Pet Rules and Regulations
According to Berkeley County , WV Law
Pets MUST BE ON A LEASH and feces of pet must be removed by pet owner. Picking up your dog's waste is the law. Not picking up after your pet is a health concern for the entire community as it can attract rodents and other unwanted pest. Also we want to keep our community clean for our children to play safely. There are bag stations in the community to make picking up after our pets much easier. Thank you for being respectful and vigilant.
Plastic bags are provided
for your convenience.
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State Law states:
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505.10 ANIMAL WASTE.
No person who owns or keeps within the City any dog, cat or other animal shall purposefully permit any waste matter from the animal to collect and remain on the property of the owner or custodian, or on the property of others, so as to cause or create an unhealthy, unsanitary, dangerous, or offensive living condition on the property, or to abutting or nearby property of others. Any person found in violation of this section shall be subject to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(Ord. 2257. Passed 4-19-18.)
505.08 DOGS RUNNING AT LARGE.
No person who owns, keeps or harbors any dog shall allow such dog, whether wearing a license tag or not, to run at large within the City at any time, except on the property of the owner, keeper or harborer of such dog. Any dog found running at large in violation of this section shall be seized by the Animal Warden and forthwith impounded at the owner’s expense. Any person found in violation of this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) or more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) on the first offense; not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more than three hundred dollars ($300.00) on the second offense within thirty days of the first offense; and not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00) or more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for the third offense within thirty days of the second offense. (Ord. 2045. Passed 6-3-04.)
