NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
TAZEWELL COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE A DOG LICENSE TAX EXEMPTION FOR POLICE DOGS, LAW-ENFORCEMENT DOGS, AND MILITARY WORKING DOGS
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Supervisors of Tazewell County, Virginia (“the Board”), will conduct a public hearing on February 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM, or as soon thereafter as may be practical, at the Tazewell County Administration Building, located at 197 Main Street, Tazewell, VA 24651, and hereby gives its intent to consider An Ordinance to Create a Dog License Tax Exemption for Police Dogs, Law-Enforcement Dogs, and Military Working Dogs.
Section 3.2-6521 et seq. of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, allows Tazewell County, Virginia (“the County”) to impose a license tax on dogs within the County. This is codified under Section 3-26 et seq. of the Tazewell County Code of Ordinances. Section 3.2-6528(B) of the Code of Virginia allows the Board to exempt by Ordinance the license tax on police dogs, law-enforcement dogs, and military working dogs. The Board shall consider ordaining an exemption for the license tax on police dogs, law-enforcement dogs, and military working dogs in the County. This would be codified under Section 3-30(e) of the Tazewell County Code of Ordinances.
All persons wishing to comment on the Ordinance are hereby invited to attend and state their views thereon. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if special assistance is needed to participate in a meeting of the Board of Supervisors, please contact the County Administrator’s Office by telephone at (276) 385-1208, by facsimile at (276) 988-4246, or by email at [email protected]. A notification of five (5) working days before the meeting will enable the County Administrator’s Office to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to the meeting.
A complete copy of the Ordinance is posted on the Tazewell County Circuit Court’s bulletin board on the second floor of the Tazewell County Courthouse, located at 135 Court Street, Tazewell, VA 24651. A complete copy of the Ordinance is also on file in the office of the County Administrator, located at 197 Main Street, Tazewell, VA 24651.
By Order of the Board of Supervisors of Tazewell County, Virginia
By: C. Eric Young, Tazewell County Administrator
ID: 850521