(q) Fee for the handling and shipping of each animal
suspected as rabid:
(1) Per animal: $20.00 to cover handling and shipping. This fee is in
addition to the quarantine fee when applicable and must be paid in
advance.
(2) Quarantine at animal shelter: $10.00 per day.
(3) Home quarantine: $25.00. Fee is refundable at the end of quarantine
period if animal is found free of rabies.
(1990 Code, app. A, sec. 5.04; Ordinance
adopting Code; Ordinance
22-075 adopted 9/13/2022)
A rental fee as follows will be charged for traps released to
persons living outside the city limits and within the county:
(1) Small animal traps: $5.00, paid in advance, for each three-day rental
period.
(2) Large animal traps: $7.50, paid in advance, for each three-day rental
period.
(1990 Code, app. A, sec. 5.06; Ordinance
adopting Code)
The following miscellaneous fees shall be charged as indicated:
(1) Pickup of animal within the city limits by animal control from owner
at owner’s request: $50.00.
(2) Animal brought to animal shelter by a resident of a participating
governmental entity to be euthanized: $200.00.
(3) Animal brought to animal shelter by a resident of a nonparticipating
governmental entity to be euthanized shall be assessed a service charge
of $250.00 per animal, whether the nonresident be an individual, a
business, or a governmental entity.
(4) Animal brought to animal shelter from outside of Hunt County or incorporated
cities within Hunt County: $250.00.
(Ordinance 16-043 adopted 9/27/16; Ordinance 18-038, ex. A, adopted 9/25/18; Ordinance 22-075 adopted 9/13/2022)