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6 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 Code of Ordinances --- First Reading --- Text Amendments as reflected in Attachment 1 <br /> 3 <br /> 4 o Chapter 1; Section 1-7 - General Penalties --- Language amended <br /> 5 o Chapter 4; Section 4-51 ---Animal Control Generally ----Clarifies that now all <br /> 6 violations of the animal control ordinance are intended to automatically be <br /> 7 misdemeanors <br /> 8 o Chapter 8; Section 8-42 — Regulation of Massage Businesses --- Misdemeanor <br /> 9 language replaced by civil penalty <br /> 10 o Chapter 8; Section 8-81 —Tax on Gross Receipts for the lease or rental of motor <br /> 11 vehicles --- Misdemeanor language removed <br /> 12 o Chapter 8; Section 8-100 — Regulation of Sexually Oriented Businesses --- <br /> 13 Misdemeanor language replaced by civil penalty <br /> 14 o Chapter 8; Section 8-122 — Regulation of Mobile Food Vending Businesses --- <br /> 15 Misdemeanor language replaced by civil penalty <br /> 16 o Chapter 18; Section 18-156 —Weapons --- Clarifies possession on County <br /> 17 property is a misdemeanor rather than relying on the general language in Section <br /> 18 1-7 <br /> 19 <br /> 20 There is consensus among local government attorneys that the substantial change in the <br /> 21 manner in which ordinances that have a misdemeanor penalty are adopted into law should be <br /> 22 addressed by the governing board, out of an abundance of caution, by re-adopting those <br /> 23 provisions under the new method. The ordinances in the Code that provide for a misdemeanor <br /> 24 penalty include the following sections. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 Code of Ordinances --- First Reading --- No Changes to Language <br /> 27 <br /> 28 o Chapter 4; Section 4-42 --- Control of Dangerous Animals <br /> 29 o Chapter 4; Section 4-51 ---Animal Control Generally <br /> 30 o Chapter 4; Section 4-133 --- Display of Wild Animals <br /> 31 o Chapter 4; Section 4-184 --- Keeping Wild Animals <br /> 32 o Chapter 14; Section 14-42 --- State of Emergency <br /> 33 o Chapter 14; Section 14-83 --- Emergency Management <br /> 34 o Chapter 14; Section 14-129 --- Rescue Franchise Agreements <br /> 35 o Chapter 14; Section 14-261 --- Oil Pollution and Hazardous Substances <br /> 36 o Chapter 16; Section 16-37 --- Smoking <br /> 37 o Chapter 16; Section 16-57 --- Noise <br /> 38 o Chapter 24; Section 24-1 --- Hunting and Fishing <br /> 39 o Chapter 24; Section 24-3 --- Firearms Discharge <br /> 40 o Chapter 24; Section 24-4 --- Fireworks Display <br /> 41 o Chapter 34; Section 34-1 --- Disposal of Solid Waste <br /> 42 o Chapter 34; Section 34-47 --- Solid Waste Collection and Disposal <br /> 43 o Chapter 34; Section 34-77 --- Recyclable Materials <br /> 44 o Chapter 36; Section 36-34 --- General Water Conservation <br /> 45 o Chapter 36; Section 36-67 --- Emergency Water Conservation <br /> 46 o Unified Development Ordinance; The UDO has provisions that must be <br /> 47 amended, however, the process to amend the UDO is more involved than that of <br /> 48 the Code and the Planning Department is moving the UDO amendments through <br /> 49 that process. <br /> 50 <br />