Submitted By
Mike Charley, Public Health Director
Reviewed By
LKS
Agenda Item Title
Title
A Motion to Receive the Board of Health's Report Regarding Limitations For a Person to Keep or Permit More Than One Dog in Any Dwelling Unit of a Multi-family Residential Building Containing Four (4) or More Dwelling Units Within the Village
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Overview
Overview
On July 9, 2018, the Village Board referred the limitation on dogs in multi-family buildings to the Board of Health for review. The Board of Health voted to abstain from supporting and/or opposing the increase in the limitation on dogs in multi-family buildings, however the Board of Health voted to submit back to the Village Board the data collected in surveys on the matter. The Code currently limits dogs to one in multifamily buildings with four (4) or more dwelling units.
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Staff Recommendation
The Board of Health decided not to provide a recommendation on this issue. The Village Board will need to decide next steps.
Fiscal Impact
N/A
Background
The Board of Health has voted to abstain from supporting and/or opposing the increase in the limitation on dogs in multi-family residential buildings, but to submit back to the Village Board the survey results presented at the October Board of Health meeting. Section 5-4-11(B) ("Limitation on Animals Per Household") of the Village Code provides that no person shall keep more than one (1) dog in any multi-family residential building containg four (4) or more dwelling units. Board of Health Chair Florence Miller has provided a written response on behalf of the Board of Health which is attached.
The following is the history/background on this agenda item:
June 4: Village Board Meeting, XVII. Call to Board and Clerk
Village Trustee Boutet stated that there has been a citizen request to change the number of dogs allowed per unit in a multi-unit building from one to two. She added that landlords and condo associations may also limit that and she would ...
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