Subject: 10123/City Code/7-90/Presence of Humane Society @ Shows
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1989 14:54:00 -0500


                             ORDINANCE NO.   10123 
                 
                 
                  AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHATTANOOGA CITY CODE,
                  PART II, CHAPTER 7, BY ADDING A NEW SECTION
                  7-90 RELATIVE TO THE DUTY TO REPORT SHOWS AND
                  ENTERTAINMENT INVOLVING LIVE ANIMALS TO HUMANE
                  SOCIETY AND THE PRESENCE OF HUMANE SOCIETY
                  OFFICER AT SHOWS INVOLVING LIVE ANIMALS.
                 
                 
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       	    	 SECTION 1.  BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
       CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, that Chattanooga City Code, Part
       II, Chapter 7, be and the same is hereby amended by adding a new
       section 7-90 as follows:
            Sec. 7-90.     Duty to report shows and entertainment
                           involving live animals to Humane Society;
                           presence of Humane Society Officer at
                           shows involving animals; penalty for
                           violation.
           
            	 (a)  The owner of any auditorium, theater or other
            facility open to the public in which any person or other
            entity intends to have a show or other entertainment
            involving live animals shall notify in writing the
            Humane Educational Society of the City of Chattanooga,
            Tennessee of such intent not less than seven (7)
            calendar days in advance of such show or entertainment.
           
            	 (b)  No owner of any auditorium, theater or other
            facility open to the public in which any person or other
            entity intends to have a show or other entertainment
            involving live animals shall permit or allow any such
            show or entertainment in the absence of an officer or
            employee of the Humane Educational Society of the City
            of Chattanooga, Tennessee, except as provided in
            subsection (c) below.
           
            	 (c)  The Humane Educational Society of the City of
            Chattanooga, Tennessee, upon receiving such notice,
            shall have one or more of its officers or employees
            present at such show or other entertainment in order to
            ensure compliance with the provisions of this chapter,
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            provided that the Humane Educational Society of the City
            of Chattanooga, Tennessee may, in its discretion, elect
            not to attend such show or entertainment and shall
            notify the owner who has provided the aforesaid
            notification of such election in writing, and in such
            event no such owner shall be deemed to have violated the
            provisions of this section.
           
            	 (d)  Failure to comply with the provisions of this
            section shall be punishable by a penalty of not more
            than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
           
           
       	    	 SECTION 2.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that this Ordinance
       shall take effect two (2) weeks from and after its passage as
       required by law.
      
       PASSED on Third and Final
       Reading October 18, 1994.     s/s________________________________
       	    	      	   	     	        CHAIRPERSON
      
       	    	      	   	     APPROVED: ______ DISAPPROVED:______
      
       	    	      	   	     DATE:  October 19, 1994.
      
       	    	      	   	     s/s________________________________
       	    	      	   	     	           MAYOR
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