Title
Ordinance amending Lake County Board of Health Ordinance Article X (Animal Care and Control).
Staff Summary
• Proposed changes to Article X of the Lake County Board of Health Ordinance includes a new category of dog known as “animal aggressive”.
• The proposed changes will give the Animal Care and Control Program the authority to designate a dog as animal aggressive and outlines consequences of that determination.
• The proposed revisions seek to provide more protection for the public in cases where a dog seriously injures or kills another owned animal.
• Additional revisions are included to reflect the implementation of the County’s Administrative Hearing process.
Body
WHEREAS, the Lake County Health Department is authorized to enforce a local ordinance regulating Animal Care and Control to protect the public’s health and safety; and
WHEREAS, the ordinance that authorizes this enforcement, Lake County Board of Health Ordinance Article X (Animal Care and Control) also authorizes the Lake County Health Department to assess and collect fees for rabies tags and/or other services described in this ordinance; and
WHEREAS, these fees are established in Lake County Board of Health Ordinance Article XVII (Animal Care and Control Fees); and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Health Department is proposing amendments to Lake County Board of Health Ordinance Article X: and
WHEREAS, the proposed changes involve the addition of a new category of dog known as “animal aggressive” and also provides proposed revisions that coincide with the implementation of the County’s Administrative Hearing process; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board of Health has approved the proposed amendments to Lake County Board of Health Ordinance Article X; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board of Health has recommended that the proposed amendments to Lake County Board of Health Ordinance Article X be referred to the County Board for approval.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the amendments to Lake County Board of Health Ordinance Article X herewith be approved and made a matter of Lake County law.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the Lake County Clerk is hereby authorized to distribute certified copies of the amended Ordinance to the County Administrator, Comptroller, and the Executive Director of the Lake County Health Department.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on January 15, 2013.