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CITY OF COLTON <br />AGENDA REPORT <br />For Council Meeting of 3-6-90 <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />FROM: STEPHEN EDWARDS, CITY ATTORNEY -7 <br />SUBJECT: PIT BULL TERRIERS - VICIOUS DOGS Date: 2-26-90 <br />At its meeting of February 20, 1990, the Council directed staff to place an item <br />on the agenda of the next Council meeting relating to dogs. <br />Research in preparation of such an item revealed that a new state law became <br />effective the first of this year. The new state law prevents a City from <br />adopting or enforcing its own program for the control of vicious dogs that <br />is specific as to breed. <br />"Specific as to Breed" <br />Would apply to Pit Bull Terriers - <br />Hence, by the new state law, Colton may not regulate Pit Bull Terriers as a <br />breed. <br />The new state law provides a system for dealing with vicious and potentially <br />dangerous dogs. It is totally new. <br />Staff will review the new system, investigate it and then determine if added <br />City regulation is advisable. <br />RECCMMENDATION <br />Staff recommends that the Council not adopt any program that regulates dogs <br />in a manner that is specific as to Pit Bull Terriers or any breed. <br />Also, pending further experience with the new state system, that new regulation <br />of vicious or dangerous be with -held. <br />Attachments: <br />Page 1 of <br />ORIGINAL <br />CENTRAL RECOOD9'' No o <br />NO1'.. t ..�..« <br />