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.-.--.0"/ <br /> !v <br /> j <br /> f <br /> Section IX A of the ordinance would be rewritten as follows to <br /> include depriving an animal of adequate shelter. <br /> A. It shall be unlawful for any person to subject or cause to <br /> be subjected any animal to cruel treatment or to deprive or cause <br /> I to be deprived an animal of adequate food and water. Depriving <br /> an animal or causing it to be deprived of ddequate food and <br /> f Adequate water constitutes cruelty as defined in this ordinance. <br /> With respect to domesticated pets, it shall be unlawful to deprive <br /> or cause to be deprived any such animal of adequate shelter. <br /> Depriving a domesticated pet or causing it to be deprived of <br /> adequate shelter constitutes cruelty as defined in this ordinance. <br /> All animal cruelty investigators appointed by the Board of County <br /> Commissioners as authorized by G.S. Section 19A-45 shall proceed <br /> in any case involving cruelty to animals as proscribed in Article 4 <br /> Ii of Chapter 19A of the North Carolina General Statutes. <br /> { 2. The civil penalty provision, Section XVII C 4 mistakenly stated <br /> III the civil penalties to be $15.00. That provision should be changed to state <br /> that the civil penalty is $25.00. <br /> 3. The concern was expressed that an animal would be considered <br /> a vicious animal under the circumstances described in the ordinance even if <br /> the occurrence took place entirely on the property of the animal's owner. <br /> This can be corrected or changed by the following changes to the oridinance: <br /> The public nuisance definition at Section VI 15 at sub-paragraph <br /> (c) should be changed to read: The animal is vicious and off the <br /> property of the owner or keeper. <br /> Section X should be changed to read as follows: <br /> i <br /> i <br /> 1 <br /> i <br /> I <br /> j <br /> .. = :' <br />