HomeMy Public PortalAbout1997_07_22_O029 Amending TC regarding confinement of animals in vehicles The Town
Leesburg,
Virginia
ORDINANCE NO. 97-0-29
AN ORDINANCE:
PRESENTED July 22, 1997
ADOFFED July 22, 1997
AMENDING CHAFrFER 4, SECTION 23 OF THE TOWN CODE CONFINEMENT
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, ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in Virginia as follows:
SECTION I. Sec. 4-23. Confinement of Animals in Vehicles Prohibited.
(a)
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 ($500). Any law enforcement official may access the enclosed vehicle
and remove such an endangered animal. Such animal may be transported to a
veterinarian by the law enforcement official at the expense of the defendanl.
(b)
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 22nd day of July, 1997.
ATrES'F:
Clerk of Council
Clem, Mayor
Leesburg
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