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Alpine group approves streamlined animal ordinance language after public comment on county rules and shelter needs
Summary
Committee members approved recommended changes to multiple animal-control ordinance sections and heard a public comment from a longtime shelter operator urging county-level ordinances and a brick-and-mortar facility.
Members approved recommended edits to local animal-control ordinance language and heard from a shelter operator who urged pursuing county ordinances and permanent shelter space. The committee motion to adopt the edits passed on a voice vote after discussion.
The vote followed public comment from Della Vincent, who identified herself as the operator of a local animal shelter run from her home. Vincent said she has operated rescue work for roughly 29 years and ran the county shelter beginning in 2017, and asked whether city ordinance language (for issues such as dangerous or nuisance dogs, leash rules and limits on backyard breeding) could be…
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