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Waldwick council approves ordinance requiring dogs to be leashed in borough parks
Summary
Ordinance 2025-23, which amends the borough code to require that dogs remain leashed in parks, passed on second reading after a public hearing in which no substantive opposition was raised.
The council approved Ordinance 2025-23 on second reading to add a requirement that all dogs remain leashed within borough parks.
Clerk Kelly read the ordinance, described as a straightforward amendment to Chapter 64 of the borough code, and the council opened the public hearing. The mayor summarized the ordinance as "very simple" and emphasized that dogs must be on a leash in park areas.
No member of the public offered substantive opposition during the hearing; the council moved to pass the ordinance on second reading and authorized the clerk to place the required legal notice in the local newspaper. The clerk then took a roll call of council members present and recorded affirmative votes.
The ordinance will be advertised in the local legal newspaper as required by law and will proceed according to the standard adoption process for borough ordinances.
