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ORDINANCE 2008-62 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SAN MARCOS, TEXAS, REPEALING ARTICLE 5, <br />COMMERCIAL ANIMAL ESTABLISHMENTS, OF CHAPTER <br />18 BUSINESSES, AND AMENDING CHAPTER 6, ANIMALS, <br />REPEALING MOST OF THE PRESENT SECTIONS AND <br />PROVIDING NEW SECTIONS TO MODERNIZE THE <br />CHAPTER AND TO HARMONIZE THE CHAPTER WITH <br />CURRENT STATE LAW; PROVIDING FOR CRIMINAL <br />PENALTIES, AND PROVIDING AND EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />RECITALS: <br />1. The orderly and safe keeping of animals is an important part of San Marcos <br />community. Further, the proper care of animals is a critical public health and safety issue. <br />2. Through interlocal agreements, the City's Animal Services Facility has taken on an <br />expanded role as a regional facility by taking part in the care and control of animals located <br />throughout Hays County. A recent expansion of the facility allows for better care of housed <br />animals and a better means to decrease the number of animals euthanized. A revision of the San <br />Marcos Animal Control Ordinances was explicitly anticipated as part of the interlocal <br />• agreements. <br />3. During the last two legislative sessions there have been changes in state regulations <br />that need to be incorporated into the City's animal ordinances. <br />4. The proposed changes to the City's Animal Control Ordinance modernizes the <br />ordinance and brings it into harmonization with present state law. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, <br />TEXAS: <br />SECTION 1. Chapter 28, Businesses, Article 5, Commercial Animal Establishments, is <br />repealed in its entirety. <br />SECTION 2. Chapter 6, Article 1, Sections 6.001 through 6.003 of the San Marcos Code of <br />Ordinances are amended as follows (underlining indicates added text, °* -iket hre ^h indicates <br />deleted text: <br />ARTICLE 1. IN GENERAL - TREATMENT OF ANIMALS <br />Sec. 6.001. Definitions. <br />• For the purposes of this chapter certain terms and words are defined. Words used in the present <br />tense include the future, the singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular; <br />reference to male gender includes the female, and references to any person or animal without