OR 2008-1198 Days animal held from three to five
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO.2008-1198
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING
SECTION 9-1-11.B. OF THE COPPELL CODE BY INCREASING THE
NUMBER OF DAYS AN ANIMAL SHALL BE HELD FROM THREE (3)
DAYS TO FIVE (5) DAYS BEFORE DISPOSITION OF SUCH ANIMAL
IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 9-1 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS,
Section 9-1-11, subsection B. currently provides that an animal which has
been impounded by the City is held for a period of three (3) days before final disposition as
provided in Section 9-1-12 of Article 9-1; and
WHEREAS,
the City desires to increase the number of days to hold the animal from
three (3) days to five (5) days;
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas be and the
same is hereby amended by amending Chapter 9, General Regulations, Section 9-1-11,
Redemption of animal, subsection B. to increase the number of days an impounded animal is
held, which shall read as follows:
Sec. 9-1-11. Redemption of animal.
“
. . . . .
A.
. . . . .
B. Impounded animals shall be held for five (5) days after ”
SECTION 2.
That all provisions of the Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas, in
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are hereby, repealed, and all other
provisions of the Ordinances of the City not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall
remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3. T hat should any word, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or
section of this ordinance, or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be adjudged or held to
be void or unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said
ordinance or the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, which shall remain in full force and
effect.
SECTION 4. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas, as amended,
shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended by this ordinance.
SECTION 5. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its
passage and the publication of its caption, as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City ofCoppell, Texas, this the 2..4~ay of
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,2008
ATTEST:
ROBERT E. HAGER,
(JDD/ajh/cdb) (07-12-08/0
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