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Council hears options for animal-control ordinance: weather-based tethering ban, enforcement limits and resource needs
Summary
City staff and the city attorney outlined options for revising Shelbyville's animal-control rules and described enforcement constraints under municipal law.
City staff and the city attorney outlined options for revising Shelbyville's animal-control rules and described enforcement constraints under municipal law.
Ginger (city attorney) told council that the city's primary enforcement tool for municipal code violations is the municipal court citation process. "If the judge finds that there has been a violation, he can fine them up to $50 a day," she said, and explained that municipal remedies are generally fines rather than injunctive orders requiring officers to seize animals on private property. Ginger and staff said some state laws (for example, dangerous-dog statutes or animal-cruelty…
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