04-98-Ordinance-Amending Animal Control Dangerous Dog-04/20/1998CITY OF SANGER
ORDINANCE No. 04-98
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANGER, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS,
AMENDING ANIMAL CONTROL CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 2.100
DEFINITIONS, AND ARTICLE 2.300 DANGEROUS DOGS OF THE
SANGER CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS THAT
FROM AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE, THE CITY OF
SANGER CODE OF ORDINANCES ARTICLES 2.100 AND 2.300 SHALL BE AMENDED
TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I: CODE OF ORDINANCES AMENDED
ARTICLE 2.100 DEFINITIONS
Dangerous Dog As used in this article, "Dangerous dog" means a dog that:
(a) makes an unprovoked attack on a person or another animal that causes bodily
injury or death and occurs in a place other than an enclosure in which the dog
was being kept and that was reasonably certain to prevent the dog from leaving
the enclosure on its own; or
(b) commits unprovoked acts in a place other than an enclosure in which the dog was
being kept and that was reasonably certain to prevent the dog from leaving the
enclosure on its own and those acts cause bodily injury or death to that person or
other animal.
ARTICLE 2.300 DANGEROUS DOGS
2.304 Attacks by Dangerous Dog
(a) A person commits an offense if his/her dangerous dog makes an unprovoked attack on
a person or another animal outside the dog's enclosure and causes bodily injury or death to that
person or animal. Should the attack cause serious bodily injury or death, the person may be
subject to other criminal prosecution under the laws of the State of Texas in a court of competent
jurisdiction.
SECTION II: SEVERABILITY
That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word in this Ordinance,
or application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
Ordinance, an the City Council hereby declares that it would have passed such remaining
portions of the Ordinance despite such invalidity.
ORD. 04-98 APRIL 20, 1998
SECTION III. CONFLICTING PROVISIONS
That any and all Ordinances shall take effect immediately from and after its passage and
publication of the caption, as the law in such cases provides.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANGER, TEXAS, ON THIS THE 20TH DAY OF APRIL , 1998.
W . Coker, III