Pet, lighting rules on city agenda again

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. New rules dealing with homeless animals and outdoor lighting are scheduled for final votes by the Rio Rancho Governing Body on Wednesday.

The governing body meeting is set for 6 p.m. at City Hall.

Among other changes, amendments to the animal ordinance would raise the cost of adopting a pet from the city shelter to $100, but allow the police chief to offer discount programs.

The changes would also decrease from seven days to three days the time the shelter must hold an animal with no evidence of ownership before putting it up for adoption or transferring it to another entity. Animals cant be euthanized before seven days unless theyre suffering or dangerous, and shelter personnel can put an animal down only as a last resort.

The outdoor lighting ordinance sets requirements for most new or replacement outdoor lights to be shielded so the light doesnt spill off the property intended to be lit and cause problems for neighbors or passers-by. Exemptions include existing lights, emergency situations and less-bright bulbs if theyre under a covered porch or activated by a motion sensor.

If the rules pass the second reading, theyll become effective 10 days from the affirmative vote.

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Pet, lighting rules on city agenda again