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File #: ORD 19-19    Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
In control: President and Board of Trustees
On agenda: 3/18/2019 Final action: 3/18/2019
Title: An Ordinance Amending Chapter 5 ("Animals"), Article 4 ("Owner's Duties"), Section 5-4-11 ("Limitation on the Number of Animals Per Household") of the Oak Park Village Code Regarding the Number of Dogs That May Be Kept in a Dwelling Unit of a Multi-Family Residential Building as Directed at the February 4, 2019 Regular Meeting
Attachments: 1. Ordinance - Dogs Per Dwelling Unit, 2. Municipal Ordinance Dog limitations Survey, 3. Response to Village Board request to review Limitation of Number of Dogs in Multi Family Buildings, 4. Multi-Unit Owner - Dog Limitation Survey
Submitted By
Mike Charley, Public Health Director

Reviewed By
LKS

Agenda Item Title
Title
An Ordinance Amending Chapter 5 ("Animals"), Article 4 ("Owner's Duties"), Section 5-4-11 ("Limitation on the Number of Animals Per Household") of the Oak Park Village Code Regarding the Number of Dogs That May Be Kept in a Dwelling Unit of a Multi-Family Residential Building as Directed at the February 4, 2019 Regular Meeting

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Overview
Overview
The Village Board directed staff at their February 4, 2019 meeting to draft an Ordinance Amending Chapter 5 ("Animals"), Article 4 ("Owner's Duties"), Section 5-4-11 ("Limitation on the Number of Animals Per Household") of the Oak Park Village Code Regarding the Number of Dogs That May Be Kept in a Dwelling Unit of a Multi-Family Residential Building. The Village Board directed that the limit be raised from one dog to two dogs in a multi-family residential building.

Body
Staff Recommendation
Approve the ordinance.

Fiscal Impact
N/A

Background
At the February 4, 2019 regular meeting the Village Board directed staff to raise the dog limit in multi-family residential buildings from one dog to two dogs.

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 containing 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 al...

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