The ban would come into effect when the new bylaw is adopted in coming weeks
Third reading of the amended bylaw passed by 8-1 on Monday, with Mayor Dean Murdock the lone vote against the change.
It’s the latest wrinkle in an Animals Bylaw that has divided the community. Monday night’s council meeting drew dozens of residents hoping to convince council the new bylaw was either too harsh or didn’t go far enough. The bylaw that passed third reading Monday night will prohibit dogs in playgrounds, allow leash-optional activity between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. in all parks that are not zoned as conservation or natural park areas, maintain all beaches outside of the Victoria Migratory Bird Sanctuary as leash-optional with existing seasonal restrictions, add the Glendenning trail to the summit at PKOLS as a leash-optional area, and remove proposed off-leash trail fencing at PKOLS.Coun.
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