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26 <br /> RES-2023-012 <br /> RESOLUTION OF AMENDMENT <br /> A RESOLUTION AMENDING CHAPTER 4 OF THE ORANGE COUNTY CODE <br /> OF ORDINANCES <br /> Be it Resolved and Ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County, North Carolina: <br /> WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners has determined, upon recommendation of the Animal <br /> Services Advisory Board and Animal Services Director, that modifications to multiple sections of the <br /> Animal Control Ordinance are necessary; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners has determined changes should be made involving, <br /> among other things, what constitutes wild animals, the definition of what constitutes wild and <br /> dangerous animals, updates to violations and civil penalties regarding wild and wild and dangerous <br /> animals, updates to exemptions, and updates to what constitutes serious physical harm to humans <br /> and animals. <br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, that the Code of Ordinances, Orange County, North <br /> Carolina, Chapter 4, is hereby amended by amending sections §4-37, §4-131 through §4-134, §4- <br /> 181 through §4-186 which amended sections read as shown in the attached revised Ordinance. <br /> This Amendment shall become effective upon adoption. <br /> Adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners this 21 st day of February, 2023. <br /> By: Attest: <br /> Jamezetta Bedford, Chair Laura Jensen, Clerk to the Board <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> [SEAL] <br />