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Norwalk council adopts rules allowing off‑leash areas at Oyster Shell, Taylor Farm and Cranberry Park
Summary
The Common Council approved a resolution updating park rules to clarify where dogs may be off leash, establishing leash and cleanup obligations and citing state liability law; the change formalizes existing practices and clears an ambiguity that had prevented access to newly built fenced dog areas.
The Norwalk Common Council on Jan. 14 approved a resolution clarifying how dogs may be used in city parks, including allowing off‑leash dogs inside fenced dog‑park enclosures and confirming existing off‑leash practices at Taylor Farm and Cranberry Park.
The resolution — titled “Resolution concerning the regulation of dogs at city parks” and adopted unanimously — states that dogs may be off leash in Taylor Farm Park while the owner is present and has the animal “under command,” that Oyster Shell Park permits dogs only on leash except in a designated enclosed dog‑park area, and that dogs may be on trails at Cranberry Park while on leash or under voice control but are prohibited from the great lawn, playground, tea garden, patios…
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