HomeMy WebLinkAbout031718 ORD - 03/26/2019 Ordinance amending Chapter 6 of the Corpus Christi Code to establish
vicious dog regulations; and providing for penalty
Whereas, vicious dog attacks on animals has been a reoccurring issue.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. Corpus Christi Code of Ordinances, Chapter 6, is amended to add Sec. 6-
163 - Vicious Dog, by adding the following language as delineated below:
Sec. 6-163 -Vicious Dog.
(a) An owner or handler shall take reasonable measures to protect the public from
accidental contact with a dog that, by nature or by training, is dangerous to people or
other animals.
(b) An owner or handler may not keep or permit a dog to be in the city if the dog has
on at least one occasion:
(A) killed another dog, cat, or other domestic pet, fowl, or livestock; or
(B) seriously injured another animal to an extent that an attending
veterinarian has presented an affidavit to the animal care services
manager stating that the injured animal's life was seriously
endangered or taken by the dog, or that the dog caused a
significant permanent impairment of the injured animal's basic
bodily functions or mobility; provided, however, that when the
incident occurred, the injured animal was not in violation of a
provision of this Chapter relating to the confinement or physical
control of animals in the City.
SECTION 2. If for any reason any section paragraph subdivision clause phrase word or
provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a
court of competent jurisdiction it shall not affect any other section paragraph subdivision
clause phrase word or provision of this ordinance for it is the definite intent of this City
Council that every section paragraph subdivision clause phrase word or provision
hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose.
SECTION 3. Publication shall be made one time in the official publication of the City of
Corpus Christi as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi.
SECTION 4. Penalties are as provided in Section 6-2 of the Corpus Christi Code of
Ordinances.
SECTION 5. This ordinance takes effect after official publication.
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That th foregoing-�o/�r finance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading on this
the I L1 day of I v tar L2019, by the following vote:
Joe McComb : Michael Hunter
Roland Barrera Ben Molina
Rudy Garza Ctbk&U' Everett Roy i..ie
Paulette M. Guajardo LA 1 Greg Smith 1 / /_
Gil Hernandez
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That the f regoing ordinance was read for the second time and passed finally on this the U.)
day of (Lr ,L2019, by the following vote:
Joe McComb a, , Michael Hunter L
Roland Barrera 11 > Ben Molina 1 /!
Rudy Garza SI ', # Everett Roy 11 ./
Paulette M. Guajardo iii! Greg Smith `I i
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PASSED AND APPROVED on this the % day of q/V O,'-CJ, , 2019.
ATTEST:
Re•ecca Huerta Jo Comb
City Secretary M
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NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF
ORDINANCE(S) GE OF
N 0.031718, Ordinance ORDINANCE(S)
amending Chapter 6 of the NO.031718,Ordinance amend-
Corpus Christi Code to es- ing Chapter 6 of the Corpus
CITY OF CORPUS CHRIS TI tablish vicious dog regula- Christi Code to establish
tions; and providing for vicious dog regulations; and
1201 LEOPARD penalty; and an effective providing for penalty; and an
date of April 1, 2019. This effective date of April 1,2019.
ordinance was passed and This ordinance was passed
CORPUS CHRISTI,TX 78401 approved on second and approved on second
reading by the Corpus reading by the Corpus Chris-
Christi City Council on ti City Council on March 26,
March 26,2019. 2019.
/s/Rebecca Huerta /s/Rebecca Huerta
STATE OF WISCONSIN) City Secretary City Secretary
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COUNTY OF BROWN)
I,being first duly sworn, upon oath depose and say that I
am a legal clerk and employee of the publisher,namely,the
Corpus Christi Caller-Times,a daily newspaper published
at Corpus Christi in said City and State,generally circulated
in Aransas,Bee, Brooks,Duval;Jim Hogg,Jim Wells,
Kleberg,Live Oak, Nueces,Refugio,and San Patricio,
Counties,and that the publication of which the annexed is a
true copy,was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times
on the following dates:
April 1,2019
On this April 1,2019, I certify that the attached document is
a true and exact copy made by the publisher:
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