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File #: 2026-0596    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Preliminary Item
File created: 3/21/2026 In control: ERPS-Employee Relations & Public Safety Committee
On agenda: 3/26/2026 Final action:
Title: Commission District(s): All Commission Districts An Ordinance to Regulate the Restraint and Transportation of Animals and for other Purposes.
Attachments: 1. Tethering ordinance 3.21.pdf, 2. Tethering Ordinance FACT SHEET 2025

                                    

Public Hearing:  YES      NO                                                   Department: Board of Commissioners - District 2                                     

 

SUBJECT:

Title

Commission District(s): All Commission Districts

An Ordinance to Regulate the Restraint and Transportation of Animals and for other Purposes.

Body

 

Information Contact: Commissioner Michelle Long Spears

Phone Number: 404-371-2863

 

PURPOSE:

To prohibit tethering of animals in most circumstances and for other purposes.

 

NEED/IMPACT:

To enhance the welfare of animals in unincorporated DeKalb County.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

Fiscal impact not known at this time.

 

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommended Action

Approve the attached ordinance to amend the code of DeKalb County Georgia, Chapter 5, to regulate the restraint and transportation of animals and for other purposes.