HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 84-50 ORDINANCE NO. 0 7�d
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE MAKING IT AN OFFENSE
TO SELL, OFFER FOR SALE, BARTER, LEASE OR
GIVE AWAY, OR CHANGE THE NATURAL COLOR OF
CERTAIN BABY ANIMALS IN THE CITY OF
BEAUMONT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING A
PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1 .
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or
corporation to knowingly sell, offer for sale, barter, lease or
give away baby chickens, ducklings , goslings , skunks, raccoons,
foxes, turtles, opossums or bats under three ( 3) weeks of age or
rabbits under two ( 2 ) months of age as pets, or to color, dye,
stain or otherwise change the natural color of baby chickens,
ducklings, goslings , skunks, raccoons, foxes, opossums, bats,
turtles or rabbits.
It is a defense to this section that the sale or
exchange of such baby chickens, ducklings , goslings , skunks,
raccoons, foxes, opossums, bats, turtles or rabbits was for
commercial breeding purposes or for scientific, educational, or
governmental purposes.
Section 2 .
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to a
particular set of persons or circumstances, should for any reason
be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the
remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such end the various
portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared to be
severable.
Section 3 .
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are repealed to the extent of the conflict only.
Section 4 .
That any person who violates any provision of this
ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in
Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont
this the day of 1984.
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