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Council introduces changes to city animal code, adds unlawful restraint and hoarding provisions
Summary
Lake Havasu City Council voted 7-0 to introduce an update to Title 6 of the city code that revises definitions, escalates repeat at-large and disturbing-the-peace animal offenses, adds an unlawful restraint section, and creates an animal hoarding provision that applies to 10 or more animals under unsanitary conditions.
Lake Havasu City — The Lake Havasu City Council introduced an ordinance on Tuesday to amend Title 6 (Animals) of the city code, updating definitions, penalties and adding new provisions on unlawful restraint and animal hoarding.
The proposed ordinance, introduced by staff and presented at a public hearing, would make a first at-large dog offense a civil violation and convert subsequent at-large or disturbing-the-peace violations within a rolling 12-month period to criminal charges. It adds a new unlawful restraint section aimed at dogs tethered to stationary objects or trolley systems, and an animal hoarding provision that applies when 10 or more animals are kept under conditions that injure animal or human health.
City staff said the changes began as a housekeeping review to align code…
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