HomeMy Public PortalAbout1997_07_08_O026 The Town of
Leesburg,
Tirginia
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE:
PRESENTED July 8, 1997
97-0-26 ADOPTED July 8, 1995'
AMENDING CHAFFER 4 OF THE TOWN CODE AND ADDING SECTION 4-23
CONHNEMENT OF ANIMALS IN VEHICLES PROHIBITED
WHEREAS, Town Council desires to amend the Town Code and add a section to prohibit
confining animals in vehicles of excessive temperatures.
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
Section I. Sec. 4~23. Confinement of Animals in Vehicles Prohibited.
Any person who confines an animal in an enclosed vehicle so as to endanger it by
exposure to excessive heat, cold or inadequate ventilation shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not greater than five
hundred dollars (SS(X)).
In any prosecution charging a violation of this section, proof that the animal was
confined in the vehicle described in the complaint, summons or warrant in violation of
this section together with proof that the defendant was at the time the registered owner
of the vehicle, as required by Chapter 6 of Title 46.2 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as
amended, shall constitute in evidence a prima facie presumption that the registered
owner of the vehicle was the person who committed the violation.
Section II. This ordinance shall be in effect upon passage.
PASSED this 8m day of July , 1997.
ATI'EST:
Clerk of Council
leto, Mayor
sburg
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