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Tetficring Cow Report <br />July 3&, 2007 <br />18 60 <br />• The imoi n phase will ini►olve a veer lMg Mdod of extensive unblk 01&each and <br />education Mmft the ordinance aunt and miga of Wb9dWfDUDWVd by a six- <br />mosth =wd in which Q& BMW we issue This is to ensure tlmt dog owners have <br />ample notice of the new ordinance and time to transition to other methods of confinement <br />and take advantage of Com®mity resources to help with the implementation of alternatives. <br />public outma& should include resources to b* dog owners alternatives to the <br />restraint of dogs by kfthM as well as information about the new ordinance. The <br />Committee believes that public outreach and education is pivotal to its recommendations. <br />These pursuits would presumably be led by the Animal Services Department, worldng in <br />concert with its citizen advisory board and perhaps other stakeholders. <br />Enforcement <br />• Upon initial contact fxnr noncompliance with the new ordinance; after the six-month phase -in <br />period, adog owner will receive a wamins that gives him or her thirty (30) days to come <br />into eomnliance. As with the initial implementation period itself, this initial enforcement <br />approach is designed to ensure that dog owners are aware of and able to comply with the <br />tethering ordnance. <br />Z ♦ ♦♦ .�i �_ Imo.♦ "A ♦ �Ac a a_.;♦, .�. i ♦���V <br />�� � �� �♦ fit♦ �u♦ c�i♦ : � :_i��_ �Y�i, ♦ ��� i♦ � ♦ ♦ i�. ill ♦ r♦ ��i♦ t <br />An animal may be' jopp{ _a$,et issuance of a citation for a violation of the tethering <br />g ♦w i�q_^Uph itself would .,..cur g& after the imm of a Wit= subject to an <br />� <br />==vd-mg mcess of ann� lea bY the animal owner. Given the right to and requirements of <br />"due process," there would not only be an appeal process but a specific legal mechanism for <br />detenmi,ning possession and ownership of an animal in the event that an appeal failed. <br />10• <br />