La Broquerie Council has given some teeth to an old bylaw on dog ownership.
Effective immediately, the first time fine for failing to license a dog is $25 for a first offense, $30 for a second offense, $40 for a third offense, and $50 for every subsequent offense. Dogs in residential neighborhoods must be re-licensed every year.
Meanwhile, the initial fine for having more than two dogs is $150 for a first offense, $300 for a second offense, $500 for a third offense, and $1,000 for every subsequent offense.
Reeve Lewis Weiss says it is important to keep control of the municipal dog population.
“Every two weeks when I look at the report, dog concerns are, by far, the biggest time-consumer of our bylaw officer and that is unfortunate. If they wouldn’t have to do that they could probably do a lot of other things that need to get done.”