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Wagoner council adopts ordinance making animal tethering unlawful, declares emergency
Summary
The Wagoner City Council unanimously approved Ordinance 986, adding a code section to prohibit tethering animals and declaring the ordinance an emergency to make it effective immediately.
The Wagoner City Council voted on May 4 to adopt Ordinance 986, which adds a new section (4-142) to the city code making it unlawful to tether animals and providing definitions and renumbering as needed. Council members said the ordinance language was adapted from another municipality and intended to address community concerns about animals being chained for long periods.
“I’ve had a lot of people reach out to me ever since I took office about chaining up dogs and stuff like that being left out for quite some time,” the mayor said during discussion. A council member noted the city used an existing model ordinance from a neighboring jurisdiction rather than drafting new language.
Council voted to adopt Ordinance 986 on roll call and separately approved declaring the ordinance an emergency, which places the ordinance into immediate effect per the city’s procedures. No separate implementation timeline or enforcement procedure beyond the ordinance text was specified in the meeting record; staff did not announce an effective date separate from the emergency declaration.
The council did not record any amendments to the ordinance during the meeting. The ordinance passed on unanimous roll-call votes for both adoption and the emergency declaration.
