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County updates animal-control ordinance to allow 'public nuisance' orders and enforcement tools
Summary
The Randolph County Board of Commissioners approved amendments to the animal-control ordinance to add a public-nuisance enforcement option (temporary impoundment and corrective orders) aimed primarily at recurring dogs running at large; the ordinance retains working-animal exemptions and reflects state-law constraints on animals in heat.
The Randolph County Board of Commissioners on Nov. 3 approved updates to the county animal-control ordinance that add a formal "public nuisance" order and new enforcement tools intended to fix recurring problems rather than relying only on citations.
Jonathan Moody, who presented the changes, said the county had modeled parts of the update on neighboring counties to give…
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