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Home My WebLink About107_Dog & Pound Fees EstablishedORDINANCE NUMBER 107 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE CONTROL OF DOGS WITHIN THE TOWN OF OWASSO; ESTABLISHING FEES FOR SEIZURE OF DOGS AND POUND, AND RULES PERTAINING TO RECLAIMING OF DOGS IMPOUNDED AS STRAYS, RUNNING AT LARGE IN VIOLATION OF ORDINANCE 57 OF THE TOWN OF OWASSO, OR HELD UNDER OBSERVATION AS BEING SUSPECTED OF BEING INFECTED WITH RABIES OR OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASE; AMENDING SECTION 10, TITLE 1 OF CHAPTER 1 OF THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA; MAKING PAYMENT OF FEES A DEFENSE TO A PROSECUTION BROUGHT UNDER SECTION II OF ORDINANCE 57 OF THE TOWN OF OWASSO, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF WASSO, STATE OF OKLAHOMA: Section 1. That Section 10, Title 12 of Chapter 19 of The Revised Ordinances for The Town of 0,vuasso C-)klahcrla2 190, be amended to provide and read as follows. "Section 10. Reclaiming of Dogs. No person shall be entitled to reclaim any dog found to be a nuisance, or impounded as a stray or running at large, or confined for observation for having bitten a human being or being suspected of having rabies cc other infectious disease, except as provided by Section 9. Title 12 Chapter 1 of The Revised Ordinances of The Town of Owasso, Oklahoma, nor shall any person be entitled to reclaim any dog found to be rabid or vicious, but the owner may reclaim any other dog seized under the terms of Ordin- ances of The Town of Owasso pertaining thereto, within the times and un6er the conditions stated herein, to-wit; Within Three (3) days after the expiration of Fourteen (24) days as to every dog held under observation and not showing symptoms; of rabies or other infectious disease; a. , as to every other dog, within Three (3) days from date of seizure, the owner nay reclaim any dog seized by sulmitting proof of his ownership of such dog and that such dog had been vacinated within one year prior thereto, to prevent rabies infection, to the satis- faction of the Ta� rsha.1 or law enforcement officer, or have such dog so vacinated before being so released, and by paying any license fees then due for the current year, a charge of Five Dollars 0500) to cover charges of seizure of such dog, together with a pound fee of F ive D ollars 0 5. 00' ) 0 No dog shall be released without satisfactorn proof of ownership and vasination, anne, without payment of the charges herein prescribed, nor shall the payment thereof constitute any defense in arl prosecution that may be instituted for the violation of the terms of any ordinance of The Town of Gwasso, EXCEIT that such payment shall be a defense in the prosecu- tion of an-offense under Section 11 of Ordinance 57 of The Town of Owasso Mahoma, pertain- ing to dogs being allowed to run at large, provided that such payments are made amd vaccine administered within the time required for reclaiming such dog, and Provided that no poundage shall be charged for any licensed dog surrendered to the owner on acquittal or dismissal of charges of harboring such dog as a nuisance or am a vicious dog, an ! no seizure or poundage fees shall be charged2 e n an owner voluntarily surrenders a dog suspected of having rabies or other infectiraus disease or exposed thereto, except that mush owner shall pay to The Town of Owasso the suma of Fifty Cents (5011) per day, while such dog voluntarily placed in pound is held for observation. Section 2 Cedinances Eot Repealed, All provisions of Title One (1) of Chapter I of The Revised Ordinances for The Town of Owasso, Oklahoma, or amendments thereto, for 1957, and all other provisions of ordinances contained therein and amendments thereto, and all ordinances of The Town of Owasso pertaining to the control of dogs within the town, not in conflict with this ordinance sha-11, rsm.tain unchanZed and in 011 force and affect. E1,1111 31U_1 Jull' a That because of existing condition constituting an immediate threat to the safety of perFons and property and to the public welfare and health, and for tin preservation of public health, peace and safety, an emergency exists, and by reason whereof this ordinance., Number 107, shall take effect from art after its passag(, approval and publication. PASSED by the Board of Trustees of The Town of Owasso, Oklahoma, this l6th day of December, 1968,v ant the Emergency clause voted upon separately and passed by unanimouse vote of said board. AKMED by the President of the Board of Trustees of The Town of i"),passa, Qklahomaa, this l6th day of December, 1968. ATISST-, -ill;aEtlhi�oe' the Board. oe Trust Kof The, i OTT,— '01 Owass02 Oklahoma own' s torne."T _7 2� Board _'v_embsrs PROOF OF PUBL-ATION STATE OF OKLAHOMA, TULSA COUNTY, ss: Bill R. Retherford, of lawful age, being duly sworn, upon oath deposes and says that he is the publisher of the so . m ' * * * .............. , a newspaper printed in the English language, in the City of .............. Tulsa County, Oklahoma, having 'a bona fide paid general circulation therein, and with entrance into the United States mail as second class mail matter in Tulsa County and published in said county where delivered to the United States mail, and that the notice by publication, a copy of which is hereto attached, was published in said newspaper for �`:"'e .............. consecutive weeks, the first publication being on the . ............... day of ............. .......... 19 and the last day of publication being on the .............. day of .............. 19 . . . . ... and that said newspaper has been continuously and uninterruptedly published in said county during the period of more than One Hundred and Four (104) weeks consecutively, prior to the first publication of said notice, or advertisement, as required by Section one, Chapter four, Title 25 Oklahoma Session Laws, 1943, as amended by House Bill No. 495, 22nd Legislature, and thereafter, and complies with all of the prescriptions and require- ments of the laws, of Oklahoma. (The advertisement above referred to is a true and printed copy. Said notice was published in all editions ,o� sat o-newspaper and not in a supplement tw, eof. Subscribed and sworn to before me by Bi R. Retherford, publisher of the . ........................... is . .I-day of r a ......... ....... Notary blic. My commission expires - " ........ , � -, - PUBLISHER'S FEE i : .-. . . . Town of Owasso, Oklahoma, or aineltut {iaau� «_�� L , - -- 1957, and all other provisions of ordinances; contained therein and amendments thereto, and all ordinances of The Town of Owasso pertaining to the control of dogs within the town, not in conflict with this ordinance shall remain tan changed and in full force and effect. EMERGENCY. That because of existing condition con- stituting an immediate threat to the safety of persons and property and to the public welfare and health, and for the preservation of public health, pea, ce and safety, an emergency exists, and by reason whereof this ordinance, Number 147, shall take effect from and after its passage, approval and publication. PASSED by the Board of Trustees of The Town of Owasso, Oklahoma, this 16th day of December, 1968, and the Emer- gency clause voted upon separately and passed by unanimous vote of said board. APPROVED by the President of the Board of Trustees of The Town of Owasso, Oklahoma this 16th day of December, 1968, SIGNED: JOHN R. GROTH President of the Board of Trustees Of The Town of Owasso, Oklahoma ATTEST: Inez H. Odom, Town Clerk. APPROVED as to form: M S. Sawyer, Town's :Attorney (SEAL)