(a) Adoption
fee, includes sterilization, rabies vaccination, applicable vaccines,
heartworm or Feline Triple Testing, worming, and microchip:
(b) Daily
care fee:
(1) Animal
single day: $20.00.
(2) Each
day thereafter: $10.00.
(c) Quarantine
fee:
(1) Cat/small
dog/puppy: $20.00 day.
(2) Dog
over 50 lbs.: $25.00 day.
(3) Any
impoundment fee may be reduced if the owner agrees to have the animal
rabies vaccinated, microchipped, and sterilized and the owner pays
the fees related to that service.
(d) Microchip
fee:
(1) Dog/cat
resident: $15.00.
(2) Dog/cat
nonresident: $20.00.
(e) Impoundment
fee:
(4) Guard
dogs: $225.00 for each offense.
(5) Any
impoundment fee may be reduced if the owner agrees to have the animal
rabies vaccinated, microchipped, and sterilized by the animal services
division and the owner pays the fees related to that service.
(g) Multi-pet
permit:
(1) Application
fee: $5.00 per pet over the limit.
(2) Annually:
$50.00 per household.
(l) Dangerous
animal registration: $250.00 annually ($50.00 mandatory fee pursuant
to Texas Health and Safety Code, § 822.043 and $200.00 administration
fee).
(m) Owner
dead animal removal:
(1) $40.00
per animal up to 50 lbs.
(2) $80.00
per animal 51 lbs. and over
(n) Deposit
for live traps: $50.00.
(o) Removal
of animals from non-city traps: $40.00 per animal.
(p) Failure
to spay or neuter: $281.00.
(q) The
animal services manager may authorize the waiver or reduction of fees
for special events, activities, and certain circumstances in which
the intended result is to reduce the number of animals being housed
by the animal services division.
(Ordinance 478-2009 adopted 4/16/09; Ordinance
848-2022 adopted 10/20/2022)