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ORDINANCE NO.
06/02
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
UNIVERSITY PARK, AS HERETOFORE AMENDED, BY AMENDING
CHAPTER 2, SECTION 2.606 "DOGS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY" TO
PROHIBIT DOGS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY OR ON SIDEWALKS OR
PARKWAYS ADJACENT TO SCHOOL PROPERTY; PROVIDING FOR
THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT
TO EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR
EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 2, Section 2.606, of the Code of Ordinances,
City of University Park, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 2.606 Dogs on School or Adjacent Property
A person commits an offense if, without the express permission of an authorized
school official, he or she allows, suffers, permits a dog under his or her ownership,
custody, or control to go on or be on any school grounds or other property of the
Highland Park Independent School District, or any private preschool, kindergarten,
primary or secondary school, at any time, or to go on or be on any sidewalk,
parkway or public property abutting school property while school is in session."
SECTION 2. That all ordinances of the City of University Park in conflict
with the provisions of this ordinance or the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby,
are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. That should any sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause,
phrase or section of this ordinance or the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby,
be adjudged or held to be unconstitutional, illegal, or invalid, the same shall not
affect the validity of this ordinance or the Code of Ordinances as a whole, or any
part or provision thereof, other than the part decided to be invalid, illegal or
unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
or the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction in the municipal court of the City of University
Park, shall be fined in an amount not to exceed the sum of five hundred dollars
($500.00) for each offense.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after
its passage and the publication of the caption, as the law and Charter in such cases
provide.
DUL Y PASSED by the City Council of the City of University Park, Texas,
on the 1 ih day of January 2006.
APPROVED:
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CITY ATTORNEY
(RLD/12/07 -05) (80196)
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