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REPORT - AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 7-04 OF THE SANTA ROSA CITY CODE EXPANDING THE DEFINITION OF VICIOUS DOG
BACKGROUND: On June 15, 2022, Council’s Public Safety Subcommittee convened to discuss the City of Santa Rosa’s Potentially Dangerous and Vicious Animals Ordinance. The Subcommittee gave direction to bring forward to Council for consideration an amendment to strengthen the ordinance by redefining potentially dangerous and vicious animals specifically in the case where an animal, when unprovoked, attacks and kills a domestic animal.
The ordinance will amend the existing code to redefine potentially dangerous and vicious animals to give the City Attorney discretion to seek a vicious designation on an animal that, when unprovoked, kills another animal.
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the City Attorney’s Office that the Council introduce an ordinance to amend Title 7, City Code Chapter 7-04, to give City Attorney discretion to seek a vicious designation on an animal that, when u...
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