Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Pet policy

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On 24 Apr 2012, at 3:59 PM, R Philip Dowds wrote:

> That is not at all the answer I was expecting.  In most cases, no citizen, 
> HOA, church, whatever, has any responsibility at all for enforcing the law on 
> other parties. 

I asked animal control two questions:

1. Does the law apply to condominium grounds or are we considered a private 
property and it doesn't apply. She said it applies to us. 

2. Can we allow dog owners to allow their dogs run free on our property? Answer 
was yes, but the HOA then assumes responsibility for dogs running free.

She seems shocked that I would ask the second question.

Some of our residents were shocked by the response to the first that we are not 
a private property like a single family home.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines, Washington DC 
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