Title
Joint ordinance amending Lake County Board of Health Ordinance Article XVII for Animal/Rabies Control Fees.
Staff Summary
• Adoption of the proposed amendments to Lake County Board of Health Ordinance Article X necessitates amendments to Article XVII.
• The proposed amendment consolidates all fees into Article XVII and increase two fees: 1 year intact animal registration fee and adoptable animal relinquishment fee.
• Additional amendments clarify and correct existing language.
• The Lake County Board of Health approved the proposed amendments at its meeting on February 16, 2011.
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/Rabies 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/Rabies Control Fees); and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Health Department is proposing amendments to Lake County Board of Health Ordinance Article XVII in conjunction with changes to Lake County Board of Health Ordinance Article X; and
WHEREAS, the proposed changes involve moving fee requirements from Article X to their proper location in Article XVII, the fee schedule; and
WHEREAS, the proposed changes include clarifications and corrections to the current ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board of Health has approved the proposed amendments to Lake County Board of Health Ordinance Article XVII; and
WHEREAS, the Lake County Board of Health has recommended that the proposed amendments to Lake County Board of Health Ordinance Article XVII 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 XVII 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 March 15, 2011.