Pooches and booze on Tuesday’s agenda

Pooches and booze on Tuesday’s agenda

By Juan Perez Jr. January 31, 2012 9:40 am

A public hearing on changes to 'potentially dangerous' animal rules on tap Tuesday

 

Omaha residents who own animals labeled as “potentially dangerous” by city authorities could face fewer financial and legal hurdles to remove the designation from their pets’ records.

An ordinance proposed by City Council President Thomas Mulligan would automatically drop an offending animal’s “potentially dangerous” tag if the pet does not violate city provisions for two years after it’s been labeled as such. The proposed changes have a public hearing today.

The council will also vote on a resolution to voice support for a proposed state law to introduce further controls on liquor sales in certain areas.

LB829 would create “alcohol impact zones”, or geographic areas that are adversely affected by chronic public drunkenness or illegal activity associated with alcohol.

Local governments would apply to the state to create such zones, and if approved, grant the state liquor control commission broad power to discourage such activity.

Local activists have been working to get such regulations passed for months.

Read Omaha.com this afternoon and Wednesday’s paper for more on each issue.

Leave a reply