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Resident pleas prompt council to send pet-limit change to Planning and Zoning
Summary
After public comment about shelter overcrowding and family hardship, Powell council directed Planning & Zoning to study amending City Code section 17.76.030 to allow four adult pets per household and report back; the referral passed by voice vote.
Leah Pittman, a Powell resident, urged the council to amend city code section 17.76.030 after saying local shelters are overcrowded and that her family could be forced to surrender dogs if the limit remains unchanged. "If we had to get rid of our 2 dogs, then that would just make the overcrowding worse," Pittman told the council.
The council discussed process and jurisdiction: council members and staff clarified…
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