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Chairman Wilson inquired as to when the ordinance would be submitted to the City Council and Lisa Wright estimated it would be in August. Bruce Frazier left the meeting at 5:50 p.m. 4. Continued discussion of and possible action on recommending revisions to the ordinance regulating large animals within the city limits. Chairman Wilson moved to draft two of the large animal ordinance for review by the Committee. After a brief discussion regarding section (a), it was a consensus of the Committee to add a new number (1) to read as follows: livestock cannot be kept on less than one -half (1/2) acre; the other numbers will read the same but the numbering will change to (2) and (3). Walter Cavendar, 713 Oak Street, inquired if the 1/2 acre had to be combined in one lot. Chairman Wilson said he did not anticipate a problem as long as he had a total of 1/2 acre of property. Chief Louis recommended grandfathering the animals that had been on the same property for years because of possible court issues on these specific circumstances. Chairman Wilson said he was concerned about health issues when he saw horses standing in deep mud on 1/2 acre lots. Mr. Wilson said this situation was not good for the horse or the neighbors. Chief Louis said if it was unsanitary, that would be a different issue and they should handle that anyway. Pete Kampfer was opposed to grandfathering the animals. Bee Garmon arrived to the meeting at 6:15 p.m. Chairman Wilson asked that Chief Louis conduct a survey and get back to the Committee with regard to how many animals could be possibly grandfathered. Don Taylor said that the Committee might want to consider giving the land owner up to a year to make other arrangements for the animal. Council Member Biard asked Chief Louis to provide the lot size in his survey. Cheryt Moore asked that photographs also be taken of the animal and location. Chairman Wilson asked staff to bring back to the next meeting the revised draft of the demolition by neglect ordinance. Some of the Committee Members were questioning the enforcement of the ordinances they had submitted and that had been passed by City Council. Kevin Carruth reminded the Committee that when they started this process they were asked to consider whether sufficient resources were available to the staff to enforce the new ordinances. Mr. Carruth reminded the Committee that there are only two code enforcement officers for the entire City of Paris and they were diligently working the cases with the resources available, which were limited. He reminded them that for the past several months seventeen people have been directing the activities of only three people. Hays 3 o� 4