Bark RSS Feed‘No dogs’ signs are not working
I applaud and concur wholeheartedly with “The dog ‘experiment’ has failed” letter in last week’s issue. As you can see from the attached photo, management is attempting to stop bike riding in ST/PCV by invoking a NYC Admin. Code law. They should also be invoking, putting up signs and enforcing the NYC “curb your dog” law (NYC Health Code law 161.03 – Control of dogs and other animals to prevent nuisance) to compel dog owners to take their dogs to the streets to do their business instead of allowing dogs to go anywhere and everywhere on the property.
Additionally, contrary to popular opinion, dog urine is not a fertilizer and allowing dogs to urinate on trees, bushes, flowers and grass can kill or seriously damage them. While urine is rich in nitrogen – which plants require for leaf growth – urine is also rich in salt and salt sucks moisture from leaves and roots alike and kills beneficial soil microorganisms. After all the money that was and still is being spent here on plantings and their maintenance, it is incumbent upon management to take responsibility for the diminished quality of out door life on the property, due to the presence of dogs and their negligent owners, and do something about it.
Unfortunately, management’s new “no dogs anywhere around the Oval” policy is not working. From what I see every single day, either dog owners do not know about this policy or are openly flaunting it and management’s glaring non-enforcement of it means that nothing has changed. Despite management’s timid “dog-free zone” signs, dogs and their owners are still in evidence where they shouldn’t be and it will continue unless management takes action.
I also wholeheartedly agree that the “dogs allowed” policy needs to be abolished going forward. It has brought out nothing but the worst sense of entitlement and disrespectful behavior in too many of the dog owners.
Name withheld, ST
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