Have Your Say on the Draft Keeping of Animals Policy
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Background
At its meeting on 22 April 2025, Council resolved to put the Draft Local Orders Policy - Keeping of Animals on public exhibition for 28 days.
What is the Draft Keeping of Animals Policy?
The intention of this policy is to allow the keeping of animals expected to be kept within the Council area within understood guidelines that can be administered equitably and easily by Council Officers. Council acknowledges that animals are an important part of any community.
There are, however, a number of issues of which we must be aware, especially where this concern the care, control and management responsibilities that we have as individuals and animal owners. The repercussions of poor management and inappropriate care can impact neighbourhood amenity in terms of noise, odours, property damage, health and safety.
The Policy seeks to:
Balance the rights of property owners and the rights of others to enjoy their own property free from external impacts of nuisance
Ensure that animals kept on residential and rural lands are of an appropriate kind and in appropriate numbers and maintained in satisfactory conditions so as to not result in unhealthy or unsafe conditions and do not cause a nuisance to others.
How you can contribute
The Hills community are invited to have their say using the submission form below by 11 June 2025.
At its meeting on 22 April 2025, Council resolved to put the Draft Local Orders Policy - Keeping of Animals on public exhibition for 28 days.
What is the Draft Keeping of Animals Policy?
The intention of this policy is to allow the keeping of animals expected to be kept within the Council area within understood guidelines that can be administered equitably and easily by Council Officers. Council acknowledges that animals are an important part of any community.
There are, however, a number of issues of which we must be aware, especially where this concern the care, control and management responsibilities that we have as individuals and animal owners. The repercussions of poor management and inappropriate care can impact neighbourhood amenity in terms of noise, odours, property damage, health and safety.
The Policy seeks to:
Balance the rights of property owners and the rights of others to enjoy their own property free from external impacts of nuisance
Ensure that animals kept on residential and rural lands are of an appropriate kind and in appropriate numbers and maintained in satisfactory conditions so as to not result in unhealthy or unsafe conditions and do not cause a nuisance to others.
How you can contribute
The Hills community are invited to have their say using the submission form below by 11 June 2025.
