Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Tamarra Jones, Interim Director, Public Health Policy, and Planning
Subject: Introduce Ordinance Repealing and Replacing Chapter 6.04 Animal Control of Title 6 of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code to Clarify Existing Definitions, Enact Additional Requirements, and Revise Service Fees
RECOMMENDATION:
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Introduction of an ordinance repealing and replacing Chapter 6.04, Animal Control, of Title 6 of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code to clarify existing definitions, enact additional requirements for animal control, revise animal control service fees, and waive the reading of the ordinance in its entirety.
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BACKGROUND:
Chapter 6.04 of the San Mateo County Ordinance Code contains regulations regarding animal control in unincorporated San Mateo County. The animal control regulations are in place to protect the health and safety of County residents.
The County's animal control ordinance was originally adopted on October 23, 1951, and last updated on October 17, 2006, with several additional updates throughout the years.
Twenty cities within the County have adopted animal control ordinances that are the same or substantially the same as the County's ordinances, as required by the animal control services agreement between the cities and the County. It is the latter agreement that provides for services through a contract with the Peninsula Humane Society.
DISCUSSION:
The Animal Control and Licensing Program Manager of San Mateo County Health informed each of the cities within the County that a process would begin to revise and update the Animal Control Ordinances and invited all parties to participate in the discussion and development process. From that open invitation, the Program Manager worked with a committee of five City Attorneys, representing South San Francisco, Millbrae, Paci...
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