Hays City, KS: BSL proposed

Hays City Commission meets to discuss the proposed ordinance (below) tonight, 11/5, at 6:30 PM.

Previous alerts for Hays City: http://stopbsl.com/?s=hays+city

City Manager’s Office, P.O. Box 490, Hays, KS 67601
Phone: (785) 628-7320
Fax: (785) 628-7323

Ron Mellick, Mayor of Hays
rdcc@swbell.net

Christopher Channell, Vice Mayor
cchannell@media-net.net

Barbara K. Wasinger
barbwasinger@ruraltel.net

Troy Hickman
troy.hickman@hotmail.com

Henry Schwaller IV
hschwaller4@yahoo.com

Commission going to the dogs

By KALEY CONNER
kconner@dailynews.net

Pit bulls still might be allowed within city limits, but owners soon could face stricter restrictions for keeping the particular breed.

When the Hays City Commission meets for a work session at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, it will consider an amended dog ordinance that automatically classifies pit bulls as “dangerous.”[...]

Full article retrieved 11/5/09 from http://www.hdnews.net/Story/city110409

The proposed ordinance: http://assets.mediaspanonline.com/prod/3506971/pitbullrdinance.pdf

Dangerous dog means:

5) Any “Pit Bull Dog” which is defined as any and all of the following dogs:

a) The Staffordshire Bull Terrier breed of dog;

b) The American Staffordshire Terrier breed of dog;

c) The American Pit Bull Terrier breed of dog;

d) Any other breed commonly known as Pit Bull, Pit Bull Dog, or Pit Bull Terrier;

e) Dogs which have the appearance and characteristics of being predominantly of the breed of dogs known as Staffordshire Bull Terrier, American Pit Bull Terrier or American Staffordshire Terrier.

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