By Kylie Stevens For Daily Mail Australia
07:52 11 Apr 2024, up to date 08:08 11 Apr 2024
- Dogs banned inside 10m of playgrounds
- Frankston Council will advantageous house owners $200
- Many different councils have comparable guidelines
- READ MORE: Federal authorities flags new guidelines for cat house owners
Dog house owners have unleashed at a Melbourne council over a controversial rule now in drive stopping them from taking their pet close to a public playground.
Residents will now be fined if their dogs are inside 10m of any public kids’s playground within the Frankston native authorities space, within the metropolis’s south-east.
First launched in 2022, the rule lately progressed from the training part to enforcement, the place canine house owners will cop a $200 advantageous for breaking the directive.
Additional council patrols can be ramped up to make sure ‘higher compliance’ whereas the general public have been urged to report incidents of ongoing non-compliance.
New indicators have additionally been put in in parks to remind residents of the principles.
Frankston unbiased councillor Kris Bolam took to social media this week to verify that fines now apply, sparking a divided response from the neighborhood.
The canine ban was first launched in 2022 after a collection of harrowing incidents throughout the seaside LGA.
‘One of those residents had the horrible expertise of witnessing her granddaughter being attacked by an off-leash canine,’ Cr Bolam defined.
‘While the little woman fortunately escaped solely with a couple of scratches, the expertise had a profound impression on the resident.’
He warned that council officers will improve patrols of areas with ‘recorded non-compliance’ to make sure the principles are being obeyed.
‘These new guidelines will not be about revenue-raising or ‘the nanny state” Mr Bolam wrote.
‘Rather, that is in regards to the security and wellbeing of our most vulnerable – kids.
‘Of all locations, we anticipate kids to be the most secure at our public playgrounds.’
The new guidelines sparked a divided neighborhood response.
‘This is a shame that households can not take their dogs for a walk to the park with their children. Too many silly illegal guidelines you and different councillors are making,’ one commented.
Another added: ‘This is simply one other rule for irresponsible house owners to disregard while punishing households that attempt to do the proper factor.’
A 3rd wrote: ‘I do not get how this solves the canine drawback.
‘Dogs had been already not allowed off-leash. This is simply one other rule for irresponsible house owners to disregard while punishing households that attempt to do the proper factor.’
But many others welcomed the crackdown.
‘A pet doesn’t trump the proper of a kid to be completely satisfied and have enjoyable with out having to fret about somebody’s canine operating as much as them or s******g within the play space,’ one wrote.
Another added: ‘This is nice. We had been at Overport final weekend and had a close to miss with an off leash canine we had been walking previous within the automobile park.’
Frankston was additionally one of many first councils in Australia to ban smoking inside 10m of playgrounds.
Many different councils throughout Australia have additionally banned dogs from playgrounds, together with North Sydney, Randwick and City of Sydney.
‘We should shield kids from parasites and ailments that may be transmitted from canine litter,’ City of Sydney council states on its web site.
‘You threat a $330 advantageous in case your canine is in a playground.
‘Your canine is welcome to greater than 400 of our parks and open areas.’
Melbourne’s Port Phillip Council’s canine ban is inside 5m of playgrounds.
Playgrounds are additionally a no-go zone for dogs on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.
