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Home My WebLink About18896 ORD - 06/25/1985TEXAS: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6, ANIMAL CONTROL, OF THE CITY CODE BY ESTABLISHING THE REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN A HORSE STABLE PERMIT AND DEFINING THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HORSE STABLES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, SECTION 1. That Chapter 6, Animal Control, of the City Code is hereby amended by adding a new Section 6-17 to read as follows: Sec. 6-17. Horse Stables Permit A permit shall be required to operate a horse stable, and establishing a permit fee of $15.00, renewable annually upon inspection. All owners/operators of stables where animals are boarded or grazed for a fee must obtain a permit. Conditions for obtaining a permit are that the stable owner/operator maintain a register identifying all animals boarded or grazed; the name, address, and telephone number of the owners of each animal including an alternative emergency telephone number, and a statement by the owner of each horse boarded or grazed either assuming total responsibility for the care and feeding of the horse, or transferring all responsibility for the care and feeding of the horse to the stable owner/operator. The stable owner/operator must also provide an emergency telephone number where the stable owner/operator or caretaker can be reached if they are not on the premises. SECTION 2. That Chapter 6, Animal Control, of the City Code is hereby amended by adding a new sentence to the definition for Restraint in Section 6-2, Definitions, to read as follows: Restraint: . Horses must be kept in stalls, or in pastures or paddocks with acceptable fencing. SECTION 3. That Chapter 6, Animal Control, of the City Code is hereby amended by amending the definition for Riding School or Stable in Section 6-2, Definitions, so that it hereafter reads as fo lows: 03P.01B.01 18896 MICROFILMED Riding School or Stable: Any place which provides: (1) any horse, pony, donkey, or mule for hire; and/or, (2) boarding and/or grazing for any horse, pony, donkey or mule; and/or, (3) riding instruction. SECTION 4. That Chapter 6, Animal Control, of the City Code is hereby amended by amending Section 6-12, License and permit revocation --Administrative proceedings, subsections (a) When held, and (b) Written notice required, so that they hereafter read as follows: (a) When held. (1) The city health officer or designee may hold an administrative hearing to determine whether any license or permit issued pursuant to sections 6-10, 6-17, 6-24, and 6-32 should be revoked or to otherwise regulate the keeping of an animal within the city, if the license/permit holder or owner of an unlicensed animal refuses or fails to comply with any provision of this chapter, the regulations promulgated by the city health officer, or any law governing the protection and keeping of animals. (2) The city health officer must hold an administrative hearing to determine whether any license or permit issued pursuant to sections 6-10, 6-17, 6-24, and 6-32 should be revoked or to otherwise regulate the keeping of an animal within the city, if: a. An animal has been impounded for a second, unprovoked biting offense, or; b. An animal has been the subject of three (3) criminal charges resulting in conviction or three(3)impoundments or any combination of three (3) such convictions and/or impounding incidents within the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the date of the last such incident. Impoundments which occurred as a result of provoked biting, attacking or scratching incidents shall not be considered for purposes of this subsection; or c. An animal has been kept in a stable in violation of any section of the animal control code. 03P.018.01 (b) Written notice required. No such administrative hearing shall be held without giving the license/permit holder, or owner of an unlicensed animal, prior written notice of the date, time and place of hearing. Written notice shall be deemed made when a certified letter return receipt requested, addressed to the address indicated in the holder's last permit or license application or if no such application is on file, to the owner's last known address, is deposited in the U.S. mail. Written notice shall also be deemed made when the notice letter is delivered by an employee or representative of the city health officer to such address. All persons on the register kept by a horse stable for which an administrative hearing will be held will be notified by certified mail that a hearing is to take place. SECTION 5. That Chapter 6, Animal Control, of the City Code is hereby amended by amending Section 6-38, Storage of feed, so that it hereafter reads as follows: Sec. 6-38. Storage of feed. All feed provided for animals shall be stored and kept in a ratproof, flytight building, box, container or receptacle. Horse stables must carry out a continuous, active rat control program. SECTION 6. 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 7. Publication shall be made one time in the official publication of the City of Corpus Christi by publishing the caption stating in substance the purpose of the ordinance, this ordinance to become effective upon such publication. 03P.018.01 • That the foregoing ordinance read for he first time and mud d to its second reading on this the _L1_ ^ day of 19 , by the following vote: Luther Jones Dr. Jack Best David Berlanga, Sr. Leo Guerrero That the foregoing ordinance wil read for second time andas ed to its third reading on this the /�' day of , 19 , by the following vote: Joe McComb Frank Mendez Bill Pruet Mary Pat Slavik Linda Strong Luther Jones Dr. Jack Best David Berlanga, Sr. Leo Guerrero Joe McComb Frank Mendez Bill Pruet Mary Pat Slavik Linda Strong That the foregoipg ordinance F as read for the third time and passed finally Way of Luther Jones Dr. Jack Best David Berlanga, Sr. Leo Guerrero , 19 y , by the Joe McComb Frank Mendez Bill Pruet Mary Pat Slavik Linda Strong PASSED AND APPROVED, this. the J,('l day of ATTEST: City Secretary (APPROVED: 7% DAY OF MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS 1,$96 PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT .STATE OF TERAS, L. County of Nueces. f" AD#21229 Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public. this day personally came._. GRACIE DE LUNA who being first duly sworn. according to law, says that he is the DATA SYSTEMS COORDINATOR of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Threes, Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas,, in said County and State, end that the publication of NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE #18896... of which the annexed is a true copy. was published in CALLER -TIMES PUBL. CO. on theJ.s.t.. day of .n,1 y consecutive_.__ day One Times. 19.2.5_, and once each. 26.45 Gracie De Luna gay Subscribed and sworn to before me this_.is s t day of • thereafter for one dfGliY10.� July 19 85 , NotaryP `ublic. Nueces County. TEfras EUGENIA S. CORTEZ - 6/30/89 NOTICE JF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE 018896 AMENDING CHAPTER 6. ANI- MAL CONTROL, OF THE CITY - CODE BY ESTABLISHING THE REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN A HORSE.STABLE PERMIT AND DEFINING THE RESPONSIBIIJ- TIES OF OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HORSE STA- BLES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE; AND PROVID- ING FOR PUBLICATION. Was passed and approved by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas an i the 26th day of June, 1986. The full text of said ordinance I is available to the public In The Office of the City Secretary. /a/ Armando Chaps City Secretary Corpus Christi, Texas L