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24 <br /> Animal Control Ordinance <br /> follows,The pr-ovisions of t4is Or-ditianee shall not apply to the keeping of wild and dangef:otfs <br /> animals as > <br /> r lieable federal and state rules an r „lations• <br /> (a) Animals used for-tewhing an&or-r-esear-eh purposes at The U*iver-sity of Nofth Car-olifia <br /> at G apel u;ll <br /> (b) Wildlife r-ehabilitater-s heensed by the state or-the federal govemment to provide sueh <br /> sefviees. <br /> Sec. 4-184. _ Enforcement. <br /> (a) Aves-fig-ations.. The Orange County Animal Sef-viees DepaAfnent or-the No <br /> wild a al ; possessed of b,arb efe.l i Orange r,,uaa y; violmion <br /> Or-dinanee to detefmine whether-or-not a violation has eeeuffed. <br /> „st;t„tea a misdemea„ .r—An shall be punishable a provided i No ftb, <br /> 1 <br /> (2) Civil penalty —A per-son who violatesof the ^� <br /> Division shall be a„b jeer t a eivil penalty of$50 nn per-anifnal. No <br /> penaky shall be assessed w4i!the pefsen alleged to be in viala4iefl has <br /> been notified of the e ;stenee and nature of the violation by letter T1ae <br /> A.l, inistrata f shall make o eause to be made a r;tte,. ,le,v,an f r <br /> imposed. if pa-„-.-.e„t ; t r e.l o e"i„tab.le settlement r e e.l <br /> within f6ufteen (14) days aftef demand for-pay-mefft is made, the fflaRe <br /> may be ref rre,l t the County n tter e y for institution of a eivil aet; n; <br /> the name of the Goufit-y of Orange in the appr-epr-ia4e division of the <br /> general „rt of justiee f r reeoyety of the penalty. Any sums reeE)Vef!eA <br />