HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 84-54 ORDINANCE NO. �-
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF
ORDINANCE 84-50 TO CHANGE THE AGE AT WHICH
RABBITS MAY BE SOLD AS PETS.
WHEREAS, on April 3 , 1984, Ordinance 84-50 was passed
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; and,
WHEREAS, Section 1 of Ordinance 84-50 is being amended to
lower the age at which baby rabbits may be sold as pets;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1 .
That Section 1 of Ordinance 84-50 be, and the same is
hereby , amended to read as follows:
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 six ( 6 ) weeks 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
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commercial breeding purposes or for scientific, educational, or
governmental purposes.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the
/ day of 1984.
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