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Resident urges leash law after repeated off-leash incidents; council and staff say ordinance language to be brought in January
Summary
A Romulus resident described multiple off-leash dog incidents and asked the council to adopt a local leash law. Council members and staff said an ordinance is being drafted for January; some members noted state leash and dog-bite statutes may also be enforceable.
A Romulus resident told the City Council Monday that repeated encounters with a neighbor’s large off-leash dog have left her fearful on her own property and asked the council to adopt a local leash law.
Denise Pierce described a September incident in which a large dog entered her backyard and frightened her, and she said repeated encounters with the same animal, which she described as “really muscular,” persist.…
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