AGENDA DATE: 9/12/2018
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Ordinance to Amend County Code Chapter 4, Animals and Fowl
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Ordinance to Amend County Code Chapter 4, Animals and Fowl
ITEM TYPE: Consent Information Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Walker, Kamptner, Farley, Lantz, Wells
PRESENTER (S): N/A
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: The Board held a work session on August 8, 2018 on the proposed amendment of Chapter 4, Animals and Fowl, of the County Code. The focus of the work session was on a range of current and proposed acts that would create a rebuttable presumption of animal cruelty. The Board also considered at the August 8 work session proposed changes to draft County Code ?? 4-306 and 4-308, which would replace some discretionary authority of the trial court in the disposition of animal treatment (e.g., abandonment, animal cruelty) cases with mandatory requirements.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Quality Government Operations: Ensure County's government capacity to provide high quality service that achieves community priorities.
DISCUSSION: Chapter 4 (Attachment A) has been revised to incorporate all of the acts that would create a rebuttable presumption of animal cruelty into draft County Code ? 4-301. Section 4-301 begins on page 57 of Attachment A, and the changes made to the ordinance since the August 8 work session are highlighted in grey.
The Board also considered at the August 8 work session some proposed revisions to County Code ?? 4-306 and 4-308 that would make them more stringent than State law. Those revisions centered around the trial court's disposition of animals that have been found by a court to have been abandoned, cruelly treated, or subjected to other mistreatment. With respect to County Code ? 4-306, the discussion was whether the court should be required by County ordinance to prohibit the person convicted from owning or possessing other animals. With respect to County Code ? 4-308...
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