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Grant County, Washington
ORDINANCE AMENDING GRANT ORDINANCE NO. 22- �% I -CC
COUNTY CODE CHAPTERS 9.06
"DOG CONTROL" AND 9.07
"DANGEROUS DOG AND
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
DOG" TO REMOVE LICENSING
REQUREMENTS.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the Grant County Dog License Ordinance is not routinely enforced; and
WHEREAS, The Grant County Dog License Ordinance creates an administrative burden
that substantially exceeds it value; and
WHEREAS, The Grant County Dog License creates an burden on Grant County Citizens;
and
WHEREAS, The Grant County Commissioners have found the cost of Dog Licensing
requirement in the Grant County Code exceeds its benefit,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Board of Grant County
Commissioners, hereby Repeals Grant County Code Sections 9.06.074, 9.06.154 and 9.07.160;
and amends Section 9.07.190 as follows:
Section 1:
Section 2:
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Section 3:
9.07.160 - Failure to reclaim.
Section 4:
9.07.190 - Dog declared dangerous or potentially dangerous by another jurisdiction.
(a) Any person desiring to bring a dog to live in the corporate limits of Grant County
which has been previously declared to be potentially dangerous, dangerous, vicious, or
similar designation in another jurisdiction, under the provisions of Chapter 16.08 RCW
or comparable local ordinance, must notify the animal control authority prior to moving
the dog to the corporate limits of Grant County.
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The person must provide all information requested by the utility deputy or designee and
must comply with all restrictions imposed by the utility deputy or designee. There is no
right to bring into the corporate limits of Grant County a dog that has been the subject of
a declaration or similar process in another jurisdiction, and the animal control authority
will determine whether such a dog will be lieensed an permitted to reside in the
corporate limits of Grant County.
(b) Except to the extent inconsistent with this section, an appeal from the decision of the
animal control authority under this section may be appealed in the manner set forth in
GCC 9.07.100. At the hearing, the presumption shall be that the previous jurisdiction's
determination is correct, and the burden shall be upon the appellant to demonstrate the
invalidity of the prior declaration or similar process.
A public hearing was held on the above ordinance on the 1'r day of February, 2022.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of , 2022.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Danny It Stone, Cham
, Member
AVistrativeAssO(ht/Cl
Baruez
Ad r of the Board
PUBLISHED January 13 and 20, 2022
Approved as to form:
By
Kevin J. McCrae,
Prosecuting Attorney
Date: ( f � 7 l )- i
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