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Committee advances ordinance to restrict animals on section of beach tied to renourishment permit, removes seizure clause
Summary
Committee approved advancing an ordinance that follows federal and state permit conditions restricting dogs and other animals near Fishhall Creek as part of a beach renourishment permit; committee amended the draft to remove language authorizing seizure of animals.
The Community Service and Public Safety Committee voted to advance to town council an ordinance amending the municipal code to implement an animal‑restriction area on a section of Hilton Head Island beach near Fishhall Creek, a condition tied to federal and state beach renourishment permits.
Assistant Town Manager Sean Cohen summarized the permitting background, telling the committee that a February council resolution authorized the town manager to accept beach renourishment permits and that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the South…
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