(A) The Council finds it to be in the public interest, and the Director is hereby authorized to enter into joint agreements with animal control and animal welfare organizations for the purpose of planning, promoting, and conducting education and training programs for the purpose of:
(1) Educating the public as to responsible and lawful animal ownership and management; and
(2) Raising the level of compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
(B) The Director is authorized to expend public funds for this purpose, provided that all such expenditures shall be made in accordance with all metro ordinances, policies, and procedures relating to contracts and expenditures.
(C) The Director may, in his/her discretion, apply to District Court, or to the Code Enforcement Board, to reduce or abate any fine or civil penalty which could otherwise be imposed under § 91.999 upon condition(s) that the violator(s) attend and satisfactorily complete an education or training course established under this section.
(Lou. Metro Ord. No. 233-2006, approved 1-4-2007; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 290-2007, approved 12-20-2007)