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CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF THIS ORDINANCE HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY <br />THE PLANNING AND ZOFNING COMMISSION, <br />MR. BERG STATED THAT IT HAS AND NOTED THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AN <br />ANIMAL ORDINANCE WHICH FALLS PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED TODAY, <br />EXCEPT THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTAN-,E WE ARE PUTTING IT INTO, A ZONING <br />SECTION OF THE CODE, - <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED IN REGARD TO DEFINITIONS OF THE ANIMALS <br />LISTED IN PARAGRAPH (A), AND COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF THERE HAD N, IT BEEN <br />A REQUEST MADE TO THE ZONING COMMISSION TO HAVE "EXOTIC" ANIMALS <br />SOMEWHERE, <br />ASSISTANT PLANNER MERG STATED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A REQUEST <br />TO HAVE AN OCELOT, WHICH HE WOULD CLASSIFY AS A "WILD" ANIMAL, BUT HE <br />FELT UNLESS SUCH'AN ANIMAL IS SPECIFICALLY PERMITTED, IT WOULD BE <br />PROHIBITED, <br />COMMISSIONER LOY DISCUSSED HAVING, SUCH ANIMALS AS A BUSINESS <br />AS OPPOSED TO BEING PETS, AND MR, BERG FELT THAT IS A DIFFERENT AREA <br />ENTIRELY THAN IS BEING CONSIDERED TODAY AND WOULD HAVE TO GO TO TNF <br />VARIANCE BOARD, HE ALSO FELT THIS WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED UNLESS IT IS <br />SPECIFICALLY LISTED AS A.PERMISSIVE USE. <br />ADMINISTRATOR KENNINGS NOTED THAT HIS MAIN CONCERN IS WHO IS <br />GOING TO BE CHARGED WITH ENFORCING THIS ORDINANCE AS HE -FELT IT WILL BE <br />VERY DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE AND IS OFTEN A CASE OF "NEIGHBOR AGAINST <br />NEIGHBOR. <br />MR, BERG FELT THE ZONING nEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE TO ENFORCE IT <br />UNLESS THE ORDINANCE PROVIDED SOMETHING ELSE, <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS SAID HE FELT IT WOULD BE THE COUNTY <br />COMMISSION'S RESPONSIBILITY ALSO - SIMILAR TO VIOLATIONS OF OTHER TYPES OF <br />NUISANCES, HE POINTED OUT THAT AS A REMEDY THE INDIVIDUAL HAS A RIGHT <br />TO SUE AGAINST THE NUISANCE, AND THIS ORDINANCE WILL ALLOW THE COUNTY TO <br />SEEK AN INJUNCTION OR TURN IT OVER TO THE STATE'S ATTORNEY. <br />CHAIRMAN 11ODTKE (QUESTIONED WHO WOULD DECIDE, FOR INSTANCE, IF <br />AN ANIMAL "HABITUALLY BARKS", AND STATED HE WAS DOUBTFUL ABOUT ADOPTING <br />AN ORDINANCE WE CANNOT ENFORCE, <br />THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHED TO BE <br />HEARD, <br />34 <br />NEAR 231977 <br />20 ng <br />J <br />