The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on proposed changes to its ordinances in relation to the regulation of dangerous and vicious dogs on Tuesday.
The hearing will be held during the commission's regular meeting, which starts at 6 p.m. The commission will also hold a work session at 3 p.m. Both meetings will take place at the county administration building.
The commission will also consider a lease agreement with the Woodstock Downtown Development Authority, which would allow the authority to use its trolley between Nov. 30 and Dec. 27. The trolley will be used as a trial period to measure its popularity with residents.
Commissioners will also consider two rezoning requests. One request, from R & D Mechanical Services, Inc., is asking the county to rezone 2.13 acres of land at 3448 Holly Springs Parkway near Donna Way from office industrial to light industrial for the purpose of office warehouse space.
The Cherokee County Planning Commission recommended approval with a condition to provide a year round vegetative screen on the front side of the building along Holly Springs Parkway.
County commissioners will also consider a rezoning request from Dempsey Funeral Services of Georgia, Inc. The company is asking the county to rezone two parcels on 28 acres along Highway 92 at Woodstock Road in southwest Cherokee County from R-40 residential and neighborhood commercial to general commercial. The proposed use of the property would be for ccemetery and funeral services.
See the attached .PDF to see what else is on the agenda.
The humane community does not try to encourage the adoption of pumas in the same manner that we encourage the adoption of felis catus, because even though a puma can also be box-trained and otherwise exhibits much the same indoor behavior, it is clearly understood that accidents with a puma are frequently fatal. For the same reason, it is sheer foolishness to encourage people to regard pit bull terriers and Rottweilers as just dogs like any other, no matter how much they may behave like other dogs under ordinary circumstances. Pit bulls and Rottweilers are accordingly dogs who not only must be handled with special precautions, but also must be regulated with special requirements appropriate to the risk they may pose to the public and other animals, if they are to be kept at all. --> Dog attack deaths and maimings, U.S. & Canada September 1982 to December 22, 2009
In one 85-day period from July to September 2008, pit bulls were involved in 127 dog attacks, 57% of which occurred off the owner’s property. In these attacks, 158 people were injured, 63% of them severely; 10% of the victims suffered severed body parts; and 6 victims were killed. 12 In the same period, 128 dangerous pit bulls had to be shot to death by police officers or citizens. A closer look at these figures indicates that 1 person is killed by a pit bull every 14 days, a person loses a body part to a pit bull attack every 5.4 days, 2 persons are injured by pit bulls each day, and 1.5 pit bulls are shot to death each day The unacceptable actuarial risk associated with certain breeds of dogs (specifically, pit bulls) must be addressed. These breeds should be regulated in the same way in which other dangerous species, such as leopards. .--> Mortality, Mauling, and Maiming by Vicious Dogs 2011
ANY owner of ANY breed of dog should be held responsible when their dog attacks and causes injury to a human being whether it's a Chihuahua inflicting a small nip that breaks skin or a Mastiff inflicting a larger wound based on the animal's size. It's time we start holding owners of ALL breeds responsible for their animals' actions.
In temperance tests, given by the American Temperance Test Society, the pit bull rated as the second MOST TOLERANT. The most tolerant dog breed was the Golden Retriever. The least tolerant was the Border Collie. Remember "The Little Rascal's"? Check the stats: for every pit bull dog that kills, there are 10.5 million that never do. Hold the owner accountable, ~not the breed.