AUBURN -- Officials have taken some bite out of and added some bark to a revised dog ordinance proposed by the city of Auburn.

Members of the city council were given copies of the new version of the ordinance during Thursday's council meeting. A work session, during which council members were to discuss the ordinance, was postponed to a later date so that councilors would be able to review the revisions.

The updated ordinance differs from the original draft in a number of ways. It no longer contains breed-specific language, as the earlier version contained regulations pertaining to pit bulls and Dobermans. It also increased the fees for violations - from $20, $30, $50 and $100 for the first, second, third and fourth-plus citations, to $25, $50 and $100 for the first, second and third-plus citations.

The updated ordinance also carries tighter regulations on barking dogs. Continuous howling or barking that is audible beyond an owner's property line and lasts more than five minutes between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. or more than 15 minutes between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. would be a violation.

Read the full report in Friday's edition of The Citizen.