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Agenda Item 7-a <br /> What it does <br /> • Takes away some of the inconsistency of having 3 separate (and varying) ordinances <br /> • Adds clarity and consistency where needed based upon the experience of officers, <br /> Animal Services staff, and legal proceedings over the years <br /> • Where interpretations in readings differed, the unified version uses the most accurate, <br /> legal, and clear interpretation and/or language <br /> What it doesn't do <br /> • It does not ignore that there still remains a need to have some differences in different <br /> areas (i.e.: livestock, tethering, township-specific laws) <br /> • With only one exception, it does not add new law, but rather fills in gaps and provides <br /> better clarity in the existing ordinances <br /> • The exception is the different recovery fees for reproductive and sterilized dogs and cats <br /> (including a sterilization deposit for animals recovered 3 or more times) <br /> History <br /> • When the ordinance came before the BOCC last (April, 2014), four issues were <br /> discussed with commissioners <br /> • Our attorneys have resolved these and revisions have been guided by BOCC feedback <br /> • In its final form, the ordinance has been adopted by Chapel Hill and Carrboro, and it has <br /> the full support of Hillsborough <br /> Issues from 2014 <br /> • Trespass <br /> • Watchdog <br /> • Livestock and Public Nuisance <br /> • Administrative Appeal <br /> Annette Moore continued the presentation: <br /> Trespass <br /> • Section 4-42 Control of Vicious Animal: Security Dog <br /> • Issue: needed to be better defined <br /> • Solution: moved into the exceptions portion of the ordinance, where exceptions include a <br /> dog on a property that is posted with warning and/or no trespass signage; as well as a <br /> dog that is on property and bites someone committing a `willful trespass' <br /> o Willful trespass "which shall be determined by looking at the totality of <br /> circumstances." <br /> Watchdog <br /> • Section 4-37 Definitions: Security Dog <br /> • Issue: needed to be better defined <br /> • Solution: watchdog found to be an unnecessary term and moot based on the definition of <br /> a vicious dog and how a dog would have to behave in order to be declared as one <br /> Livestock and Public Nuisance <br /> • Section 4-45 Public Nuisance <br />