The provisions of this article IV shall be applicable to all
areas designated as dog parks by the City Council.
(Ordinance 7356 adopted 9/6/22)
(A)
The
hours of operations for dog parks are from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
daily, except where otherwise ordered closed by the Director of Parks
and Recreation for routine maintenance, inclement weather, emergency,
health and safety, or other administrative reason.
(B)
A person
commits an offense if the person enters in or remains in a dog park
when the dog park is closed.
(C)
A person
commits an offense if the person brings, leads, directs, provides
access for, or allows a dog into a dog park when the dog park is closed.
(Ordinance 7356 adopted 9/6/22)
(A)
No animals,
other than dogs, are allowed within a dog paddock.
(B)
A person
commits an offense if the person brings, leads, directs, provides
access for, or allows an animal other than a dog to enter a dog park.
(Ordinance 7356 adopted 9/6/22)
(A)
Dog
paddocks shall have certain size limitations and requirements for
large and small dogs. A person shall only provide access for, direct,
lead, or allow a dog into a paddock in which the dog meets the minimum
or maximum size limitations.
(B)
A person
commits an offense if the person brings, leads, directs, or provides
access for a dog to enter a dog paddock in which his dog does not
meet the minimum and maximum size limitations for the paddock.
(Ordinance 7356 adopted 9/6/22)
(A)
No more
than three dogs per handler allowed into the dog park at one time.
(B)
A person
commits an offense if the person brings, leads, directs, or provides
access for more than three dogs at one time into the dog park. It
shall be a defense to prosecution under this subsection that the person
was accompanied by a person sixteen years of age or older for every
three dogs brought, led, directed, or provided access to the dog park.
(Ordinance 7356 adopted 9/6/22)
(A)
Dog
waste shall be immediately cleaned up, as soon as practicable, and
properly disposed of in a designated container.
(B)
A person
commits an offense if the person fails to immediately pick up, as
soon as practicable, and properly dispose of the feces of a dog for
which they brought, led, directed, provided access to, or allowed
into the dog park.
(Ordinance 7356 adopted 9/6/22)
(A)
A person
under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult over the age of
17 to enter and remain within a paddock.
(B)
A person
commits an offense if the person enters and remains within a dog park
paddock and is under the age of 12 when not accompanied by an adult
over the age of 17.
(Ordinance 7356 adopted 9/6/22)
(A)
Each
dog entering into or remaining in a dog park shall wear, at all times,
current rabies' tags.
(B)
A person
commits an offense if the person brings, leads, directs, or provides
access for a dog to enter or allows to remain within, a dog park and
the dog is not wearing a current rabies' tag.
(Ordinance 7356 adopted 9/6/22)
(A)
Dogs
brought into a dog park shall not be wounded, sick, or in heat.
(B)
A person
commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly brings,
leads, directs, or provides access for a dog to enter, or remain,
within a dog park and the dog is wounded, sick, or in heat.
(Ordinance 7356 adopted 9/6/22)
(A)
Handlers
shall remain in visual contact with their dogs and maintain verbal
control of their dog at all times while the dog is within a dog park.
(B)
A person
commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly
fails to maintain verbal control over, or remain in visual contact
with, a dog for which they have charge, care, custody, or control,
while the dog is within a dog park.
(Ordinance 7356 adopted 9/6/22)
(A)
Aggressive
dogs shall not enter, or remain within, a dog park.
(B)
Dog
bites, whether of a person or another dog, shall be immediately reported
to the Animal Services Department at the telephone number conspicuously
posted at the entrance to a dog park.
(C)
A person
commits an offense if the person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly:
(1)
Brings, leads, directs, or provides access for a dog into a dog park where the dog has been determined to be a dangerous animal under section 22.20;
(2)
Fails
to immediately remove, as soon as practicable, an aggressive dog for
which they have charge, care, custody, or control, from a dog park;
or
(3)
Fails
to immediately report an incident involving their dog biting a person
or another dog within a dog park.
(Ordinance 7356 adopted 9/6/22)
