No owner or possessor of any dog, cat, fowl or of any animal, whether domestic, livestock, wild or exotic shall permit such animal to enter or run at large in any park, school or recreation area or in the city and county of San Francisco watershed recreational easement, either with or without a keeper, except as permitted by Sections 9.16.011 and 9.16.020 of this chapter. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a Guide Dog, a Signal Dog, or a Service Dog accompanied by an individual with a disability or a person licensed to train a Guide Dog or authorized to train Signal Dogs and/or Service Dogs from entering a park, school or recreation area or the city and county of San Francisco watershed recreational easement provided the dog is on a leash and tagged as a Guide Dog, Signal Dog or Service Dog by an identification tag issued by the county clerk, animal control department or other agency as authorized by Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 30850) of Title 14 of the Food and Agricultural Code and in accordance with the provisions of Civil Code Section 54.2. Further, no person with a disability or person licensed to train Guide Dogs or authorized to train Signal or Service Dogs shall be required to pay an extra charge or security deposit for such dogs, however, the individual shall be liable for any damage done to the premises or facilities by such dog.
(Ord. 1493 § 2, 1988; Ord. 1861 § 2, 2018; Ord. 1945, 1/23/2024)
Dogs shall be allowed only in the following city parks, and
subject to the regulations listed in this section: Bayshore Circle
Park, Belle Air/Lion's Field Park, Buckeye Park, City Park, Commodore
Park, Earl-Glenview Park, Fleetwood Park, Florida Avenue Park, Forest
Lane Park, Grundy Park, Monte Verde Park, Pacific Heights Park, 7th
Avenue Park, and 7th/Walnut Park. Dogs are not allowed in the following
city parks: Catalpa Tot Lot, Herman Tot Lot, Lomita Park, Ponderosa
Park, and Posy Park.
In those parks where dogs are allowed, owner/handlers shall
not have more than three dogs, which shall be on a non-retractable
leash of not more than six feet. Dogs shall be under the control of
the owner/handlers at all times. Owner/handlers shall promptly pick
up after their dogs and use appropriate trash receptacles to dispose
of all waste. Dogs shall be prohibited from entering the surface surrounding
children's play areas and synthetic turf areas.
(Ord. 1861 § 2, 2018; Ord. 1945, 1/23/2024)
The city council may, by resolution, authorize identified public
facilities as dog runs within the city. Upon the designation of an
authorized dog run, the following shall apply:
A.
The use of the identified public facility as a dog run is for the
recreation and/or exercise of dogs only, which may or may not be restrained
by a leash, rope or other physical restraint while the dog is within
the designated dog run.
B.
During the transportation of a dog or dogs to and from designated
dog runs, the dog or dogs must be restrained by leash, rope or other
physical restraint which shall be continuously held by a competent
person.
C.
All dogs within a designated dog run must be licensed and vaccinated pursuant to Chapter 6.36 of this code.
D.
Unrestrained dogs within a designated dog run must be under the supervision
and control of a competent person. Dogs may not be left unattended
within any designated dog run.
E.
The days and hours of operation of the public facility as a dog run,
and other such limiting conditions shall be established by resolution
of the city council and posted upon a conspicuous place within the
designated dog run.
F.
In permitting a designated area to be operated as a dog run within
the public facility, neither the city nor the facility owner, nor
any employee, officer or agent of the city or the facility owner assumes
responsibility or liability for any personal injury, injury to other
animals, or property damage occasioned by a leashed or unleashed dog
within the designated dog run area. The dog owner and/or custodian
of the dog assumes actual liability for any such injury so occasioned.
(Ord. 1493 § 2, 1988; Ord. 1861 § 2, 2018; Ord. 1945, 1/23/2024)
It is the responsibility of each dog owner or controller to
remove, contain and properly dispose of his or her animal's excreta,
trash and litter prior to leaving the designated dog run.
(Ord. 1493 § 2, 1988; Ord. 1945, 1/23/2024)
A.
The city council finds and declares that the creation of a dog run
area may potentially cause disruption to the users of the facility
by the occasional animal owner who is unwilling or unable to keep
his or her dog from disrupting other facility users. The city council
further finds that appropriate officials need the ability to preserve
the health, safety and welfare of the community in general and of
the dog run facility users in particular by empowers such officials
to remove those animal owners who are unable or unwilling to control
their animals.
B.
When any animal control officer, police officer, or other employee
designated by either the San Bruno city manager or chief of police
declares that an animal within a designated dog run is either unsupervised,
or such animal owner either is unable or unwilling to control his
or her animal, the officer or employee may direct the animal owner
to leash his or her animal and leave the designated dog run.
C.
No person shall remain in a designated dog run after having been directed to leave pursuant to subsection B of this section beyond an amount of time reasonably necessary to depart from the area.
D.
Any person directed to leave a designated dog run must remain away
from within the enclosed premises of the designated dog run for a
period of no less than twenty-four hours.
(Ord. 1493 § 2, 1988; Ord. 1945, 1/23/2024)
Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of an infraction and shall be punished as provided in Section 1.28.010 of this code.
(Ord. 1493 § 2, 1988; Ord. 1945, 1/23/2024)
