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Fond du Lac council reviews package of park and animal-control ordinance changes including dangerous-dog provisions
Summary
City staff presented a package of proposed ordinance changes covering alcohol at park facilities, dangerous-dog rules, battery enforcement, metal-detecting permits and park hours; councilmembers and residents pressed for refinements before a future ordinance vote.
The Fond du Lac City Council on Feb. 12 heard a presentation from city attorneys and staff on proposed amendments to multiple chapters of the municipal code covering alcohol in city parks, dangerous dogs, battery enforcement, digging and excavating in parks, animal bites and park closing hours.
City attorney Ellie Hoffman told the council the package was meant to address several discrete issues: allow alcohol to be served on the patio at the renovated pavilion, establish 11 p.m. closing hours for Lakeside Park and Lakeside West (with exceptions for marina users), add municipal–level battery violations in some cases, tighten dangerous-dog language and formalize the city’s bike quarantine program to match state authorization. “The alcohol in the parks — the main goal of that was to allow…
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