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`EVERETT <br />City Council Agenda Item Cover Sheet <br />Project title: An Ordinance Relating to Animal Control, Amending EMC Chapter 6.04 and 6.08.025 <br />Council Bill # <br />CB 2210-43 <br />Agenda dates requested: <br />10/19 - Briefing and 1st <br />reading <br />10/26 - 2nd Reading and <br />Proposed Action <br />11/2 - 3rd and Final reading <br />and Action <br />Briefing <br />Proposed action <br />Consent <br />Action <br />Ordinance X <br />Public hearing <br />Yes X No <br />10/19/2022 <br />10/26/2022 <br />11/2/2022 <br />Budget amendment: <br />Yes X No <br />PowerPoint presentation: <br />X Yes No <br />Attachments: <br />Summary of Changes <br />Revised Ordinance <br />Department(s) involved: <br />Parks/Animal Services <br />Administration <br />Legal <br />Contact person: <br />Glynis Frederiksen <br />Phone number: <br />425-257-6013 <br />Email: <br />gfrederiksen@everettwa.gov <br />Initialed by: <br />2ML <br />Department head <br />Administration <br />Project: Animal Control Ordinance Update <br />Partner/Supplier : N/A <br />Location: N/A <br />Preceding action: Last update to EMC 6.04 was 7/6/11 and 6.08.025 was 11/27/19 <br />Fund: N/A <br />Fiscal summary statement: <br />No expenditure required. <br />Project summary statement: <br />The attached ordinance revisions amend Chapter 6.04 and 6.08.025 of the Everett Municipal Code <br />and reflect changes to state law regarding animal cruelty, pet store sales of animals, and the <br />misrepresentation of animals as service animals. Additional changes are proposed after review by <br />Animal Services staff, the Animal Shelter Advisory Board, and the City Attorney's Office. <br />Some of the specific changes update punishments for violations, including removing non-jailable <br />misdemeanors where a civil infraction (ticket) is more appropriate rather than criminal charges. It <br />also adds bond requirements for animals to be held long-term when seized with probable cause as <br />a result of cruelty investigations and prohibits ear -cropping, tail -docking, and debarking by non - <br />veterinarians. <br />Although no pet store in Everett currently sells cats, dogs, or rabbits, the code change will prohibit <br />this from taking place in the future. State law recently changed to restrict sales of dogs and cats; <br />rabbits have the third highest intake numbers at the Everett Animal Shelter and are often <br />abandoned in our community. Due to the overpopulation of rabbits in our community, and the <br />financial burden this places on the shelter, it is also appropriate to prohibit retail pet stores from <br />selling rabbits. <br />Other code changes include prohibiting roosters and peafowl, increasing the household limit of <br />spayed/neutered dogs and/or cats from two to four, allowing the animal services manager to <br />reduce or waive license fees, and changes the appeal process for animal facilities permit denials. <br />Recommendation (exact action requested of Council): <br />Approve an Ordinance relating to animal control, amending EMC chapter 6.04 and 6.08.025. <br />Council President <br />