Sentences with phrase «draft ordinance»

In early September the Los Angeles City Council was the latest seeking to draft an ordinance granting all homeowners the right to own bee hives.

In May 2017, the federal cabinet adopted a draft ordinance on the introduction of auctions for CHP plants and innovative CHP systems.

MANDATORY SPAY / NEUTER ORDINANCE FOR ALL CATS AND DOGS OVER SIX MONTHS OF AGE (To be heard at 7:30 p.m. or thereafter) Recommendation: (1) Direct the City Attorney to draft an ordinance and return within 60 days mandating the spay / neuter of all cats and dogs over six months of age, excluding those that meet exclusion criteria; (2) Establish a fee differential such that a dog license for an unaltered animal is $ 60 more than spayed / neutered animals; and (3) Find that mandatory spay / neuter of all cats and dogs is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061 (b)(3).

Recent court rulings upholding bans led to Vana's request to draft an ordinance for consideration.

At a Monday board meeting, all four attending trustees agreed to draft an ordinance that says commercially sold animals must come from rescue organizations or government agencies.

The draft ordinance allows dogs to be classified as dangerous and potentially dangerous animals, and have conditions placed on the owner.

Aurora City staff are helping Richardson draft his ordinance based on one that was passed recently by city council members in Phoenix.

The past two days I have been preparing a draft ordinance responding to the Commission's direction on the issue of dangerous dogs.

Los Angeles cat lovers are celebrating as the L.A. City Council directed city attorneys to draft an ordinance making it legal to own up to 5 cats as pets in one home.

The draft ordinance needs further refinement, particularly to ensure appropriate administrative procedures and enforcement efforts can be achieved.

An earlier draft ordinance would have meant the Palais Royale — an historic dive at the corner of Jefferson and Dove streets that is a favorite of hipsters, locals, oldsters and Sen. Chuck Schumer's staff — would not have been able to stay open until 4 a.m. if it were sold.

The Medinah Park District has authorized its attorney to draft an ordinance for a $ 530,000 general obligation bond issue to fund miscellaneous park projects that officials say are necessities.

The board directed staff to draft an ordinance that details the zoning, architectural and landscape criteria of the proposal.

The City Council unanimously approved a draft ordinance to limit home - sharing in the city to four months...

The city is drafting an ordinance that could license and regulate adult - use retail stores by June 2018.

That's what I proposed to the Quality of Life Committee last year and what I asked city attorneys to look at when drafting an ordinance for the City Council to consider.

I also anticipate Commission amendments to reflect a number of policy choices which must be assumed in drafting this ordinance.

Often the only recourse is to help draft ordinances that clarify these inconsistencies and smooth the way for TNR - type operations.

They ask us to both review draft ordinances and suggest appropriate language for those drafts.

Below are the guidelines we follow when evaluating and drafting an ordinance to make sure it reflects good public policy and values the lives of cats.

A dog attacks, and city - council members want the city attorney to react — sometimes by drafting an ordinance that restricts or outlaws a specific breed of dog, most often the maligned pit bull terrier.1 After such an ordinance is passed, authorities must then ferret out and kill any dog that slightly resembles a pit bull terrier.

This opinion is noteworthy because while MTAS may have drafted an ordinance that regulates the ownership of specific breeds of dogs, in the interest of public safety, they advise against Tennessee municipalities using it.

The Board of Public Works Commissioner Paula Daniels, who initially drafted the ordinance last July, explained that the new requirements would prevent over 104 million gallons of polluted urban runoff from ending up in the ocean.»

We're currently working closely with Metro Nashville to pilot a tiny home community in a neighborhood that supports it, and drafting an ordinance proposal.

His primary focus is in three areas: Dealing with labor unions — bargaining, grievances, arbitrations, and litigation; Employment litigation — discrimination, whistleblower, wage / hour, retaliation and other causes of action before federal and state courts and administrative agencies; and human resources counseling — helping managers deal with day - to - day issues, training, compliance, policies and procedures, drafting ordinances, public records, and Sunshine Law.

Not exact matches

The antipornography movement that flourished in this climate reached its most stringent form when feminist activists Andrea Dworkin and Catherine MacKinnon drafted the Indianapolis Anti-Pornography Ordinance in 1984.

Santa Barbara Draft Winery Ordinance Revisions Draw Pushback from Wine Industry Representatives

An ordinance has been drafted by the Metropolitan Tenants Organization that would require all apartments in the city to be inspected when leased to a new tenant to catch lead hazards and require landlords to abate.

The Woodstock Town Board will have to balance the need for peace and quiet with encouraging live performances as it drafts a new noise ordinance, a point driven home by many musicians who attended a public hearing on March 20.

He said that a team from the Police Explosive Ordinance Department was promptly drafted to the scene to restore law and order, adding that there was no civilian casualty.

The Woodstock Town Board will have to balance the need for peace and quiet with encouraging live performances as it drafts a new noise ordinance, a point driven home by many musicians who attended a recent public hearing.

She has even researched and drafted legislation for a Parental Responsibility Ordinance for our city that Common Council will be voting on soon, all while being an everyday citizen like the rest of us.

Thus, policymakers have to consider the source of black carbon when drafting mitigation ordinances, Doherty says.

Helps draft and secure passage of San Francisco Precautionary Principle Ordinance, leading to city - wide sustainable, healthy purchasing policies.

Since 2013, the subcommittee has orchestrated several successes and positive outcomes, some of which include: • Collaborating with the PIJAC Zoonosis committee to update the Healthy Herp Handling poster promoting healthy reptile and amphibian handling practices; develop the Zoonotic Disease Prevention Series for Retailers; draft informative store signage on how to prevent zoonotic diseases; participate in meetings on rodent and reptile disease transmission with the Centers for Disease Control; and produce and revise best management practices (BMP) documents; • Collaborating with the United States Association of Reptile Keepers on past and current attempts to pass legislation, ordinances, and regulatory activity that may impact herp ownership and related businesses; • Attending Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meetings with reports and summary of actions affecting import and export of reptiles; • Addressing the 2013 Center for Biological Diversity petition to list 53 herp species under the Endangered Species Act; • Reviewing and commenting on the recent US Fish and Wildlife status review on the proposal to list wood turtles under the Endangered Species Act; • Submitting comments on proposed listing of flat - tailed tortoise and spider tortoise under the Endangered Species Act; • Introducing federal legislation in 2013 to allow for the export of certain constrictors listed as injurious in air shipments with aircraft that land in a state for refueling; • Providing volunteer support for auctions at 2013 National Reptile Breeders Expo and several North American Reptile Breeders Conferences; • Providing extensive consultation on constrictor caging standards in Ohio.

«The Almighty wants this to happen because these are his babies,» said Harriot Roberts, chairman of a group commissioners appointed to draft the proposed ordinance.

The draft left much of the city's existing ordinance in place but did address provisions regarding dangerous and vicious animals, which primarily applied to dogs.

As with the existing ordinance, the draft bans a large number of exotic animals, from poisonous snakes to hippopotamuses.

Other legal requirements are addressed in the ordinance and will be further refined with additional drafts.

Pit bull advocates never forgot that Katz as then - deputy San Francisco city attorney drafted the 2006 ordinance mandating that pit bulls must be sterilized if brought within the San Francisco city limits.

Since our founding in 1990, Alley Cat Allies has helped thousands of communities draft and implement successful Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR) ordinances and policies.

A pet store associated with one of the above organizations would also be allowed to sell cats and dogs, and individuals who breed and sell dogs on their premises would also be exempt from the ordinance, as the draft reads now.

He also authored first drafts of ordinance revisions making TNR legal for the first time within Indianapolis.

Regulations to offer residents relief from barking dogs will be drafted instead by the county's animal - control ordinance committee.

Roaming cats would no longer be picked up on sight, as the ordinance now allows, but would be taken only if there is a signed complaint about the animal or if the cat is not wearing a collar and the owner can not be found.Larry Jones, the county's director of health and human services, said the staff will complete its rough draft by Oct. 22 and mail copies to veterinarians, committee members, animal rights activists and anyone else who wants to comment about the changes.

An earlier draft had the county regulating and inspecting pet shops, but the latest ordinance omits that provision because county staff said it would be too costly and would duplicate state laws.

The project is now an official law clinic, and students assist municipalities and organizations on drafting cat ordinances.

In 2013, Connolly formed a pro bono project at the school, engaging students in drafting a model cat ordinance and lobbying to get it approved in several western New York communities.

Have ordinance changes drafted, but found that I need the sponsorship of 5 Bloomington council members to even present the proposal to the city council.

A draft of the proposed ordinance indicates commercial dog breeders in the county would be categorized as: (1) «High - Volume Dog Breeder» if they own more than 7 intact female dogs at a time.