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.JANET HEINIG OF 11113) 25TH AVENUE STATED THAT SHE IS VERY MUCH <br />IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AS WHERE SHE LIVES THERE ARE DOGS <br />ROAMING LOOSE, AND THEY DUMP GARBAGE OVER, BARK, ETC, SHE NOTED THAT <br />AS TO DECIDING WHETHER THE BARKING, IS "HABITUAL", SHE WOULD FEEL IF <br />TWO OR THREE COMPLAINTS ARE RECEIVED, IT COULD BE CONSIDERED HABITUAL, <br />MRS, HEINIG SUGGESTED THAT ENFORCEMENT WOULD ENTAIL KEEPING A RECORD OF <br />THE NUMBER OF PHONE CALLS AND THEN FOLLOWING UP ON THE COMPLAINT, <br />MARY BOLLIS OF 10TH PLACE OFF OF 20TH AVENUE INFORMED THE <br />BOARD THAT THERE IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM IN HER SUBDIVISION WITH PIT <br />BULLDOGS, SHE STATED THAT THERE ARE ABOUT FIVE OF THEM THAT ARE ALLOWED TO <br />RUN LOOSE, AND THEY RUN IN PACKS WITH OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD DOGS, SHE <br />CONTINUED THAT THE PIT BULLS ARE TRAINED TO KILL PIGS, AND THEY HAVE <br />ACTUALLY COME INTO HER YARD AND TORN A DOG APART; THEY HAVE DAMAGED MANY <br />ITEMS IN HER YARD; AND HAVE ACTUALLY CHALLENGED MEMBERS OF HER FAMILY IN <br />THEIR OWN YARD. HER FIVE-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IS AFRAID TO PLAY IN THEIR <br />YARD BECAUSE OF THESE DOGS, MRS. BOLLIS STATED THAT THEY CANNOT AFFORD <br />TO PUT UP A FENCE AND SHE DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE TO PUT UP <br />BARRIERS BETWEEN NEIGHBORS. SHE HAS APPROACHED THE OWNERS OF THE DOGS, BUT <br />THEY HAVE BEEN VERY UNFRIENDLY AND UNCOOPERATIVE, MRS, BOLLIS INFORMED THE <br />BOARD THAT SHE HAS BEEN TO THE POLICE IN THIS REGARD, AND THEY HAVE ASKED <br />THE PEOPLE TO TIE UP THE DOGS, BUT THEY JUST LET THEM LOOSE THE NEXT DAY. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT IF MRS. BOLLIS WILL SIGN A WARRANT <br />THE COUNTY PRESENTLY HAS AUTHORITY THROUGH A SPECIAL ACT IN 1965 TO ACT <br />ON A SITUATION LIKE THIS AND THE STATE'S ATTORNEY IS OBLIGATED TO FOLLOW <br />THROUGH. <br />MRS, BOLLIS STATED THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE DISCOURAGED HER <br />FROM DOING THAT, AND FURTHER NOTED THAT SHE FINDS IT VERY DISTASTEFUL <br />TO TAKE HER NEIGHBOR TO COURT, SHE SUGGESTED THAT SINCE PETS ARE A <br />LUXURY THEY SHOULD BE LICENSED AND THE REVENUE USED FOR ANIMAL CONTROL. <br />SHE URGED THE ?BOARD TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE,'OR AT LEAST <br />PARAGRAPH (D), <br />MS, RHODA REIGEL OF ATLANTIC BOULEVARD STATED SHE IS VERY MUCH <br />IN FAVOR OF THIS ORDINANCE AND ASKED WHY A POLICEMAN CAN'T STOP A DOC, <br />5 <br />RUNNING FREE IP IT IS A VIOLATION. <br />COMM IS.SIONEI_LAY NOTED THAT THE COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE A "LEASH" <br />35 <br />MAR 2 31977���� �� <br />