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Upland council amends animal-nuisance law to allow signed complaints and video evidence
Summary
The Upland City Council unanimously adopted an ordinance amending Upland Municipal Code section 6.04.140 to change how the city verifies animal-nuisance complaints, allowing signed witness declarations or specified video/audio evidence as grounds for enforcement.
The Upland City Council on April 14 unanimously adopted an ordinance amending section 6.04.140 of the Upland Municipal Code to change how animal-nuisance complaints are verified.
Sergeant Bryce Milakovic told the council the existing code was difficult to enforce because animal control officers frequently could not observe alleged barking or other nuisances during inspections. Under the amended ordinance, complaints may proceed if either two witnesses from different residences within 200 feet sign statements under penalty of perjury that they observed the disturbance, or one complainant provides video/audio surveillance showing at least 30 minutes of continuous evidence of the nuisance within a 24-hour period (or 60 minutes intermittently), as described by Milakovic.
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