt from any of the provisions of this
section."
SECTION 3.
That Section 7-27 of Chapter 7 of the Code of the City of Fort
Worth (1964), as amended, be, and the same is hereby amended so that
hereafter same shall read and be as follows
"Sec. 7-27. Impounding dogs running at large; redemp-
tion; receipts; adoption fees.
"It shall be the duty of the poundmaster or any
police officer of the city to take up any dog found
running at large and confine such dog in the city
pound for seventy-two (72) hours, during which time
the owner, upon satisfactory proof to the poundmaster
of ownership, may redeem his dog upon payment of a
fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) and all other fees
provided by this article. For taking up and impound-
ing a female dog in season, there will be a fee of
forty dollars ($40.00) for the owner to reclaim such
dog. Upon payment of such fees, the poundmaster
shall issue an official receipt for the amount paid.
Such fees shall be delivered to the city treasurer
and credited to the general fund of the city. The
poundmaster shall provide, at the cost of the city,
suitable and necessary sustenance for all dogs so
impounded.
Animals taken up by the poundmaster or any pol-
ice officer and unclaimed after seventy-two (72)
hours may be adopted from the shelter by paying the
following fees:
Spaying (female) $50.00
Neutering (male) $50 00
License fee $ 5.00
Dailey boarding fee for all impounded dogs $ 3.00
Rabies vaccination - The actual cost as determined
from time to time."
SECTION 4.
That Section 7-31 of Chapter 7 of the Code of the City of Fort
Worth (1964), as amended, be, and the same is hereby amended so that
hereafter same shall read and be as follows
"Sec. 7-31. Fees for quarantine in city pound.
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"In the event that an animal is quarantined in
the city pound under the terms and provisions of
Section 7-30, the owner or person entitled to
possession of such animal shall pay the sum of
three dollars ($3.00) per day as board for such
animal, during the time such animal is so
quarantined."
SECTION 5.
That there be established' a Section 7-19.1 of Chapter 7 of the
Code of the City of Fort Worth (1964), as amended, the same to read
and be as follows
"5e c. 7-19.1 Fees for disposal of small animals
"In the event that any small animal dies and
employees of the City of Fort Worth are called upon
to pick up and remove the same, the owner or person
entitled to possession of such deceased animal shall
pay the sum of five dollars ($5.00) for such service.
SECTION 6.
That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of
ordinances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1964), as
amended, affecting animals and fowl, except where the provisions of
this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such
ordinance and such Code, in which event such conflicting provisions
of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 7.
That all rights or remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas,
are expressly saved as to any and all violations of the provisions
of Chapter 7 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1964), as
amended, and of any other ordinance affecting animals and fowl which
have accrued at the time of the effective date of this ordinance;
and, as to such accrued violations and all pending litigation, both
civil and criminal, whether pending in court or not, under such
chapter and/or other ordinances, same shall not be affected by this
ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the
courts.
SECTION 8.
That is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council
that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of
this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence,
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paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared void,
ineffective or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or final
decree of a court of competent jurisidiction, such voidness,
ineffectiveness or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the
remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of
this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City
Council without the incorporation herein of any such void, ineffec-
tive or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or
section.
SECTION 9.
That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby
authorized to publish this ordinance in pamphlet form for general
distribution among the public, and this ordinance as so published
shall be admissable in evidence in all courts without further proof
than the production of said pamphlet, as provided in Section 3,
Chapter XXV of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth
SECTION 10.
That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby
directed to publish the caption and penalty clause of this ordinance
for five (5) days in the official newspaper of the City of Fort
Worth, as authorized by Article 1176b-1, Revised Civil Statutes of
Texas.
SECTION 11.
That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby
directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption
and penalty clause of same in the minutes of the City Council of
Fort Worth and by filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of
said City.
SECTION 12.
That any person violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such
person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day or
portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions
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of this ordinance is committed, continued or permitted, and each
~` violaton shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed Two hundred
Dollars ($200.00).
}~ SECTION 13.
That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after the date of its passage and publication as required by law,
and it is so ordained..
~' APP OVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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ANS~t~R A~~~HUEf-IP !Rr~Rk~g~ ; REFERENCE SUBJECT PAGE
NUMBER SERVICE FEES IMPLEMENTATION
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As identified in the fiscal 1982-1983 budget, the Depa4tment of Public Health
will initiate the following fee schedule, effective October 1, 1982
Service Current Fee Proposed Fee
-- Public Health Laboratory
(a) Bacteriological analysis of standard None $ 5 00 per test
water sample (currently provided at
no cost)
(b) Chemical analysis of standard water None $50 00 per test
sample (new procedure, required for
public water supplies)
Vital Records
(a) Birth records (fee set by State law) $ 5 00 $ 5 00 per copy
(b) Death certificates (fees set by $ 5 00 $ 5 00 per
State law) original
$ 2 00 $ 2 00 per extr
copy
(c) Search for birth/death certificate None $ 5 00
in event no record is found (currently
provided at no cost)
Dental Clinic
(a) Dental visit (uniform minimum charge $ 2 00 $ 4 00 per visi
for services)
Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic
(a) Clinic visit and immediate followup $ 3 00 $ 4 00 per visi
(includes all services)
(b) Laboratory fee (samples other than $ 3 00 $ 3 00 per
clinic) sample
Immunization Clinic
(a) Clinic visit (all immunizations None $ 2 00 per visi
and/or immunization record)
(b) Yellow fever immunization $ 3 00 $ 3 00 per visi
Animal Control
(a) Livestock (payable on return of
animal)
Capture and impoundment $ 25 00 $30 00 per head
Care and feeding (per day) $ 3 00 $ 5 00 per head
Sale of animal $ 3 00 $ 5 00 per head
Advertising for sale $ 3 00 $ 5 00 per head
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9-28-82 NUMBER
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Service Current Fee Proposed Fee
Animal Control
(b) Dogs and other small animals
(payable on return of animal)
Capture and impoundment $ 20 00 $20 00 per animal
Capture and impoundment (female $ 35 00 $40 00 per animal
in season)
Care and feeding (per day) $ 2 00 $ 3 00 per animal
Spaying or neutering $ 25 00 $50 00 per animal
(c) License
City License tag (dogs, required $ 3 00 $ 5 00 per animal
annually)
(d) Dead animal pick-up
Pick-up and remove small dead None $ 5 00 per visit
animals
Provision will be made for patients unable to pay, to receive services in the
Immunization, Dental and Sexually Transmitted Disease clinic
The Department will make appropriate announcement of these changes to the public.
Recommendation
It is recommended that
1 The City Council authorize the initiation of these fees,
as outlined, and
2 The proposed rates become effective on October 1, 1982
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