1955-2-Ordinance-Livestock Regulations Cows-06/06/1955ORDINANCE 1955-2
CITY SEGRD.A.RY
URIGINAL COPY
AN ORDINANCE MAKING IT UNLAWFUr., TO KEEP MIORE THAN ONE COW
AND ONE CALF IN ANY ONE ENCLOSURE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS
OF THE CITY OF SANGER WHEATHER FOR DAIRY OR OTHER PURPOSES,
WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING A PERMIT FROM THE BOARD OF COMMIS
SIONERS OF THE CITY OF SANGER®
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COPIINMIISSIONERS OF THE CITY O.F SANGERt
SECTION 1® It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, .corporation,
or association of persons to maintain, own or control any premises
within the city limits of the City of Sanger where more than one
cow and one calf of the bovine species are kept in one enclosure
without a permit issued by the Board of Commissioners as set out
elswhere in this ordinance,
SECTION 2® No person, firm, core®ration or association of persons
shall keep or cause to be kept, or milk or cause to be milked at
any one place or in any one enclosure within the city limits of the
City of Sanger more than one cow and one calf without obtaining a
permit From the Board of Commissioners as set out in this ordinance®
SECTION 3, One enolosure shall be held to mean, within the terms
or this ordinance, any and all connected' buildings whether under
one roof or otherwise, and buildings and sheds which may have
entrances to the same lot or lots and any and all lot or lots with
a gateway or opening between.
SECTION It, Any person, firm, corporation or association of per®
sons who desire to keep and maintain in one enclosure more than
one cow and calf of the bovine species shall make application to
the Board of Commissioners, stating the number of cattle desired
to be kept;' and location of the premisies, the size of the enclo
cures and bu.ildini gs, giving the name of the owner of the premises
and number of residences within five hundred f'eetf of any part of
the enclosure, such application shall be taken up for considerate
Lion by the Board of Commissioners at the next regular meeting
of the Board after the filing of said application for permit; this
application to be filed with the"`City Secretary, and, if filed
with the City Secretary more than two days prior to any regular
meeting of the Board of Commissioners, the City Secretary shall
refer it to the City Health Officer, who shall cause to be made
to the Board of Commissioners a report and recommendation from
the Health Officer, and if, within the discretion of the Board
of Commissioners, acting upon the information furnished by the
applicant and Health Officer of the City of Sanger, the Board of
Commissioner is satisfied that the maintaining or keeping said
cattle will not constitute a public nuisance, a permit shall be
granted to keep said cattle at said place set out in said appli
cation, which permit shall expire upon the 31st day of December
following the granting of such permit,
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If the Board of Commissioners i s not sati shed I;hat rhe maa.nts,ining
or beeping said cattle at the plaoe mentioned in any applioation
wi11 nat constitute a pu1 lic nuisance, then the petitioner sha11 be
notified by the City Secretary at least ten days prior to a sub
Sequent meeting of the Board of Commissioners, at w aich time the
Board of Comma%ssionex s wi11 consider said application further, a.nd
a_f, a-t such other and fua^ther hearing the Board of Commissioners
determines that the beeping of said oattle at the place set out in
the petition oonstitutes a public nuisa,noe, it will refuse the
issuanoe of a permit9 othe:r°wise, a permit shall be .issued to the
petitioner®
SECTION 5 Nothing _n this ordinance shall pro ^bibit keeping of
cattle for a period of not more than Five days in enclosures a,sed
by packing houses or other slaughter houses, nor shall this ord
finance prohibit the exhibition of rattle at stook shows and Fair
grounds during the time suoh fair or stook show may be open .for
exhibition, not to exoeed a period of twenty®one days, However,
the exemption made in this section. shall not relieve the persons
in charge of such cattle from the operation of other orda.nances of
the'.Ca.ty.;o°f Sanger applicable thereto, or prevent proceedings to
abate any nuisanoe created by the keeping of oa ttle within the
City imits
SECTION 6 Any person, firm, corporata.on, or association of
persons violating any provisions of this o dinanoe sha11, upon
conviction, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined in any
sum nc t exceed i ng two hundred ( j32O0 m QO ) Dollars ® Each day"s
violation of this ordaenance shall constitute a separate offense
SECTION ` This ordinannce shall be in fu11 force and effeot
fifteen (15 ) days after its passage
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE 6 day of June A® D®, 1955
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ATTESTS
/s/ FIoY T® Ezell
Ci cy Secretary
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Reoorded in the minutes of the City of Sanger Volrxme 5, page a O®