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1. ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE 6 (Changes refer to comments made by the County Attorney in a letter dated June 12, 1987 which is attached to these minutes as pages �0 ; n y�21 The Board made reference to a letter from the County Attorney which contained comments and recommendations concerning the proposed Ordinance. These changes to the Ordinance as approved by the Board are listed below: I. Section 1 - Authority should read "This ordinance is adopted pursuant to the power granted Orange County in North Carolina General Statute Sections 153A -121, 153A- 127, 153A -153 and 153A -442. 2. Section IIIC -- add "Animal Cruelty Investigators" to the list of persons to which Orange County Animal Control Officers would report observed animal cruelty or animal abuse. Add a sentence to this section which states "All investigations of reported or observed animal cruelty or animal abuse shall be the joint responsibility of and shall be jointly carried out by the Animal Cruelty Investigators and the Animal Control Offices of Orange County ". Reword VIIIE.1 to read "Have the responsibility along with law enforcement agencies and where applicable with Animal Cruelty Investigators tofenforce..... 3. The provision in Section V, paragraph B which makes reference to "financial hardship" was deleted from the Ordinance and referred back to the Task Force for a recommendation to include a process for administration. (Everything was deleted in this section after the word "timelf.) 4. Reword Section VI to read as follows: "All other Orange County ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. The Ordinance to Provide for Animal Control and Protection in Orange County, adopted May 15, 1979 as amended October 3, 1983, is hereby repealed." (The appropriate reference to the Wild Animal Ordinance will be included in this section by the County Attorney). 5. Definition No. 8 in Section VII regarding commercial kennels was referred to the Health Board for a recommendation on standards for commercial and non- commercial standards and appropriate standards for small and large kennels. 6. Section XII regarding steel jaw traps was deleted. 7. It was clarified that the intent of the word "stray" and the term "at large" was not to include domesticated livestock. 8. Delete definition No. 27 "torture or torment" and remove the words "to torture any animal" in Section XIA. 9. Reword definition No. 29 as follows: "Vicious Animal: any animal on or off the premises of its owner or keeper, security dog excluded, which is three months of age or older and without provocation has bitten, killed, or caused physical harm through bites to people who are not trespassing and animals that are not where their owners have told they cannot be. Any dog that is owned or harbored for the purpose of dog fighting or training for dog fighting is also defined as a vicious animal. 14. Section VIIIC: delete from the third, fourth and fifth lines "or other appointed agent, including, but not limited to, Emergency Animal Rescue workers." Section VIIIE.6: delete "or other person assisting with the Animal Control Program."