The Andover City Council Tuesday took action to strengthen its ban on pit bull ownership in city limits.

This ordinance passed by the council clarifies vague language in the city's existing ban on pit bulls and could leave owners with stiffer fines and even jail time.

With the ordinance approved by the council Tuesday, a judge will determine the penalty for owning a pit bull in city limits instead of police. The maximum fine will increase from $1,000 to $2,500.

The city's ban on pit bulls has faced opposition from those who feel the breed is unfairly being singled out. Among the opposing crowd is Andover resident Daniel Huckabee. Huckabee feels pit bulls are like any other dog and they should be allowed in Andover and treated no differently than other breeds.

"There's no breed I'm more scared of or not scared of," Huckabee says. "To make a certain breed illegal is just kind of silly to me."

Despite groups voicing their opposition to the city's banning of pit bulls, Andover Mayor Ben Lawrence says the ordinance is ultimately what the people of Andover want.

"I can tell you the people in this community, that live in Andover, appreciate what we do," he says. "They support the pit bull ban. The rest of them, they don't even live here. They live out of state. They live out of this community. And frankly, I don't care what they have to say."

During Tuesday night's meeting, the discussion on the ordinance was short and no one at the meeting spoke out against it. Much of the opposition to the pit bull ban has been voiced on social media.

Randi Carter with Beauties and Beasts, a Wichita animal rescue group, says she'd like to see other cities move away from breed bans and adopt breed-specific legislation instead.

"Keep it so they can have their dog, but they have to follow guidelines, making sure that they're altered, making sure that they're registered, microchipped, things like that," Carter says. "Put a limit on how many they're allowed to own."