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PDF Ord# Date Subject Description

3 MB		 0241 1959-05-19 Penal - Animals Provide license, prohibit dogs to run at large

1 MB		 2322 1986-07-21 Penal - Animals Regulating the keeping animals with the city

126 KB		 0860 1970-05-04 Penal - Animals Prohibit keeping dangerous animals with city limits

150 KB		 0863 1970-06-01 Penal - Animals Restriction of number of dogs

535 KB		 1007 1972-02-07 Penal - Animals Provide licensing and regulations for dogs

162 KB		 1350 1976-12-20 Penal - Animals Provide early disposition of injured animals

294 KB		 1565 1979-12-03 Penal - Animals Vaccination and reg. required for cats at large

129 KB		 1834 1982-11-01 Penal - Animals Regulating keeping of farm animals within city (Goats)

400 KB		 1861 1983-02-07 Penal - Animals Regulation of commercial dog kennels

140 KB		 2587 1989-02-06 Penal - Animals Amend Chapt. 4 of City Code to regulate trapping within the city limits

260 KB		 2726 1991-02-18 Penal - Animals Declare the City a Bird Sanctuary

127 KB		 2733 1991-04-01 Penal - Animals Delete Sections 4-31 and 4-32 from the City Code.

148 KB		 2808 1992-05-18 Penal - Animals Regulating animal slaughtering/butchering in residential areas.

150 KB		 3210 1998-02-16 Penal - Animals Amending Chpt 4 regarding animal adoption policies.

1003 KB		 3439 2001-08-20 Penal - Animals Amend Sect 4-9 of City Code regarding the sale or possession of certain animals.

955 KB		 3532 2002-10-07 Penal - Animals Amend Sect 4-10 of City Code regarding Nuisance Animals (dogs).

258 KB		 3671 2004-08-16 Penal - Animals Amend Sec. 4-10 & 10.5-20 of City Code requiring pet owners to pick up after pets in City parks and private property.

2 MB		 4547 2018-04-02 Penal - Animals Amending Chapter 4 of the City Code amending regulations regarding animals subject to impoundment, adding provisions related to the tethering and containment of dogs and inclement weather requirements.

986 KB		 4580 2018-07-16 Penal - Animals Amending Chapter 4 of the City Code amending regulations regarding inclement weather requirements for dogs kept outdoors.

3 MB		 4826 2020-11-16 Penal - Animals Repealing and replacing Chapter 4 of the City Code, thereby adopting a new Chapter 4 “Animals”; revising and repealing certain other articles, divisions, and sections in the Mesquite City Code related to provisions that will now be addressed in the new Chapter 4; and revising Article I and revising, repealing, and replacing Article III in Appendix D “Comprehensive Fee Schedule” of the Mesquite City Code, as amended, to reorganize Article III to be titled “Animal Services Division” and revise and add new fees associated with the Animal Services Division.
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