A Dalton City Council vote on whether to ban residents from leaving their dogs chained in a yard and allowing cats to roam leash-free has been tabled until next month.
Councilman Dick Lowrey said he was reviewing the proposed ordinance when he began to have concerns that it might cause undue hardship for some animal owners or conflict with the county’s ordinance that deals with such matters.
“Our ordinance is supposed to mirror the county’s since they do our animal control for us. I was looking at the wording for restraining animals on a leash and was wondering if that would be an ordinance that some properties wouldn’t lend themselves to,” Lowrey said. “I don’t think we need to pass an ordinance that’s going to automatically place people in a position of being not in compliance.”
In his back yard for example, a trolley system, which is allowed under the proposed ordinance, wouldn’t work well, he said. Council members voted unanimously to table the ordinance until their Sept. 7 meeting at 10 a.m. at the Emery Center.
In other business, council members:
• Voted to demolish vacant and dilapidated houses at 305 Hightower St., 906 Avenue C and 611 Jones St. Dalton Public Works Director Benny Dunn said demolition and cleanup in the past has cost between $4,000 and $6,000 per house.
County employees will likely perform the work under the service delivery agreement between the city and county, Dunn said, and the property owners will have a lien placed on the property so the land could be sold at public auction and the costs recouped if necessary.
• Re-appointed Erica Bronson to the Convention and Visitors Bureau and Mike O’Neill to the city’s grievance committee, a group that reviews employee concerns.
• Approved a $6,290 contract with Curtis Hudson Construction of Chatsworth to build a picnic shelter at the Raisin Woods Mountain Bike Park.
• Approved a $103,000 contract with the Georgia Department of Transportation for restriping all or part of 34 city streets. Dunn said Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (TSPLOST) funds would likely cover any additional cost.
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