Agenda Item Description
An ordinance (1) amending Chapter 2, "Administration," and Chapter 7, "Animals," of the Dallas City Code by amending Sections 2-155, 2-156, 2-157, 7-1.1, 7-2.4, 7-2.5, 7-3.1, 7-4.1, 7-4.2, 7-4.10, 7-4.11, 7-4.12, 7-4.13, 7-5.4, 7-8.2, and 7.8-3; (2) creating the Department of Animal Care Services; (3) creating a director for the department; (4) providing duties for the director; (5) amending the number of required meetings for the animal advisory commission; (6) adding and clarifying definitions; (7) retitling certain titles; (8) providing a requirement to report likely rabies exposures; (9) creating a duty for an animal owner to quarantine an animal following a likely rabies exposure; (10) providing notice requirements for impounded animals; (11) providing a presumption of transfer of ownership for certain impounded animals; (12) providing an additional defense to prosecution if the owner remedies the violation within a certain time period for certain offenses; (13) replacing registration with mandatory microchipping; (14) renaming the intact permit to breeding permit; (15) amending breeding permit requirements; (16) creating an offense for confining a dog or cat in an unattended motor vehicle under conditions that harm the dog or cat; (17) amending the standard of review for appeal of a dangerous dog proceeding; (18) providing enhanced penalties upon the third conviction of certain violations; (19) deleting and reserving a section; (20) making certain other structural, grammatical and clarifying changes; (21) providing a penalty not to exceed $500; (22) providing a saving clause; (23) providing a severability clause; and (24) providing an effective date - Financing: This action has no cost consideration to the City
