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Fortuna council adopts revised animal-control enforcement ordinance

Fortuna City Council · July 21, 2026
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Summary

Council adopted Ordinance 20 26-786 revising enforcement and penalty provisions in the municipal code for animal-control violations; staff and the chief emphasized the change streamlines enforcement and is unrelated to a separate Miranda facility investigation.

Staff presented Ordinance 20 26-786 for second reading and adoption to revise Chapter 6.04’s enforcement and penalty provisions for animal-control violations and said there were no substantive changes since the first reading. A resident, Irbil Garrison, asked the council to clarify the ordinance’s relationship to a separate Miranda facility investigation; staff and the police chief clarified the ordinance deals with correctable offenses and procedures after seizure and is unrelated to any ongoing Miranda matter.

On a motion and second, the council conducted the second reading and adopted Ordinance 20 26-786 by unanimous roll-call vote.