Board adopts Animal Control and Welfare Ordinance; publication required before it takes effect
The Black Hawk County Board approved Ordinance No. 149 on second and final reading, updating county rules for animal supervision, impoundment and enforcement; the ordinance will take effect after required publication, which staff said typically occurs within about a month.
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Black Hawk County's Board of Supervisors voted to adopt Ordinance No. 149, the Animal Control and Welfare Ordinance, on its second and final reading. The ordinance establishes county standards for supervision, impoundment, care and disposition of animals and is intended to protect public health, property rights and animal welfare. "It provides for the supervision and control of animals within Black Hawk County, consistent with public health, public safety, property rights, animal welfare, and applicable state law," the board noted when introducing the item.
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