Commissioners ask planning staff to draft animal-sanctuary rules and revisit tethering resolution

Sep 24, 2025

The board directed planning staff to prepare a Unified Land Development Code amendment and resolution to allow an animal rehabilitation/sanctuary use and asked staff to review a 2021 tethering resolution; both items to be returned to the board in October.

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The Henry County Board of Commissioners directed planning staff to draft a Unified Land Development Code amendment and a resolution to authorize an animal rehabilitation or sanctuary use after a request from residents, and separately asked staff to revisit a 2021 county resolution on animal tethering.

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