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Item Description: ��'� ''� April 18, 2005 Item: 3. Dangerous Animal Ordinance L BACKGROUND This Council has discussed draft ordinances relating to dangerous animals at three previous Council Meetings: • February 14,2005. • March 21,2005. • March 28,2005. II. ATTACHMENTS The first attachment contains all state laws governing dogs, as you requested. The second attachment is the Chie�s revised draft of a city ordinance. Her draft has been revised to remove the appeal process to the City Council, as a majority of you seemed to prefer. Now, the Chief`s draft also shows her preferred approach toward a city ordinance. The Chief prefers a stand-alone ordinance that repeats, in part, the language cf state law but then integrates within that language certain clarifying details about dangerous animals and how they would be regulated in Roseville. For example, the Chief defines more precisely than state law the dimensions and other requirements that must be met respecting the "suitable enclosure" required for dangerous animals. The third attachment is an illustration of a city ordinance that avoids repeating where at all possible the language already in state law. Instead, this ordinance incorporates by reference the provisions of state law and then separately sets forth the additional Roseville details to be read in conjunction with state law — such as the dimensions and construction of the "suitable enclosure." (Note: This ordinance needs City Attorney review.) IIL ISSUES Whether the Council wants to adopt any ordinance relating to dangerous dogs or animals If so, whether the Council prefers a stand-alone ordinance combining state and City requirements as the Chiefprefers, or an ordinance that incorporates by reference the language in state law and then sets forth only special Roseville provisions to be read together with state statute s.