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Harrison Township board introduces sweeping animal-control ordinance to align with Macomb County best practices
Summary
The board introduced Ordinance No. 407 to repeal and replace Chapter 14 with a comprehensive animal-control code incorporating Macomb County best practices: new definitions, kennel and licensing rules, TNR protocols for community cats, limits on pets per household, hobby-breeder registration, and misdemeanor penalties; motion to introduce passed unanimously.
The Harrison Township Board of Trustees on April 14 introduced Ordinance No. 407, a comprehensive rewrite of Chapter 14 intended to align the township’s animal-control regulations with Macomb County best practices.
Supervisor Kenneth Verkest told the board the township attorney collaborated with a municipal attorney and met with Chief Jeff Randazzo to develop a draft incorporating county recommendations while allowing for certain township-specific revisions. The ordinance would repeal…
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