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Layton staff outlines off‑leash options; council hears trade‑offs and suggests trial corridor
Summary
Parks staff presented a multi-option study for allowing dogs in city parks — on-leash citywide, off-leash fenced parks, shared-use off-leash hours or off-leash trail corridors — and recommended a cautious approach with potential pilot testing on trail corridors rather than building expensive fenced dog parks.
Parks staff presented a study of options for allowing dogs in Layton parks on June 19, describing four models — the current on‑leash policy, fenced off‑leash dog parks, shared‑use off‑leash windows in existing parks, and off‑leash trail corridor areas — and laying out capital and ongoing maintenance costs and operational challenges for each.
Staff said Layton has permitted dogs on leash since a 2016 ordinance and already provides signage, bag stations and routine maintenance in neighborhood parks. The study noted that a fenced off‑leash dog park typically requires a larger upfront capital investment (staff estimated up to about $1 million for a full facility with…
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