Resolution 24-16

A RESOLUTION ADOPTING ORDIANCE 24-02

AMENDING THE BEHAVIOR OF ANIMALS ORDINANCE

WHEREAS the Town Board for the Town of St. Croix Falls has village powers under Section 60.10(2)(c), Stats., that grants police powers as set forth in Section 61.34(1), Stats., to act for the good order of the Town, for its commercial benefit and for the health, safety, and welfare of the public; and

WHEREAS the Town of St. Croix Falls approved an Behavior of Animals Ordinance on November 20, 2000, and amended the ordinance on January 21, 2009; and

WHEREAS the Town Board wishes to remove ambiguous language; and

WHEREAS the Town Board held a first reading on May 15, 2024, and a second reading was held on June 19, 2024.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin, does approve Ordinance 24-02 amending Section 3 (iv) by deleting “habitually barks or howls to the annoyance of any person or persons” and amend (v) “kills or wounds or worries” with the deletion of worries;  amend Section 7 (b) by deleting “barking excessively or making excessive noises” and amend Section 8 (b) by deleting “habitually barks, cries, or howls” and the term “worries”; and Section 1.7 “Exempt Structures in Wisconsin Administrative Code” of the Ordinance Adopting Wisconsin Building Codes; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Ordinance 24-02 become effective upon passage and publication and/or posting according to Wisconsin State Statute.

Dated this 19^th day of June 2024