<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 6-1. - Authority.</div>
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               This chapter is established pursuant to the following grants of statutory authority:
               
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                  (1)
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                  G.S. 153A-121 which delegates to counties the power to regulate, prohibit, or abate
                  acts, omissions or conditions detrimental to the health, safety or welfare of its
                  citizens and the peace and dignity of the county. Counties may also define and abate
                  nuisances.
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                  (2)
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                  G.S. 153A-123 which authorizes counties to levy fines and penalties for violations
                  of its ordinances and allows counties to secure injunctions and abatement orders to
                  further ensure compliance with its ordinances.
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                  (3)
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                  G.S. 153A-127 which authorizes counties to define and prohibit the abuse of animals.
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                  (4)
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                  G.S. 153A-131 which authorizes counties to regulate, restrict, or prohibit the possession
                  or harboring of animals which are dangerous to persons or property.
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                  (5)
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                  G.S. 153A-442 which authorizes counties to establish, equip, operate, and maintain
                  animal shelters.
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                  (6)
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                  G.S. 130A-192 which authorizes animal control officers to canvass the county to determine
                  if there are any animals not wearing the required rabies vaccination tag.
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                  (7)
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                  G.S. 67-4.5 which authorizes a county to adopt and enforce its own program for control
                  of dangerous dogs.
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                  (8)
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                  G.S. 130A-186 which authorizes the local health director to appoint one or more certified
                  rabies vaccinators.
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                  (9)
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                  G.S. 130A-197 which authorizes the local health director to order unvaccinated animals
                  which have been exposed to rabies to be managed as specified by the National Association
                  of State Public Health Veterinarians in the most current edition of the Compendium
                  of Animal Rabies Prevention and Control.
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               (Ord. of 8-17-2009; Ord. No. 2014-04, 6-16-2014; Ord. No. 2023-02, 3-6-2023)
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