BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF LAKE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

ORDINANCE NO. 29392939

AN ORDINANCE ADDING SUB-SECTION 14.8 TO SECTION 4-14 OF CHAPTER 4 OF THE LAKE COUNTY CODE PROVIDING FOR MODIFICATIONS/REMOVAL OF EXISTING VICIOUS ANIMAL ORDERS

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF LAKE ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION ONE: Sub-Section 14.8 is hereby added to Section 4-14 of Chapter 4 of the Lake County Code and it shall read as follows:

“14.8 REQUEST FOR REMOVAL OR MODIFICATION OF EXISTING VICIOUS ANIMAL ORDER

The owner/possessor of a vicious animal may, after three years of acceptable compliance, petition for a hearing before the Board of Supervisors in order to request a modification or removal of their existing Vicious Animal Order.”

SECTION TWO: All ordinances or parts of ordinances or resolutions or parts of resolutions that conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict and no further.

SECTION THREE: This ordinance shall take effect on the 17th day of March, 2011, and before the expiration of fifteen days after its passage it shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Lake.

The foregoing ordinance was introduced before the Board of Supervisors on the 8th day of February, 2011 and passed by the following vote on the 15th day of February, 2011.

AYES: Supervisors Smith, Rushing, Farrington, Brown and Comstock

NOES: None

ABSENT OR NOT VOTING: None