RADNOR TOWNSHIP, PA — Dog owners in Radnor Township may be seeing new rules for their pups in township parks soon.
Should the commissioners approve this new ordinance, dogs will be allowed in 11 township parks and must be under their owners’ control using a physical leash.
These parks are:
- Emlen Tunnell Park
- Ithan Valley Park
- James C. Ditmar Park
- North Wayne Park
- Petrie Park
- Radnor Nature Park
- Radnor TAP Trail
- Radnor Trail
- Saw Mill Park
- Unkefer Park
- Veterans & First Responders Park
Dogs in these parks would not be permitted on athletic fields and in the playgrounds.
And the dogs would not be permitted at all in the following parks:
- Bishop Richard Allen Park
- Bo Connor Park
- Clem Macrone Park
- Cowan Park
- Encke Park
- Fenimore Woods Park
- John L. Cappelli Memorial Driving Range
- Odorisio Park
- Radnor Memorial Park
- Radnor Skatepark
- Warren Filipone Park
- The Willows Park
The ordinance also includes language regarding off-leash dog permissions: “Dogs may accompany their owners in the following Township parks so long as they are under the control of their owners and off-leash while within the park grounds and must be on a physical leash while in the parking lot of the park.”
These parks are Harford Park and Friends of Radnor Trails Park.
As for Skunk Hollow Park, the ordinance remains the same, saying all dogs must be secured and under the control of their owner on a physical leash on Saturdays, Sundays and on all township holidays from noon to the park’s closing at dusk. Dog owners are responsible for keeping their dogs under control at all times within the park during off-leash hours.
Finally, the ordinance addresses service dogs and/or emotional support dogs, and the language is nearly directly from the Americans With Disabilities Act. Said dogs will be permitted in township parks as long as they are under the control of their owners at all times by harness, leash, or tether unless the devices interfere with the service animal’s work or the person’s disability.
Dog owners must secure their dogs on a physical leash within the parking lot of all parks at which dogs are permitted at all times. And dog owners are responsible for disposing of any waste created by their dog while in the parks.
Read the full ordinance online here.
Adoption would come with a marketing campaign to keep the public information as well as new signage at parks.
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