Explanation
BACKGROUND:
Both the Health, Sanitation and Safety Code (Title 7) enforced by the Department of Development through its code enforcement section and The Columbus Health Code section 221.05 contain provisions regulating the manner which certain animals including a swine or goat, horse, bovine, rabbit, chicken, turkey, duck, pigeon, and all domestic fowl must be kept, and both require a written permission to keep these animals. This ordinance seeks to resolve this code redundancy by removing the provision contained in Title 7 which authorizes the Director of Development to enforce animal provisions. The Columbus Health Code, which is already more complete, will remain thus authorizing the section with expert registered sanitarians and veterinarians to enforce animal provisions.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No funding is required for this legislation.
Title
To repeal Chapter 711 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, which currently authorizes the Development Department to enforce provisions dealing with the sanitary boarding of certain animals and animal related issues.
Body
Whereas, it is the objective of the City Of Columbus to provide the most efficient delivery of city services possible to it's neighborhoods; and
Whereas, professional expertise and staff registration related to issues of animal shelter, conditions and sanitation, does not exist in the Department of Development; and
Whereas, such expertise does exist within the Columbus Health Department through its registered Sanitarians and Veterinarians; and
Whereas, Chapter 711 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, authorizes the Development Department and section 221.05 of the Columbus Health Code authorizes the Health Department to determine and enforce many of the same provisions related to animal boarding, sanitation and conditions which has created a redundancy within the various codes; and
Whereas, a second redundancy exists in the code as Chapter 711 of the Colum...
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