ORD-2008-102a - Animal Control Ordinance - Tethering of Dogs

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196 Tethe~ng Committee Report July 30a`, 2007 • The imp~cme~tion phase will involve a veer loan period of egbeasive tinblic oulrearli and edn~ion res~uding >~ ordinance a aari~ractice of 'tethering„ followed by a six math peaod in which only are• issueds This is to ensure that dog owners liave ample notice of the new ordinance and tiara to transition to oilaex methods of t and talae advmntage of commnmty resources to help with the impleion of . • Public outreach should inchxie resrnaces to heh3 dog owners implement alternatives to the of does by ~erinn- as well as information about the new ordinance. The Committee believes that public outreach and education is pivotal to its recommendations. These pursuits would presumably be led by the Animal Services Department, wor>ang in concert with its citizen Y board sad perhaps other stakeholders. Enforcement • Upon initial contact for noncompliance with the new ordinance, after the six month phase-in period, a dog owner will. receive a wamina that ewes him or her thirty (301 lava to come into com~lianic:e. As with the initial implementation period itself; this initial enforcement approach. is designed to enstu+e that dog owners are aware of and able to comply with the tethering ordinance. • Civil citations with a moneta~-~aalty on a~avan~ve for ~ schedule ozdinarils w01 be issued for noncompliance after issuance of a warning to come into compliance • Ani~ay be inmotmded aflnr the issuance of a citation far a violation of the tethering ordinance-which itself would ocxvr only after the issusmce of a waraia¢-~ub~ect to an a e process of by tare animal owner. (3iv~ the right to and regmre~nents of "due process," there would not only be as appeal pmcess but a specific legal mechanism for det,emf;n;ng possession and ownership of as animal in the event that an appeal failed. 10