HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-04-25 94-189 ORDINANCECOUNCIL ACTION
Item No. 94-189
Date April 25, 1994
Stem/Subject: Amending Chapter VII, Article 11 of the City
Ordinances -- Licensing and Control of Dogs
Responsible Department Legal
Commentary:
The attached item would am end Chapter VII, Article 11 of the City's
Ordinances, pertaining tolicensing and control of dogs, to require
all persons owning or ontrolling a dog in the City of Bangor to
clean up and remove any feces deposited by their dog on others'
property. As drafted, this item is modeled after a current City
ordinance provision, in Chapter VI, Article 12, requiring persons
owning o controlling a dog to clean up after their dog when i
City parks. The proposed ordinance amendment would apply City-wide
to all properties, both public and private. An exception is
provided where the person owning or controlling the dog concerned
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is unable to comply with the clean-up requirement due to aphysical
handicap. A minimum fine of $100 is provided for violation of the
ordinance.
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Passage
First Reading
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Amip:ed to Cawciloe COM1ea April 25, 1994
$ . CITY OF BANGOR
(TITLE) (®iauuTME, ending Chapter VII, Article 11 of the Laws A
Ordinances of the City of Bangor -- Licensing and Control of Doge
Bell odatad by W City Cooed of Me City ofBasow, a Pollome:
WHEREAS, it is currently unlawful for persona owning or
exercising control over doge to fail to immediately clean up their
dog's feces deposited on City park property; and
WHEREAS, there is no similar prohibition for any other
property within the municipal limits; and
WHEREAS, the indiscriminate depositing of dog feces on
public and private property, with the subsequent failure to remove
or otherwiseclean up said deposits, has created a nuisance and
public health risk, including the introduction of E. Coll bacteria
to stdrmwater overflows;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the
City,o£ Bangor, as follows:
THAT Chapter VII, Article 11, Section 5 of the Laws and
Ordinances of the City of Bangor is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 5
In City Council April 25 1994
Referred to Municipal Operations
First Reading
5 i 94-189
ORDINANCE
TITLE,) Founding Chapter VII Article 11 of the loss and
Ordinances of the Crtyof Bangor Licensing and
Control of De9a
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CltyCler �`l�`l
IN CITY COUNCIL e
May 23, 1994
Amended as follows In third paragraph by 4
deleting after the word nuisance: GAIM ((XID
beginning with the word "and" and ending
with the word "overflows".
Passed vote: a yes, I n
Councilors voting yea: Naldacci, Blanchette. _
Cohen, Pepper, Shubert, Stone, Sullivan S Tyler.
Councilors voting no: Soucy -
Amended as follows by deleting the word "dog"
wherever it appears and replace with the ward
"pet".
Passed Vote: 5 yes. 4 n
Councilors voting yes: Baldaccl, Blanchette,
Shubert, Saucy S Stone
Councilors voting no: Cohen, Popper, Sullivan 6
Tyler. I
Amended by deleting $100 and replacing with $10 in
Sec.5 and alsodfin statement of fact.
Motion to amend failed vote: 4 yes, 5 n
Councilors voting yes: Baldaccl, Blanchette, Shubert
6 Soucy
Councilors voting no; Cohen, Popper, Sullivan, Stone
"Ordinance
E Tyler
Amended by adding: be confined to Zonal of
the
Firearms Discharge Ordinance".
Passed Vote 6 yes, 3 no.
Councilors voting yea: Baldaccl, Blanchette, Shubert,
Soucy,
Sullivan 6 Tyler.
Councilors voting no: Cohen, Popper 6 Stone
Motion to Indefinitely Pstpone
Passed Vote: 5 yes, 4 n:
11
Councilors voting yes: Cohen, Poppe.. .lucy,
Stone 6
Tyler
Councilors voting no: Bd}da¢1, Blanchette.
Shubert
6 Stili
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Statement of Fact: Underlines are additions, esesseuts are
deletions. A former Section 5 was repealed by C.O. 83-115 and
referred to dogs running at large. The intent of the new Section 5
is to require persons owning, keeping or exercising dogs to clean
up dog feces deposited by their animals from all property within
the Bangor municipal limits, unless the property concerned is owned
or leased by that person. An exception is made for handicapped
individuals who are physically unable, because of their handicap,
to clean up after their dog. A minimum penalty of $100 is
established for each violation.