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Lake Jackson council considers ordinance changes to address free-roaming cats, nuisance definitions and trapping rules
Summary
Council reviewed a draft ordinance amending Chapter 10 (Animals) to clarify ownership, nuisance criteria, feeding rules for free-roaming animals, trapping requirements, and procedures for animals in protective custody; staff will return a draft for first reading.
City staff and a volunteer task force presented a drafted amendment to Chapter 10 of the Lake Jackson Code of Ordinances that would clarify rules for free-roaming cats, nuisance animals, trapping, and animals held in protective custody.
Sherry, an animal-control presenter, told council the draft updates include a new ownership definition that treats the head of household as responsible for animals, a provision encouraging the microchipping of free-roaming cats as a way to establish ownership, and nuisance criteria that specify time-of-night sound limits and…
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