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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 347 Adopting Animal Control regulationsTOWN OF WESTLAKE ORDINANCE NO. 347 AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE ESTABLISHING ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE KEEPING OF ANIMALS IN THE TOWN, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANIMAL HEALTH, SANITATION, NUISANCES, ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE, THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS THAT MAY BE KEPT, SPACE REQUIREMENTS FOR LIVESTOCK, THE KEEPING OF WILD ANIMALS, IMPOUNDMENT AND DISPOSITION PROCEDURES, PROVIDING FOR FINES, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Town of Westlake, pursuant to the general police power, the authority granted to cities and towns by the Texas State Constitution and State Statutes, is authorized to regulate and govern animals within the corporate limits of the Town; and WHEREAS, this Ordinance is enacted to promote the public health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the Town of Westlake and to ensure the humane treatment of animals by regulating the care and control of animals within the Town. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE: SECTION 1. That all matters stated in the preamble are found to be true and correct and are incorporated herein as if copied in their entirety. SECTION 2. Definitions. When used in this Ordinance, the following words, terms, and phrases, and their derivations shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (a) Animal means any live creature, both domestic and wild, except humans. "Animal" includes fowl, fish and reptiles. (b) Animal control officer paeans an employee or agent of the Town, designated by the Town Manager to administer and enforce the licensing, inspection and enforcement requirements contained within this Ordinance. (c) Animal hospital means any establishment maintained and operated by a licensed veterinarian for surgery, diagnosis, and treatment of animal diseases and injuries. (d) Animal nuisance means any nuisance arising out of the keeping, maintaining or owning of, or failure to exercise sufficient control of, an animal. (e) Animal shelter means any facility operated by the Town or humane society for the temporary care, confinement and detention of animals and for the humane euthanizing and other disposition of animals. The term shall also include any private facility authorized by the Town Manager or their designee to impound, confine, detain, care for or euthanize any animal. (f) At heel means a dog is directly behind or next to a person and obedient to that person's command. (g) At large means that an animal is off the premises of the owner, and not on a leash or otherwise under the immediate control of a person physically capable of restraining the animal. (h) Cruelty means any act of omission whereby unjustifiable physical pain, suffering or death of an animal is caused or permitted, including failure to provide proper drink, air, space, shelter or protection from the elements, a sanitary and safe living environment, veterinary care or nutritious food in siphoned quantity. In the case of activities where physical pain is necessarily caused, such as medical and scientific research, food processing, customary and normal veterinary and agricultural husbandry practices, pest elimination, and animal training and hunting, "cruelty" shall mean a failure to employ the most humane method reasonably available. (i) Disposition means adoption, quarantine, voluntary or involuntary custodianship or placement, or euthanasia humanely administered to an animal. "Disposition" includes placement or sale of an animal to the general public, or removal of an animal from any pet shop to any other location. (j) Domestic animal includes dogs, cats, domesticated sheep, horses, cattle, goats, swine, fowl, ducks, geese, turkeys, confined domestic hares and rabbits, pheasants, and other birds and animals raised and/or maintained in confinement. (k) Exotic animal means any live monkey, alligator, crocodile, cayman, raccoon, skunk, fox, bear, sea mammal, poisonous snake, member of the feline species other than domestic cat (felis domesticus), member of the canine species other than domestic dog (canis familiaris) or any other animal that would require a standard of care and control greater than that required for customary household pets sold by commercial pet shops or domestic farms animals. (1) Guard or attack dog means a dog trained to attack on command or to protect persons or property, and who will cease to attack upon command. (m) Impoundment means the taking into custody of an animal by any police officer, animal control officer, or any authorized representative thereof. (n) Fennel means any premises wherein any person engages in the business of boarding, breeding, buying, letting for hire, training for a fee, or selling dogs or cats. 2 (o) Owner means any person having temporary or permanent custody of, sheltering or having charge of, harboring, exercising control over, or having property rights to, any animal covered by this Ordinance. An animal shall be deemed to be harbored if it is fed or sheltered for three (3) or more consecutive days. (p) Public nuisance means any animal that unreasonably annoys humans, endangers the life or health of persons or other animals, or substantially interferes with the rights of citizens, other than their owners, to enjoyment of life or property. The term "public nuisance animal" shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Any animal that is repeatedly found running at large; (2) Any dog or cat in any section of a park or public recreation area unless the dog or cat is controlled by a leash or similar physical restraint; (3) Any animal that damages, soils, defiles or defecates on any property other than that of its owner; (4) Any animal that makes disturbing noises, including but not limited to, continued and repeated howling, barking, whining, or other utterances causing unreasonable annoyance, disturbance, or discomfort to neighbors or others in close proximity to the premises where the animal is kept or harbored; (5) Any animal that causes fouling of the air by noxious or offensive odors and thereby creates unreasonable annoyance or discomfort to neighbors or others in close proximity to the premises where the animal is kept or harbored; (6) Any animal in heat that is not confined so as to prevent attraction or contact with other animals; (7) Any animal, whether or not on the property of its owner, that without provocation, molests, attacks, or otherwise interferes with the freedom of movement of persons in a public right-of-way; (8) Any animal that chases motor vehicles in a public right-of-way; (9) Any animal that attacks domestic animals; (10) Any animal that causes unsanitary conditions in enclosures or surroundings where the animal is kept or harbored; 3 (11) Any animal that is offensive or dangerous to the public health, safety or welfare by virtue of the number of animals maintained at a single residence or the inadequacy of the facilities. (r) Sanitary means a condition of good order and cleanliness to minimize the possibility of disease transmission. (s) Under restraint means that an animal is secured by a leash, lead under the control of a person physically capable of restraining the animal and obedient to that person's commands, or securely enclosed within the real property limits of the owner's premises. (t) Vicious or dangerous animal means any animal that attacks, bites, or physically injures human beings, domestic animals, or livestock without adequate provocation, or which, because of temperament or training, has a known propensity to attack, bite, or physically injure human beings, domestic animals, or livestock. Any wild animal or any animal that without provocation has bitten or attacked a human being or other animal shall be prima facie presumed vicious or dangerous. (u) Wild animal means any monkey, nonhuman primate, raccoon, skunk, fox, leopard, panther, tiger, lion, lynx or any other warm-blooded animal that can normally be found in a wild state. The term "wild animal" does not include domestic dogs (excluding hybrids with wolves, coyotes or jackals), domestic cats (excluding hybrids with ocelots or margays), farm animals, rodents, any hybrid animal that is part wild, and captive -bred species of common cage birds. SECTION 3. Nuisances. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any animal on any property located within the corporate limits of the Town when the keeping of the animal constitutes a public nuisance or menace to public health or safety. SECTION 4. Keeping of Exotic Animals. It shall be unlawful for anyone to own, harbor any exotic animal without the written permission of the Town Manager or his designate. Such permission shall be given only if it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Town Manager or his designate that the animal will not constitute a threat to public health or safety. SECTION 5. Keeping of Numerous Animals. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to keep more than three (3) dogs, cats or other animals within the Town; except that a litter of pups, kittens or other young animals may be kept for a period of time not exceeding five (S) months from birth. This subsection shall not apply to any permitted establishment where animals are kept for breeding, sale, sporting purposes, or boarding. The number of large animals may not exceed that allowed in Section 18. In (b) In areas where kennels are permitted, no kennel shall be located closer than five hundred (500) feet from the property line of the nearest adjacent residential lot. SECTION b. Caring for animals. (a) It shall be unlawful for the owner or custodian of any animal to refuse or fail to provide the animal with sufficient wholesome and nutritious food, potable water, veterinary care when needed to prevent suffering, humane care and treatment, or to unnecessarily expose the animal in hot, stormy, cold or inclement weather. (b) No owner or custodian of any animal shall willfully abandon the animal on any street, road, highway or public place, or on private property when not in the care of another person. SECTION 7. Sanitation. (a) No owner or custodian of any animal shall cause or allow the animal to soil, defile or defecate on any public property or upon any street, sidewalk, public way, play area or common grounds owned jointly by the members of a homeowners or condominium association, or upon private property other than that of the owner, unless the owner or custodian immediately removes and disposes of all feces deposited by the animal by the following methods: (1) Collection of the feces by appropriate implement and placement in a paper or plastic bag or other container; and (2) Removal of the bag or container to the property of the animal owner or custodian and disposition thereafter in a manner as otherwise may be permitted by law. (b) No person owning, harboring or keeping an animal within the Town shall permit any waste matter from the animal to collect and remain on the property of the owner or custodian, so as to create an unhealthy, unsanitary, dangerous or offensive living condition on the owner's or custodian's property, or to abutting property of others. (c) No person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of any animal shall cause unsanitary dangerous or offensive conditions by virtue of the size or number of animals maintained at a single location or due to the inadequacy of the facilities. 5 SECTION S. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously strike, beat, abuse, or intentionally run down with a vehicle any animal, or otherwise engage in any act to cause or inflict unnecessary pain, injury, suffering or death to the animal; except that reasonable force may be used to drive away vicious or trespassing animals. (b) No person, except a licensed veterinarian for humanitarian purposes, shall administer poison to any animal, or knowingly leave any poisonous substance of any kind or ground glass in any place with the intent to injure any animal. The provisions of this Section are not applicable to licensed exterminators using poisons as part of a pest control program or the use of commercial insecticides and rodent baits used to control insects and wild rodents. SECTION 9. Restraint and Confinement - Generally (a) It shall be unlawful for the owner of any animal to fail to keep the animal under restraint or to permit the animal to run at large upon the streets and public ways of the Town. (b) Any dog, while on a street, sidewalk, public way or in any park, public square, or other public space, or upon any private property without the consent of the owner, shall be secured by a leash or chain of sufficient tensile strength to restrain the particular dog, or shall be at heel and securely muzzled. (c) No owner or custodian of any animal shall fail to exercise proper care and control of the animal to prevent the same from becoming a public nuisance. (d) Every female dog or cat in heat shall be confined in a building or other enclosure in such a manner that the female dog or cat cannot come into contact with another animal except for planned breeding SECTION 14. Restraint of Guard Dogs (a) Every owner of a guard or attack dog shall keep the dog confined in a building, compartment or other enclosure. Any such enclosure shall be completely surrounded by a fence at least six (6) feet in height and shall be topped with an anti -climbing device constructed of angle metal braces with at least three (3) strands of equally separated barbed wire stretched between them. (b) All anti -climbing devices shall extend inward at an angle of not less than forty- five (45) degrees nor more than ninety (90) degrees when measured from the perpendicular. 6 (e) The areas of confinement shall all have gates and entrances thereto securely closed and locked, and all fences properly maintained and escape proof (d) The provisions of this Section shall not apply to dogs owned or controlled by government law enforcement agencies SECTION 11. Restraint of Vicious or Dangerous Animals. Every vicious animal shall be confined by its owner or authorized agent of its owner within a building or secure enclosure and, whenever off the premises of its owner, shall be securely muzzled and restrained with a chain having a minimum tensile strength of three hundred (300) pounds and not more than three (3) feet in length, or caged. Every person harboring a vicious animal is charged with an affirmative duty to confine the animal in such a way that children do not have access to the animal. SECTION 12. Property Owners May Impound. Any person finding an animal at large upon his property may remove the same to any animal shelter that will take possession of the animal. If no shelter is available, the property owner may hold the animal in his own possession, and as soon as possible, notify the animal control officer. The property owner shall provide a description of the animal and the name of the owner if known. The animal control officer shall take possession of the animal. SECTION 13. Return of Animal to Owner. If the name of the owner or custodian of an animal found at large is known or can be obtained with reasonable dispatch, the animal control officer shall return the animal to the residential address of the owner. If there is no one present, the officer shall leave written notice of whom the owner must contact to reclaim the animal. The officer shall then remove the animal to the nearest animal hospital or shelter that will accept the animal. SECTION 14. Disposition of Large Animals, Any animal control officer or other designated person on call who removes a large animal such as a horse, cow, mule or any other animal not acceptable by any animal hospital or shelter shall be authorized to call a trucking firm or company which shall convey the animal to a farm or other appropriate facility that has an agreement with the Town to accept such animals. The disposition of any animal removed to a facility other than an animal hospital or shelter shall be handled in the same manner as though the animal were confined in an animal hospital or shelter. SECTION 15. Vaccination of Dogs and Cats (a) Proof of rabies vaccination required. All owners of dogs or cats must show to the satisfaction of the animal control officer that their dog or cat has been inoculated against rabies within the last two (2) years. 7 SECTION 16. Impoundment (a) In addition to any other remedies provided in this Ordinance, an animal control officer or a police officer may seize, impound and humanely confine to an animal shelter or hospital any of the following animals: (1) Any dog or cat without a valid proof of rabies vaccination; (2) Any animal at large; (3) Any animal constituting a public nuisance or considered a danger to the public; (4) Any animal that is in violation of any quarantine or confinement order of the Town's chief health officer; (5) Any unattended animal that is ill, injured or otherwise in need of care; (6) Any animal that is reasonably believed to have been abused or neglected; (7) Any animal that is reasonably suspected of having rabies; (8) Any animal that is charged with being potentially dangerous, or dangerous where any animal control officer, the Town Manager determines that there is a threat to public health and safety; (9) Any animal that a court of competent jurisdiction has ordered impounded or destroyed; (10) Any animal that is considered unattended or abandoned, as in situations where the owner is deceased, has been arrested or evicted from his regular place of residence. (b) An animal control officer or police officer may also, or in lieu of impoundment, issue to the owner a notice of violation. The notice shall impose upon the owner a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00) that shall be paid to the Town within seventy-two (72) hours in full satisfaction of the assessed penalty. In the event that the penalty is not paid within the time period prescribed, a warrant shall be initiated before a magistrate and, upon conviction for violation of this Ordinance, the owner shall be punished as provided by this Ordinance. 9 SECTION 17. Notice to Owner and Redemption (a) Upon impoundment of an animal, the animal control officer shall immediately attempt to notify the owner by telephone, visit to residence or certified mail. If the owner is unknown, the animal control officer shall post written notice for three (3) consecutive days at Town Hall describing the animal and the time and place of taking. Any notice to the owner shall also include the location of the shelter or hospital where the animal is confined, hours during which the animal can be reclaimed, and fees to be charged to the owner. The owner shall also be advised that the failure to claim the animal within a specified period of time may result in the disposition of the animal. (b) An Owner reclaiming an impounded animal shall pay the fee of the appropriate shelter were their animal has been impounded. The daily rate charged for any subsequent impoundment occurring within twelve (12) months shall be doubled at the rate which was charged for each day of confinement during the first impoundment. (c) Any animal not reclaimed by its owner within ten (10) working days shall become the property of the Town and shall be placed for adoption in a suitable home or euthanized in a humane manner. SECTION 18. Restrictions on size of area for keeping livestock, etc. Grazing animals five hundred (500) pounds or greater, including horses and cattle, must have a minimum fenced or enclosed area of forty thousand (40,000) square feet per animal. Grazing animals of less than five hundred (500) pounds, including sheep and goats, must have a minimum fenced or enclosed area of fifteen thousand (15,000) square feet per animal. SECTION 19. Enforcement. Animal control officers, contracted with the Town via the Trophy Club/Westlake Department of Public Safety, or other designees of the Town Manager shall be the enforcement officials for this Ordinance. These officials, along with police officers, shall have the authority to act on behalf of the Town in investigating complaints, impounding and destroying animals, issuing citations, and taking other lawful actions as required to enforce the provisions of this Ordinance. It shall be a violation of this Ordinance to interfere with any animal control officer or other enforcement official in the performance of their duties. SECTION 20. Violations and Penalties. (a) It shall be a violation of the Ordinance to (1) Fail to comply with any provision of this Ordinance, and 9 (2) Fail to comply with any lawful order of the animal control officer, or police officer unless the order is lawfully stayed or reversed. (b) Any person who violates any provision of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00). If a violation continues, each day's violation shall be deemed a separate offense. SECTION 21. Conflicting Ordinances, All other Ordinances of the Town of Westlake that are in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict. SECTION 22. Severability. The provisions of this Ordinance are declared to be severable. If any section, sentence, clause, or phrase of the Ordinance shall for any reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, that decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining sections, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this Ordinance, but they shall remain in effect; it being the legislative intent that this Ordinance shall remain in effect notwithstanding the invalidity of any part. PASSED AND APPROVED ON THIS 14THDAY OF FEBRUARY, 2000. ATTEST: q I r,.� - - Gunge . rosswy, Town S'e retary APPROVED AS TOTORM: i Lowry 10 r Sco6 Bradley, 1yor Trent O. Petty, Manager | solemnly swear that atrue and correct copy ofthe Public Notice Ordinance No. 347 was published in T7fEKELLE/9 CITIZEN, e newspaper having general circulation in the counties of Denton and Tarrant, and that the dates that said issues ofthe newspaper bore inwhich such notice was published were February 22,2000. Acopy of the notice oopublished, clipped from the newspaper isattached hereto. Pam Nolte, Classified Ad Manager THE STATE OF TEXAS � COUNTY OF TARRANT � SWORN T3AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME go Pam Nolte �� this 9-9-- day ofMarch, 20O.tocertify which witness nnyhand and seal ofoffice. W �-�l V 4'0,� u~���� �� ' Notary Public, State of Texas Printed Name ufNotary Mycommission expires Ecrf,, NOTARY PUBLIC 110nVGomm. Exp. 04/2712002 1-1111z 2 � vvv� calling ajoint election Ally between the Town of Trophy ned Club the Trophy Gk,b Munici the PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC. i�EAI�I�iC Trutility Distract cipand the PUBLIC HEARING Trophy Club Municipal Utility District #2, to be held: on May NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE NOTICE OF WER 6 2000 for the purpose of OF PROPERTY TO dOtNT PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE OF electing three 3) council SAiiSFY BEFORETHE' JOINT, PUBLIC HEARING i WALL,- members for two ( n year LANDLORD'S LiEN 'TOWN COUNCIL AND BEFORE THE terms each to the town noun- SALE IS 11:00 A.M. PLANNING AND ZONING TOWN COUNCIL AND aux Painting. cil, for electing two (2) direo- FEB. 24, 2000 COMMISSION TOWN OF PLANNING AND ZONING 498-2466. tors to the Municipal Utility AT LONE STAR STORAGE [ROPNY CLUB, TEXAS COMMISSION TOWN OF District #1 for four (4) year TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS ` terms each, and for electing At 3600 Golden Triangle NOTICE is hereby three (3) directors to the g y given that NOTICE is hereby i Municipal Utility District #2 for Blvd•' Keller, TX. Property will the Town Council and Plan- y 9 ven that be sold to highest bidder for ning and Zoning Commission .the Town Council and Plan - four (4) year, terms each; des- cash. Cleanup and removal. of the Town of Trophy Club, rang and Zoning Commission Ea`s ignating a polling place within Deposit may be required. Texas, will hold a joint pubitc of the Town of Trophy Club, the town; appointing,a presid- Seller reserves the right to hearing at 7:30 p.m. on Texas, will hold a joint public alt election judge and an withdraw property from sale. March 7, 2000, at the Trophy hearing at 7:30 p.m. on VEL DIN alternate presiding election Includes' content of spaces of Club Municipal Building, 100 March 7, 2000, at the Trophy t� judge; establishing other pro- following' tenants, Municipal Drive; Trophy Ciub, Club Municipal Building, 100 the els for the conduction a Texas. This notice is being Municipal Drive, Trophybub, the election; establishing a Torrey Parkhurst., Boxes of published pursuant to Section Texas. This notice ris being ;DRCBS date for canvassing returns; Misc., Lawn Chairs. 211.006,of the Texas Local published pursuant to Section providing for necessary 211.06 of the Texas Local structian Government Code. ' actions; providing a cumuia- Becky Wright: Boxes of Misc., Government Code. sirs tive clause; providing a sever- Household Furniture. At such time and place, the ability clause providing for Council and Commission will At such time and place, the engrossment and enrollment; An Council and Commission will rnafies providing for publication; and y questions you may call, hear and take appropriate yerice providing ameffectiuefdate.• (817) 379-0512. action to repeal the Compre- hear and take, appropriate hensive Zoning Ordinance action on zoning change leeks No. 98-29 P&Z and replace it request by Beck .Properties. PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE by adopting the updated This request addresses a 31.8422 Comprehensive Zoning Ordi- zoning change from R-12 TOWN OF WESTLAKE nance, Single Family District and R - LEGAL NOTICE 15 Single Family; District to ,ELDING and ORDINANCE N18 348 The proposed ordinance is Planned Development District Inum, stain- The Keller Independent. available for review at the located to the north of The i. Job shop School District is accepting An ordinance of the Board of office of Ms, Kerin C. Fleck, Estates of;Hogan's Glen, boat repair. bids for a Landscape Aldermen of the Town of Planning and •zoning Coordi- Phase 11 and to the west of Replacement Project at Fossil Westlake, Texas, regulating'nator, 100 Municipal Drive, Harmony Park. This Planned Trophy Club, Texas, and a Development #22 is a 74.956 Ridge High School. Sealed the minimum standards for Bids will be received 'until the installation of antler copy of the document may be acre tract designed to accom 10:00 A.M., March 9, 2000 in ground utilities in the Town of purchased at the same office. modals a continuation of an the Keller ISD Purchasing Westlake, providinga savings' existing private, gated, resi- 9 Please contact the Planning • dentias neighborhood adja- Dreet, K llk at as. Lorine clause, and providing an cent to the; golf Course and Street, Keller, Texas 76248. :effective date, and zoning Office c:onceming any questions. The office is Harmony Park. A mandatory pre-bid meeting located In the Public Works will be held at Fossil Ridge PUBLIC NOTICE building at the Town Munick Maps and property ,legal High School, 4101 Thompson pat Complex, 100 Municipal descriptions' regarding this Road, Keller, Texas 76248 at Drive,: Trophy Club, Texas tract of land are available for 101-.00 A.M., March2, 2000: TOWN OF WESTLAKE 76262, (817) 430-1911, ext. review at the office of Ms. 171. Kerin C. Fleck, Planning and For plans and bid packets ORDiNANCENO349 Zoning Coordinator, 100 please contact: , - KERiN C. FLECK Municipal Drive, Trophy Club, An ordinance of the Town of Planning and Zoning Texas 76262, and a copy of 4 Deb Woodard Westlake requiring on-site Coordinator each document maybepur- KtSD Purchasing Agent security for certain develop- Town of Trophy Club, Texas chased at the same office. 304 Lorine Street ments, providing a savings Keller, Texas 76248 clause, and providing an Please contact the Planning 817-337-3215. effective date. PUBLIC HEARING and Zoning Office concerning any questions. The office is located in the Public Works RS PUBLIC H ACING CITY C w ARINNG boat ComPieXetoo Municipal PULL NOTICE gal Club, Texas 4EALS ON CITY OF KELLER A public hearing will be held 76262, (8 17) 430-1911, ext. Volunteers- TOWN OF WESTLAKE PUBLIC HEARING by the City Council of the City 171. -of Keller at Keller City Hall, ORDINANCE NO 347 A public hearing will be held 158 South Main Street, at KERIN C. FLECK by. the Parks and Recreation 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, March Planning and Zoning a �An.ordinance of the Town`of Board of the`City of Keller at 7, `2000, to consider an Coordinator Westlake establishing Keller City Hall, 158 :South amendment to the Citywide Town in Trophy Club, Texas r enforcement provisions relat- Maln Street at 7:00 PM, Trail System Master Plan to ed to the keeping of animals Thursday, March 9,,2000; to eliminate;the.proposed Indian u ad 'll in,the town; including but not consider amendments to the" Equestrian Trait and to relo limited to animal health, sant- Citywide Trail System Master cats the proposed Indian mL °� tation, nuisances, animals Plan, including amendments HikeiBike'Traii within the pro Classified running at large, the number to both the hike/bike trails and ' posed Estates of Asheville on of animals that may be kept, equestrian 'trails. These Knox Road immediately east space requirements far lwe- amendments are based on of Highland Terrace. deadline �I stock, the keeping of wild ani- the review of.,the Master Plan mals, impoundment and dis- by the citizen member Trails Persons with disabilities who ur ad Position procedures, provid= Task Force. plan to.attend this hearing is NOON Ing for fines, 'providing a sav- and who may need auxiliary; i s clause, and providing an aid or services, such as inter- ri��a eective date. preters 'for persons who are deaf or hearing impaired Shop The, readers; large pant or Braille; Call today' are requested to contact the CiaSsIfedS ADA Coordinafior 48 hours in advance, at (817) 431-1517, to lase - ��rSome' and reasonable accommoda- i i 1 . tions will be made for assts- your , Great BUYS! lance y lace our If more information is ngeded '� ®23 ® regarding this matter, please s contact me at 817(431-15f7.