Common Ground
A homeowner in Waukesha for 20 years, Steve is president of the Waukesha Dog Parks Organization and enjoys motorcycling, fishing and staying on top of politics.
The council must act quickly!
By Steve Bukosky
Tuesday, Nov 7 2006, 09:32 PM
As reported by the Journal today, an assistant city attorney has opined that dogs must be on a leash in any public location in the city. This includes the little known but important to many city Dog Run located off of MacArthur and Comanche roads.
Apparently the ordinance covering dogs running loose was written with a bit too broad of a pen. The Parks Department wanted to have that modified to allow dog walking in some parks and to open the possibility of some off-leash dog parks which have been a very popular attraction across the country. The dog run was thought exempt because it is not technically under the Parks department jurisdiction. It would seem that walking your dog off-leash at the dog run is no different than doing so on Main Street, at least according to the law.
I am hoping and expecting that this is remedied at the next council meeting.
