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19 1 Commissioner Gordon recommended that the Board ask ASAB and staff to look at the 2 substantive issues. She said there are fundamental issues that need to be addressed, along 3 with consideration of written comments from the Board of County Commissioners and the 4 public. She suggested there should be no vote tonight, and that staff should bring the 5 ordinance back for first reading, with the proposed revisions. 6 Commissioner Gordon said she has one other issue. She questioned why there is a 7 difference between dogs and other animals, and she referred to pages 45 and 47. 8 Commissioner Gordon said staff needs to go through and deal with the internal 9 inconsistencies in the ordinance, and then deal with the substantive issues. 10 She said she has read through all of this, and she realizes that it is very difficult to 11 merge three different ordinances. 12 Chair Jacobs referred to page 49 and said the section on the appeals process should 13 say "5 working days" rather than "five days." 14 He referred to the language on page 42 regarding animals put to death. He said there 15 should be language noting that the owner be notified to be made aware of what has happened. 16 Chair Jacobs said he would rather not assume that the planning department has 17 approved the fire standards of kennels and facilities. He would rather the Animal Services go 18 back and find this information and bring it back to the Board. 19 Chair Jacobs reviewed the following list: 20 Main issues: 21 22 • General comfort level of ASAB being part of appeals process — Is there need for an 23 intermediate step? 24 • Watch dog issue- Is it too extreme? Can the term be related to trespassing? 25 • Term of trespassing —This needs to be addressed and clarified. 26 • Dog bites — How are these regarded? Is there another mechanism of punishment to be 27 considered for the owner, if not the animal? 28 • Notes and suggestions — Board members and staff are directed to give hand written 29 notes and suggestions to the board. 30 31 Chair Jacobs suggested staff address the main sticking points, and bring this back in 32 two weeks or however long it takes to satisfy the majority of the Board. 33 Annette Moore referred to Commissioner Gordon's question about the definition section. 34 She said a lot of these definitions come directly from state statutes, and efforts were being 35 made to conform to these. She asked if this was a request to change that language. 36 Chair Jacobs said if the statutes seem contradictory then that should be indicated, and 37 there should be some clarifying language to bridge what makes sense and what the statutes 38 say. 39 Commissioner Gordon said some of the definitions used in the ordinance do not 40 conform to established factors. She said some of these things are common sense issues, such 41 as the idea that "injury" should be less severe than "severe injury." She said a key provision to 42 the whole ordinance is the issue of injury, and this definition must be addressed. 43 Commissioner Price said the definition of wild animals needs to be clarified. She said 44 there also needs to be a limit for cold weather as it relates to animal cruelty. 45 Commissioner Pelissier said she is concerned that the Board is not giving clear direction 46 for the watch dog issue. 47 Chair Jacobs said the Board is not clear on that point, and that is why there is a request 48 for more clarity from the experts.