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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: January 21, 2016 <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) Animal Services Appeal Board <br /> Policies and Procedures <br /> 4) Resolution of Amendment <br /> 5) Public Awareness Plan <br /> 6) December 15, 2015 BOCC <br /> Abstract, Powerpoint and Excerpt of <br /> Draft Minutes <br /> PURPOSE: To consider approval of the proposed Unified Animal Control Ordinance ("UAO") <br /> and adoption of the Resolution of Amendment "Amending Chapter 4 of the Orange County <br /> Code of Ordinances". <br /> BACKGROUND: At its December 15, 2015 meeting the Board of County Commissioners <br /> (BOCC) considered adopting the proposed UAO. After a lengthy discussion, the BOCC <br /> requested that based on the discussion staff make several changes to the proposed UAO. Staff <br /> has made the changes to the proposed UAO as follows: <br /> 1. Section 4-31 Authority and Purpose (Page 3). The Board requested that a "purpose" <br /> be added to the UAO. The following language was added to Section 4-31: <br /> "The purpose of this Ordinance is to protect the health, safety and welfare of <br /> Orange County residents and the animals residing within the County and to <br /> regulate and control the conduct, keeping and care of those animals." <br /> 2. Section 4-37 Definitions (Page 7). The BOCC requested further clarification of an act <br /> defining Cruel and Cruel Treatment found in Section 4-37(j) of the proposed UAO. <br /> The term "outdoor" was added to the phrase: <br /> "confining in a closed vehicle without functioning air conditioning or ventilation <br /> whenever the ambient outdoor temperature exceeds seventy (70) degrees <br /> Fahrenheit." <br />