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3 Requirement Current Status 1. Minimum of 600 square feet of 1. Approximate 115 feet square floor area 2. One animal per enclosure 2. one animal in enclosure 3. Construction Standards: 3. Construction Standards: a. Solid steel bars, at least 3/4 a. Hollow galvanized steel inches in diameter approx. 1 1/2 inch in diameter b. Bars anchored in ground at least b. Depth of concrete unknown 30 inches of concrete unknown c. Bars spaced no more than 4 inches c. Bars spaced 6 feet apart d. Enclosure to be 10 feet in height d. Enclosure approx. 7 feet e. Sides attached firmly to top e. Attached with wire f. All vertical bars connected by f. No crossbars cross welded horizontal bars, 3 feet from bottom and top g. Floor of concrete, covered with g. Floor is concrete plywood or crushed rock No plywood or crushed rock Of the nine (9) requirements for housing bears, Mr. Coley is in compliance with only two (2) . A review of the Orange County Commissioner's Minutes from February through May of 1983, reveals a clear intention to ban all future wild animals imported to Orange county. Health Director, Daniel B. Reimer, personally visited Odell Coley and his fiancee, Tony Anderson, on August 31, 1993. He reviewed with them the provisions of the ordinance, previously issued notices of violating both the Animal Control and Wild Animal ordnances, and inspected the facilities. In spite of respecting Mr. Coley's clear intent to be a responsible pet owner, the Health Director finds no grounds to recommend that a exemption to the ordinance be granted to Mr. Coley. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Health Director recommends that an exemption to the ordinance not be granted to Mr. Coley and that Mr. Coley be directed to remove the animal from Orange County by September 14, 1993.