HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2016-071 Resolution Amending Chapter 4 of the OC Animal Control Code of Ordinances RES-2016-011
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 Unified Animal Control Ordinance, and
WHEREAS, both staff and the Animal Services Advisory Board have recommended certain
amendments they believe should be made to the Unified Animal Control Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, in order to protect the health, life, safety, and welfare of animals and individuals in
Orange County and to 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 changing the word vicious
to dangerous and adding a new subsection 4-45(b)(1)as shown in the attached revised ordinance.
This Amendment shall become effective upon adoption.
Adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners this day of 016.
By: Attest:
Earl McKee, Chair Donna Baker, C14rk to the Board
Orange County Board of Commissioners
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