Item 8-h - Unified Animal Control Ordinance Amendments

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21 RES-2018-064 Attachment 4 RESOLUTION OF AMENDMENT A RESOLUTION AMENDING CHAPTER 4 OF THE ORANGE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES Be It Resolved and Ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County, North Carolina: WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has previously adopted and authorized staff to enforce a Uniform Animal Control Ordinance; and WHEREAS, both staff and the Animal Services Advisory Board have recommended certain amendments they believe should be made to the Uniform Animal Control Ordinances; and WHEREAS, in order to protect the health, life, safety, and welfare of animals and individuals in Orange County and better serve the residents of Orange County, the Board of Commissioners hereby determines that Chapter 4 of the Orange County Code of Ordinances should be amended; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED, that the Code of Ordinances, Orange County, North Carolina, Chapter 4, is hereby amended in its entirety by adding new subsection 4-38(c) explaining under what conditions Animal Control Officers may enter private property; changing the words "restraint" and "restrain" in section 4-42 to "control" or "confine," clarifying in section 4-42 under what conditions an animal may be declared dangerous and how dangerous animals shall be controlled and confined when on and off their owner's property, and adding new subsection 4-42(k) allowing for review of dangerous animal declarations; adding to section 4-43 that an animal may be impounded if it is "in imminent danger;" clarifying in section 4-51 that an citation for removal of an animal may be appealed; and expressly stating what appeals are provided by the ordinance in section 4-53, all as show in the attached revised ordinance. This Amendment shall become effective on October 29, 2018. Adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners this the day of 2018. By: Attest: Mark Dorosin, Chair Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board Orange County Board of Commissioners