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Seabrook council to ask staff to rewrite code language after residents, Animal Control clash over "at-large" citations
Summary
After residents described tickets issued for dogs that remain on private property, council directed staff to review whether underground/electric ("invisible") fences meet the city's ordinance definition of a physical enclosure and to propose registration or marking options.
Seabrook residents and Animal Control officials clashed at the Nov. 7 City Council meeting over how the city enforces its "at-large" animal ordinance, and council members directed staff to review the code language to address underground/electric fencing.
"My concern is the fact that that is being weaponized by an animal control officer that continues to go through our neighborhood," resident Kylie Wilson told the council, saying neighbors have received citations even when animals remained on their own property. Wilson said people with invisible fences and signs nonetheless are being cited and urged the city to stop…
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