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Community Awareness Leash Laws Within the Town of Davidson
For everyone’s safety — and our pups too 🐾 — keep dogs leashed at all times. It’s the law in public parks, greenways, trails, sidewalks, and paths.
Learn more about leash laws in the Town Ordinance:
Davidson, North Carolina - Code of Ordinances - Chapter 10 - ANIMALS - ARTICLE III. - REGULATIONS - Sec. 10-71. - Restraint of animals.
(a)Physical restraint. It shall be unlawful for any person owning or having possession, charge, custody or control of any animal, excluding cats, to keep such animal on their own premises or off the premises, unless such animal is under sufficient physical restraint, such as a leash, cage, bridle or similar effective device which restrains and controls the animal, or within a vehicle or adequately contained by a fence on the premises or other secure enclosure. If the physical restraint used is a leash, bridle, or other device requiring a person to control the animal, the person using such restraint must be of sufficient age and physical size or ability to reasonably restrain the animal. If the secure enclosure is an invisible fence system, then all components of the system must be in working order and in proper place. Additionally, there must be a visible, permanent sign on the premises stating that there is an invisible fence.
Davidson, North Carolina - Code of Ordinances - Chapter 10 - ANIMALS - ARTICLE III. - REGULATIONS - Sec. 10-71. - Restraint of animals.
(d)Public parks and other public areas. It shall be unlawful for any person owning or having possession, charge, custody, or control of any dog to take the dog into or allow the dog to enter any public park, without being at all times under the restraint of a leash, except while in designated off-leash areas, in accordance with the rules and regulations pertaining to such off-leash areas. This subsection shall not apply to the following:
(1)Parks, or areas designated within a park, that have been designated as leash-free by the governmental agency responsible for the park.
(2)Guide and hearing-aid dogs that are in the company of blind or deaf persons or being trained for such purposes.
(3)Dogs employed or hired by law enforcement agencies or by the governmental agency responsible for the park to perform a governmental purpose within the park.
(Ord. of 4-10-2012; Ord. No. 2022-04, § 3(Exh. A), 5-24-2022)