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Santa Fe committee adopts ordinance tightening rules, fines for abandoned and unattended animals
Summary
The Quality of Life Committee on Dec. 3 approved an ordinance amending SFCC 19-87 to define ‘abandonment’ and ‘unattended animal,’ prohibit animals on medians and revise fines; one substantive amendment about who may 'commandeer' animals was pulled for rewording.
The Santa Fe Quality of Life Committee voted Dec. 3 to adopt an ordinance (bill 2025-22) that tightens definitions and penalties for abandoning or leaving animals unattended and bans keeping animals on roadway medians.
The ordinance, sponsored by Councilors Jamie Cassick, Sydney Lindell, Alma Castro and Pilar Faulkner, amends sections of the Santa Fe City Code (SFCC 19-87) to add definitions for “abandonment” and “unattended animal,” prohibit animals on medians and adjust fines: the proposal raised the penalty for abandoning an animal and established a lower fine for a first unattended-animal offense and a higher fine for subsequent offenses. A technical amendment that clarifies…
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