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To Gary Safarik, Chairman of Hawaii County Council From Barbara L. Brown 77-6458 Leilani St. Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 Subject: A request for an amendment to the Animal Code, Chapter 4 to be considered at the next hearing by the County council. Please move the existing Hawaii County code, REFUSE, Chapter 20 ,ARTICLE 1, LITTERING ,Section 20-5 LITTER PROHIBITED ON OCCUPIED PRIVATE PROPERTY, to the Hawaii County code ,ANIMALS, CHAPTER 4. It would then be directly specific to some problems with neighbors who own multiple dogs who defecate in their yards and is not ever picked up, and how it affects the neighbors within 500 feet of the lot in a crowded city neighborhood. It is a health hazard and contaminates the soil. The reason for this request is a scenario at hand: SIX (6) medium to large dogs next door. Feces left in backyard for 6 months without being picked up. Neighbors have 20 feet between our lanais. The smell is overpowering and causes great distress. Neighbors feel sick inside their own bedroom and living room and outside on the deck or in their own yard.. I, am a concerned new citizen of Kona, have read and will quote parts of the present Hawaii County code. Chapter 20: Refuse Section 20-1 Definitions: Article 2. "LITTER" means any waste material including, but not limited to, any animal and vegetable wastes"............ Section 20-5 states: LITTER prohibited on occupied private property. "NO PERSON SHALL THROW OR DEPOSIT LITTER ON ANY OCCUPIED PRIVATE PROPERTY ,WHETHER OWNED BY THAT PERSON OR NOT........OR UPON ANY PRIVATE PROPERTY" SECTION 20-7 SUMMONS OR CITATION FOR VIOLATION A police officer shall use a form of summons or citation provided by the County in citing a violator of any provision of this article. SECTION 20-8 PENALTY Any person who violates the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $250.00, and not more than $1,000 for each offense