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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 15, 2015 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 7-a <br /> SUBJECT: Unified Animal Control Ordinance <br /> DEPARTMENT: Animal Services and County PUBLIC HEARING: No No <br /> Attorney <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1) Strikethrough-Underline Version of Bob Marotto, Animal Services Director, <br /> Animal Control Ordinance 919.968.2287 <br /> 2) Clean Copy of Animal Control Annette Moore, Staff Attorney, 919. <br /> Ordinance 245.2317 <br /> 3) Resolution of Amendment <br /> 4) Public Information and Education <br /> Timeline <br /> 5) BOCC Work Session Abstract and <br /> Minutes from April 8, 2014 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider approval of the proposed Unified Animal Control Ordinance ("UAO") <br /> and adoption of the Resolution of Amendment "A Resolution Amending Chapter 4 of the Orange <br /> County Code of Ordinances". <br /> BACKGROUND: Orange County Animal Services provides animal control services to all areas <br /> of the County except in the part of Mebane located in Orange County. Currently, the County, <br /> Carrboro and Chapel Hill all have separate animal control ordinances for their respective <br /> jurisdictions. The County Animal Control Ordinance is used not only within the County's <br /> jurisdiction, but also in Hillsborough and the section of City of Durham that is in Orange County <br /> as well. The differences between the ordinances have proven to be confusing, not only for staff <br /> responsible for their administration and the Court system, but also for Orange County residents. <br /> Several years ago, County staff initiated an effort to discuss and find ways to resolve the <br /> differences by convening a work group comprised of staff representatives of the towns of <br /> Chapel Hill and Carrboro. ' The work group found that a unified animal control ordinance would <br /> be more comprehensible to the general public and allow the best use of available resources for <br /> the provision of animal services. Staff set a goal of not only combining the three ordinances into <br /> ' The workgroup included the staff attorney for the Chapel Hill Police Department with animal control <br /> responsibilities;, the Carrboro Police Chief and a Carrboro Police Captain; and Animal Services staff attorney, the <br /> Animal Services Director and the Animal Control Manager. Hillsborough staff did not participate in the work group <br /> but the Town Manager and Police Chief received regular updates; they are fully supportive of the ordinance <br />