City flip flops on allowing the pig to stay
The hearing, which had the Hanes, Magsalay, the city’s animal control officer Liz Conti-Yeo, code compliance officer Terri Schaeffer, Humane Society program manager Robert Lucius, the Hanes’ attorney Michael Lykken and independent hearing officer Kim Murdoch in attendance, was to determine whether the pig should stay or go within 30 days.
Murdoch reviewed the matter and determined the Hanes were in violation of municipal code, said Pacific Grove City Manager Ben Harvey, noting that initially the city had issued a compliance order for three to four violations, including the accumulation of excrement and proximity to the neighbor’s house and impact on neighborhood.
While they are required to remove the pig within 30 days, they were also ordered to pay $500 in administrative fees to the city.