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Caribou board to rework Chapter 3 into an Animal Control Ordinance; draft to address running-at-large, cruelty and fines

Caribou Planning Board · December 12, 2025
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Summary

Board members reviewed police data on animal calls, proposed renaming Chapter 3 to 'Animal Control Ordinance,' and asked staff to produce a draft that could include running-at-large fines, an animal-cruelty section tied to state Title 7 and clearer enforcement language; no vote was taken.

The planning board reviewed data from the police department on animal-control and animal-welfare calls and directed staff to prepare a proposed rewrite of the citys current Chapter 3 into a consolidated Animal Control Ordinance.

Speaker 2 presented a table of police calls (pages 914 in the meeting packet) reorganized by complaint type and proposed renaming Chapter 3 to "Animal Control…

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