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MEL <br /> 049 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action A end <br /> Item No. <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: MARCH 1, 1988 <br /> SUBJECT: ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS <br /> DEPARTMENT: COUNTY MANAGER PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: MANAGER'S <br /> OFFICE,X501 <br /> ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS <br /> COUNTY ATTORNEY CORRESPONDENCE <br /> CLARIFYING ANIMAL TAX <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: Consideration of adopting Animal Control Amendments. <br /> BACKGROUND: On February 16, the Board asked the Manager to report on <br /> penalty for failure to properly license an animal. <br /> A review of the Animal Control Ordinance Penalties Section <br /> with the County Attorney concluded with the following proposed <br /> ordinance amendment: <br /> Increase the civil penalty for failure to properly <br /> register an animal from $10.00 to $25. 00 (see attached <br /> excerpt from ordinance, page 35) . <br /> All violations of the Animal Control Ordinance would require <br /> civil penalties of $25. 00. <br /> Additionally, suggested changes have been included in the <br /> Ordinance to clarify that the fees for animals are taxes <br /> (privilege taxes) . <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : <br /> Adopt Animal Control Ordinance Amendments. <br />