1/17/14 - An ordinance to allow therapy animals to be kept as service animals in the City of Fenton, created for the sake of a pig, has been tabled by the city council. The city has been working on the amendment to accommodate a local family that keeps a pot-bellied pig named Eli as a therapy animal for their daughter. According to the Tri County Times, the amendment was tabled at last weekâs meeting of the city council. Its content and language were chosen to meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. However, some representatives from Legal Services of Eastern Michigan were at the meetings, and they advised the board that they felt the amendment did not meet all the requirements of the Fair Housing Act. They believed as it is written now, the amendment could open the city up to litigation. The amendment was tabled until the disparity between the requirements of the two standards could be settled. (TD)
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