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Posted by Chris Herring on 12-16-2009 10:37 PM:

Burke County, NC - New Ordinance

A new animal control ordinance is being considered in Burke County, if you live in this county please contact your commissioner to oppose the differential liscense fees ($4 per animal, $10 per unaltered animal).

http://www2.morganton.com/content/2...imal-ordinance/

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Posted by LMBEDDINGFIELD on 12-17-2009 01:52 PM:

Here is the Article.....
It states thate the new ordinance is doing away with the $4.00/$10.00 dog fee but is placing heavy restrictions on Hybrid animals and can only be kept if they are Spayed or Neutered.....

MORGANTON - A proposed county animal ordinance would do away with a license fee but would impose penalties for violations.
A public hearing on the ordinance will be held tonight during the Burke County Board of Commissioners meeting in the county services building at 110 N. Green St. in Morganton. The meeting starts at 6 p.m.
Lt. Steve Massey with Burke County Animal Control was involved in the process of coming up with a new ordinance. He said it does away with the county license fee, which was $4 for spayed or neutered dogs or $10 for those that were not.
The proposed ordinance also calls for the ban of dangerous exotic animals or reptiles, or hybrids of what is considered a dangerous animal such as a cross between a wolf and dog.
The state doesn't allow any wildlife to be vaccinated, Massey said.
"Anything that can't be vaccinated (is) a public health issue," Massey said.
But for those who already own an exotic or hybrid animal, the ordinance allows them to keep it as long as it's spayed or neutered. Those not spayed or neutered would be seized and euthanized.
The penalty for violating any part of the proposed ordinance is:
- First offense — $50
- Second offense — $100
- Third offense — $200
- Any offense after the third — $200 per incident
If someone doesn't correct a violation within 10 days they would be fined $50 per day until the violation is corrected, according to the ordinance.
Before, the penalty was $25 and $25 for each subsequent penalty, Massey said.
If someone's dog or animal, unprovoked, bites, attacks or kills a person, the owner would have to pay a civil penalty of $300, the ordinance says.
The ordinance could not be enforced in a town or city limits unless it adopts a resolution giving the county the right to enforce the ordinance within its boundaries.
The new ordinance also would strengthen the county cruelty regulations.
Massey said the proposed ordinance spells things out more clearly than the current ordinance, Massey said

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Posted by LMBEDDINGFIELD on 12-17-2009 01:55 PM:

Here is the link to the proposed ordinance....

http://www.co.burke.nc.us

Posted by Buckshot on 12-17-2009 02:01 PM:

Re: Burke County, NC - New Ordinance

quote:
Originally posted by Chris Herring
A new animal control ordinance is being considered in Burke County, if you live in this county please contact your commissioner to oppose the differential liscense fees ($4 per animal, $10 per unaltered animal).

http://www2.morganton.com/content/2...imal-ordinance/

Would love to pay those fees.

The yearly fees here are:

Intact Animal Annual - $25
Altered "Fixed" Animal Annual - $10
Altered "Fixed" Animal Lifetime - $35

Posted by coonsmen on 12-17-2009 04:07 PM:

thats nothing compared to most counties around here!
ares is 20 for unaltered and 6 for altered.
sangomon county i know is 38 for unaltered...

ill take the ten any day!!!

Posted by Dale Young on 12-17-2009 05:26 PM:

For along time now it's been $15 for a dog licence and $7.50 for spayed or nuetuered here where I live, plus a 3 dog law that I've worked around for the last 20 plus years. The last I heard you recieved a warning of a violation and then $75 fine that doubles with each continuing violation which can be daily if not corrected. Don't take long to force you out of the dogs if you don't make them behave . Anything I bring home that turns out to be an idiot don't stay long.

Posted by Rip on 12-17-2009 05:29 PM:

You shouldn't have to pay ANY fees.

That's rediculous and anyone that voted for such a crazy thing should be thrown out on their ear.

That's just plain theft, there is no way they can actually justify this as a "need" of the gubment.

The stupidity of gubment never ceases to amaze me. Any way they can to steal more and more money from the producers.

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Posted by MuddyRivrKennel on 12-17-2009 06:27 PM:

Rip I AGREE. We live in Catawba Co, NC which is beside Burke Co. I see it this way: We pay to buy a dog or any other animal, we spend the money to have them spayed or neutered, we buy the feed so they can eat like us. Now why in the heck should we have to pay to be able to have a dog? The dog is a man/ladys best friend. If I can not clam them on my taxes at the end of the year then why in the heck would I want to pay a yearly fee just so I can have a pet? This is just absolutely ridiculous.

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Posted by coonsmen on 12-17-2009 06:36 PM:

I know in our county all the Money gets turned into the animal control fund to help support it.

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