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— Existing ordinance has no appeal process for vicious dog declarations. <br /> Proposed ordinance allows the appeal of both declarations to be considered in <br /> a single appeal hearing. <br /> • That proposed ordinance makes it responsibility of owner to prove intruder came onto <br /> property with criminal intent <br /> — § 4-42. (e) (4) deleted: "Committing a willful trespass or other tort as provided in <br /> N.C. Gen. Stat. Chapter 14, Article 226" [pg. 18 in strikethrough version of <br /> recommended ordinance] <br /> — Language now similar to that found in state statute and Carrboro ordinance <br /> — Summary of Public Concerns cont. <br /> • Watchdog definition <br /> — Existing language in current ordinance: § 4-37. "A dog that barks and threatens <br /> to bite any intruder that has not been specially trained or conditioned for that <br /> purpose." [pg 8 in strikethrough version of recommended ordinance] <br /> — Barking and threatening to bite on owner's property does not qualify the dog as <br /> potentially dangerous or vicious- hence the definition is meaningless. Once a <br /> dog bites, it no longer meets requirements of watchdog <br /> — This language was removed from proposed ordinance <br /> • The distinction between rural and urban has been removed <br /> — Where significant differences occur between the municipal and county <br /> ordinances, they will be retained in the municipal code of ordinances <br /> • Examples: tethering, crowing roosters, livestock, chicken coops <br /> • none of these examples are included in the unified ordinance <br /> Chair Jacobs acknowledged Susan Elmore's work on the ASAB and with this process. <br /> Susan Elmore, ASAB Chair, DVM presented the following slides: <br /> Summary of Public Concerns cont. <br /> • No School of Government involvement and no public input <br /> — Susan Elmore, ASAB Chair, DVM <br /> ASAB and Public Process <br /> • ASAB Chair spoke with Associate Professor Aimee Wall, UNC School of Government <br /> • ASAB & Agricultural Preservation Board officers, along with senior staff of Animal <br /> Services and DEAPR, met to discuss livestock concerns with ordinance <br /> • ASAB Chair also spoke with a local farmer on matters related to at-large livestock and <br /> other issues that might affect county farmers <br /> • ASAB considered the ordinance 3 times prior to June 4th BOCC meeting <br /> — ASAB is comprised of Orange County residents who have been appointed by <br /> the BOCC to review such issues <br /> — One meeting dedicated to vicious/dangerous dog declarations and residents <br /> were invited to speak and their concerns were heard <br /> • Since June 4th BOCC meeting, ASAB met again to discuss ordinance and they <br /> unanimously recommended BOCC adoption <br /> • The ASAB 2014 work plan will include a review of targeted items on the unified <br /> ordinance <br /> Bob Marotto reviewed the following slide: <br />