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AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING CERTAIN RULES AND REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE CARE AND KEEPING OF DOGS WITHIN THE CITY OF JONESBORO; REQUIRING DOGS TO BE PLACED ON LEASH WHEN NOT CONFINED WITHIN A YARD, BUILDING, OR OTHER ENCLOSURE; PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE HUMANE OFFICER AND THE MAINTENANCE OF A CITY DOG POUND; PROVIDING FOR THE SUBMISSION OF THIS ORDINANCE TO POPULAR VOTE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
Section 1: Confinement of Dogs: From and after the passage of this Ordinance, no person owning, possessing or keeping a dog or dogs shall allow the same to run at large within the City of Jonesboro, and any person owning, possessing or keeping a dog or dogs, whether vaccinated or unvaccinated, licensed or unlicensed, shall confine such dog or dogs within an adequate fence or enclosure, or within a house, garage or other building, or shall confine such dog or dogs by a chain or leash affixed to the dog’s collar and attached to some substantial stationary object adequate to prevent the dog or dogs from running at large.
Section 2: Confinement other than on premises of owner At all times when not confined as stated in Section 6, the owner of any dog or dogs shall confine such dog or dogs within an automobile or by having one end of a rope or leash affixed to substantial stationary object, or hold by some person competent to control such dog or dogs.
Section 3: (a) HUMANE OFFICER There is hereby created the office of Humane Officer whose salary shall be fixed by the City Council.
(b) Appointment of Humane Officer shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject, however, to the consent and approval of the Jonesboro City Council. The Humane Officer shall exercise the powers and duties as provided in this ordinance and, in addition thereto, shall perform such duties as may be delegated to him by the Mayor and/or City Council.
(c) City Dog Pound It is hereby made the duty of the Mayor and Humane Officer to provide a suitable place to be known and designated as the “City Dog Pound” to carry out the provisions of this ordinance, and including the construction of a suitable number of individual pens where dogs may be kept separate.
Section 4: Condition of Pen and Premises it, shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation keeping or harboring dogs to fail to keep the premises where such dogs are kept free from offensive odors to the extent that such odors are disturbing to any person residing within reasonable approximate of the said premises; and it shall be unlawful to allow premises where dogs are kept to become unclean and a threat to the public health by failing to diligently and systematically remove all animal waste from the premises.
Section 5: Severability should any portion of this ordinance be unconstitutional or invalid and so declared by a court of competent jurisdiction, then the remainder of this ordinance shall not be affected by such partial invalidity.
Section 6: Repeal of Ordinances all ordinances and portion of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 7: Popular Vote this ordinance is hereby submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, at the General Election to be held in the City of Jonesboro on Tuesday following the first Monday of November, 1961.
Section 8: Popular Election to Control if a majority of the qualified electors voting on said referred ordinance at such election shall vote in favor thereof, same shall, on the 30th day following such election, take and be in full force and effect and unless a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon at such election shall vote in favor thereof, the same shall be deemed defeated and shall be of no force or effect.
Section 9: Notice prior to election the City Clerk of the City of Jonesboro, and such other officials as are charged with duties related thereto, shall, before said election, make such publications and give such notices and make such appointments, and do all acts and things in connection with the submission of said referred ordinance to the qualified electors of the City of Jonesboro at said election in the manner and form and at the times prescribed by law.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 18th day of September, 1961.