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AMENDMENT TO THE <br /> ORANGE <br /> DECECOUNTY <br /> MBER o�987 MxMNUM IONERS <br /> MINUTES MM <br /> 7 . ANIMAL CONTROL ORDINANCE C <br /> Beverly Whitehead made the presentation. The Board of p <br /> Health recommended four changes to the Animal Control Ordinance. <br /> These changes are listed below: <br /> ( 1) No animals should be exempted from the Ordinance. <br /> (2) Change the designation of Non-Commercial Kennels to <br /> Class I Kennels and define it as follows . Any <br /> person maintaining an establishment where animals <br /> of any species, excluding domesticated livestock, <br /> are kept for the purpose of showing, competition, <br /> hunting or sport, and which establishment is so <br /> constructed <br /> maintains animals six cannot(6 lto stray <br /> nineteen f <br /> nd which and <br /> animals . <br /> (3) Change the designation of Commercial Kennels to <br /> Class II Kennels and define it as follows . Any <br /> person maintaining an establishment where animals <br /> of any species, excluding domesticated livestock, <br /> are kept for the purpose of breeding, buying, <br /> selling or boarding such animals or engaged in the <br /> training of dogs for guard or sentry purposes, and <br /> which establishment is so constructed that the <br /> animals cannot stray therefrom; or any person owning <br /> or domesticated esticated livestock, each of which ais excluding�f'four month <br /> domestx <br /> of age or older. <br /> (4) Change Section XIX (Kennel Standards) #13 to read <br /> as follows: <br /> provisions shall be made for the removal and <br /> disposal of animal and food waste, bedding and <br /> debris . opposition to the <br /> Several citizens spoke in o pP <br /> recommendation. George Maynard asked for another recommendation <br /> exempting sportsmen who keep dogs to hunt. He opposed having to <br /> apply for a Kennel's License. Octavious Tate he owned <br /> and <br /> fifteen dogs and cannot afford to pay $15 . 00 per <br /> recomcendation on the made the letter from Tony Laws which <br /> recommendation. He m <br /> theted that of the allowed as <br /> asked that it <br /> hunting dogs alter <br /> the intent of the <br /> exempted from the Ordinance. <br /> Commissioner Halkiotis expressed concern that if the fee <br /> for registering dogs is too f high $15.0�o far each of the first <br /> registered. He proposed <br /> three unneutered or unspayed animals in a household with the fee <br /> for each additional animal set at $5. 00 with tno l limit. used by <br /> Commissioner Carey P recommendation the Board of Health that led the <br /> ample opportunity for citize n input. The Board of Health expressed <br />