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Dog Park Rules
Owners are legally responsible for
any bodily injury and property damage caused by their
dog.
Owners must clean up and dispose of
waste left by their dog and provide the equipment
for these tasks.
Dog owners must remain with their
dog and must keep it in sight at all times.
Dogs must wear valid rabies vaccination
and city license tags.
No dogs in heat are allowed.
Puppies must be older than four months.
Dogs must be leashed while entering
and leaving the dog park area.
Dogs showing aggression towards people
or other dogs must be immediately leashed and removed.
A maximum of three dogs per owner is allowed at any
one time.
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Criteria For Establishing Dog Parks
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Sufficient land to
provide an area adequately confined to avoid traffic
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Proximity to
residential areas to be convenient for pet owners
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Avoidance of highly
populated or other high use areas such as school
property, jogging, walking tracks or trails, playgrounds
or recreational amenities
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Neighborhood
acceptance to include a majority vote of approval at a
pre-determined civic league meeting.
(Notice of the meeting date must be published in
your monthly publication, newsletter, etc. and provided
to all residents a minimum of 90 days prior to the vote
to give all interested parties fair notice to attend.
In addition, a
Recreation
Parks
and Open Space staff member must be in attendance during
the voting process for verification)
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Geographic equity
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Appropriate
parking must be available and should not create issues
within the neighborhood for resident parking
A
thorough site visit will be conducted to access the
viability of the area identified for the dog park.
At the completion of this review additional
requirements may be necessary.
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