Title
Amending Ordinance 1143-10 to include off-leash activities.
Summary
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This is a modification to the existing 1143-10 Vicious Dog Ordinance that allows for the City of Foley to have assigned off-leash areas within the City.
Body
WHEREAS the City Council of the City of Foley has determined that a new animal control ordinance is necessary to effectuate and implement more efficient means of animal control within the City of Foley; and
WHEREAS, the necessity for the regulation and control of vicious and potentially dangerous dogs and other animals is a city-wide problem, requiring city-wide regulation, and existing laws are inadequate to deal with the threat to public health and safety posed by vicious and potentially dangerous dogs and other animals, the animal control regulations for the City of Foley are hereby amended; and
WHEREAS the City Council of the City of Foley has determined that such an ordinance is in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of Foley.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FOLEY, ALABAMA AS FOLLOWS:
1. That the following previsions are hereby adopted and passed and are to be codified in Chapter 3 of the Code of the City of Foley in addition to the current provisions found therein:
SECTION I. FOLEY POLICE OFFICERS TO ENFORCE ORDINANCE
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly or willingly oppose or resist any police officer in executing or attempting to execute any lawful process or in the discharge of any regular duty, or in any way to interfere with, hinder or prevent any such officer from discharging his/her duty.
SECTION II. DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this Ordinance, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning respectively ascribed to them by this section unless taken specific exception to elsewhere in the ordinance.
1. AT LARGE - A...
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