Agenda item

Report of the Director of Community Protection

Abu Belim, Principal Enforcement Officer, City South, introduced the Director of Community Protection’s report detailing the outcome of consultation relating to a proposed Dogs on Leads Order on the Greens Windmill, and two additional orders as follows:

·  An order proposing that dogs be excluded from play ground areas within the Dales Ward; and

·  An order proposing that a ‘Dogs on Leads by Direction’ Dog Control Order be made over Colwick Country Park, Colwick Woods and the Greens Windmill.

Following authorisation by the Area Committee on 13 May 2014 (minute 8), a sub group met on 27 August 2014 to consider the evidence gathered and the results of consultation on the proposal to introduce a further Dog Control Order specifically in relation to Greens Windmill. The sub group felt that it was more necessary and proportionate to introduce a Dog Control Order requiring dogs to be kept on leads at all times within the Greens Windmill complex and agreed to authorise the Director of Legal and Democratic Services and the Legal Services Manager to authorise the making of an Order requiring dogs to be kept on leads at all times on the Greens Windmill.

The Committee expressed its thanks to the officers who have overseen progress on the orders and requested that signage be a suitable size and clearly visible.

RESOLVED

(1)  to note the decision made on 27 August 2014 by the Sub-Group to the Area Committee in relation to the area known as the Greens Windmill to authorise the Director of Legal and Democratic Services and the Legal Services Manager to make a ‘Dogs on Leads at all times’ Dog Control Order requiring dogs to be kept on a lead of not more than 60 inches in length over the land outlined in appendix 6;

(2)  to note the evidence gathered and the results of the consultation on the proposal to introduce  the Dog Control Orders detailed below for the Dales ward;

(3)  to authorise the Director of Legal and Democratic Services and the Legal Services Manager to make the following Dog Control Orders:

(i)  A ‘Dogs on Leads by Direction Dog Control Order’, which would make it an offence to not put, and keep, a dog on a lead when directed to do so by an authorised Officer over Colwick Country Park and Colwick Woods the land outlined with a bold red line at appendix 1;

(ii)  A ‘Dogs Exclusion Order’, which would make it an offence to permit a dog to enter land from which dogs are excluded over the land outlined with a bold red line at appendix 2.

(4)  to authorise the Director of Community Protection to carry out the necessary advertisements and arrange for appropriate signs to be erected in accordance with the legislative requirements;

(5)  to set the Fixed Penalty amount for offences committed contrary to the Dogs Control Orders at (3)(i) and (3)(ii) above, at £80;

(6)  to authorise the Director of Community Protection to carry out the necessary advertisements and arrange for appropriate signs to be erected in accordance with the legislative requirements for Dog Control Order noted at (1) above;

(7)  to set the Fixed Penalty amount for offences committed contrary to the Dog Control Order at (1) at £80.