Ord. 0490 04-08-85ORDINANCE NO. 490
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 6-18 OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
PEARLAND, TEXAS; TO PROVIDE THAT A 180
DAY QUARANTINE MAY BE ORDERED IN CASE OF
POSITIVE RABIES DIAGNOSIS; HAVING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; HAVING A REPEALER CLAUSE;
HAVING A CODIFICATION CLAUSE; HAVING A
PENALTY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION
AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section 1.
Section 6-18 of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of Pearland, Texas, shall be and is hereby amended and shall
read as follows:
"Section 6-18. Areawide quarantine - When
imposed.
When the report indicates a positive diagnosis
of rabies, the city health officer may order
an areawide quarantine for a period of one
hundred eighty (180) days, and upon the invoking
of such quarantine, no pet animal shall be
taken into the streets, or permitted to be
in the streets, during such period of
quarantine. During such quarantine no such
animal may be taken or shipped from the City
without written permission from the city health
officer."
Section 2.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase,
or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or
unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such
portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent
provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions thereof.
Section 3.
All Ordinances and parts of Ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed, but only to the extent of such
conflict.
Section 4.
It is the intent of the City Council of the City of
Pearland, Texas that this Ordinance shall be codified in the
City's official Code of Ordinances as provided hereinabove.
Section 5.
Any person who violates this Ordinance or any provision
thereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction by a Court of competent jurisdiction shall be
punished as provided in Sec. 1-11 of the City Code of Ordinances.
Section 6.
The City Secretary shall cause this Ordinance, or the
caption and penalty hereof, to be published in the official
newspaper of the City of Pearland, Texas at least once within
ten (10) days after the passage of such Ordinance. This Ordinance
shall then become effective ten (10) days from and after its
publication, or the publication of its caption and penalty,
in the official City newspaper.
PASSED AND APPROVED ON FIRST READING this the 023
day of
ATTEST:
Citytit
Secretary
171.41,1‹..A✓ , A.D., 1985.
0.3„,
Mayor, City of Pearland, Texas
PASSED AND APPROVED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING this
the �' day of L�'l , A.D., 19 5
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
07-21
Mayor, City of Pearland, Texas
VOTING RECORD (FIRST READING) MARCH 25, 1985
"Aye" - Councilman Gray, Councilman Bost,
Councilman Frauenberger, Councilman
Mack, and Councilman Lentz.
"No" - None
VOTING RECORD (SECOND READING) APRIL 8, 1985
"Aye" - Councilman Gray, Councilman Bost,
Councilman Frauenberger, Councilman
Mack, and Councilman Lentz.
"No" - None
DATE OF PUBLICATION: APRIL 12, 1985
EFFECTIVE DATE: APRIL 22, 1985