HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 04-1536 CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
AMENDING CHAPTER 5 OF THE CITY CODE OF
ORDINANCES, BY ADDING SECTION 5-14, LIMITATION ON
NUMBER OF DOGS AND CATS; PROVIDING A SAVING
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Chapter 5 of The Colony Code of Ordinances regulates the
ownership, care, and protection of animals within the City of The Colony; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to limit the number of dogs or cats to be permitted
at any one residence; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that the proposed limitation would
promote the health, welfare, and public safety of both visitors and residents of the City;
and
WHEREAS, after consideration, the City Council of the City of The Colony
finds that it is in the best interest of the City to establish limits on the number of dogs or
cats to be permitted at any one residence, and to add Section 5-14 in its entirety,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
AMENDMENT
That The Colony Code of Ordinances, Chapter 5, Animal Control and Wildlife Protection
Division, is hereby amended by adding Section 5-14, Limitation on Number of Dogs and
Cats, which shall read as follows:
"SECTION 5-14.
LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF DOGS AND CATS
A. Definitions: For the purpose of this subsection, the following words shall
have the meaning expressed below:
1. "Animal rescue group" means a recognized association devoted to the
purposes of retrieving, rescuing, and placing stray or abandoned
animals. Animal rescue groups shall only qualify for this designation
if they are recognized by the SPCA as such, have received recognition
from the City animal control manager, their premises are subject to
inspection, and their premises are in compliance with all health
regulations.
2. "Cat" shall mean a domesticated feline which is more than four (4)
months of age.
3. "Dog" shall mean a domesticated canine which is more than four (4)
months of age.
4. "Litter" shall mean one or more newborn dogs or cats under four (4)
months of age.
B. Animal limitations. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or harbor
more than six (6) adult dogs or six (6) adult cats, or any combination
thereof, in any residential district. A person shall be permitted to keep
only one litter of dogs or cats per residence.
C. Exemption. Any person who is an officer, employee, or volunteer for an
animal rescue group is exempt from the foregoing animal limitations,
provided, however, that said person may only harbor rescue animals on a
temporary basis."
SECTION 2.
SAVING CLAUSE
Chapter 5 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of The Colony, as amended, shall
remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended by this ordinance.
SECTION 3.
SEVERABILITY
The sections, paragraphs, sentences, phrases, clauses and words of this ordinance
are severable, and if any section, paragraph, sentence, phrase, clause or word in this
ordinance or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid or
unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance, and the City Council hereby declares
that it would have passed such remaining portions of this ordinance despite such
invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4.
EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall become effective from and after its adoption and publication
as provided by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of The Colony,
Texas this the /~" day of -~lO~.~,,v~ ,2004.
APPROVED:
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AT~EST:
C~s~e Wilson, TRMC, htefim City Secret~,
City of The Colony, Texas
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