Agenda item

RESOLVED: that

1.            Officers be authorised to undertake a 6 -12 week public consultation exercise on the proposal to introduce a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 to introduce dog controls in areas across the Cardiff and to report back to Cabinet.

2.            the consultation for dog control specifically looks at:

·         the prohibition of dog fouling in all public places owned and/or maintained by the Council,

·         the exclusion of dogs in all enclosed playgrounds, marked sports pitches and Schools, which are owned and/or maintained by Cardiff Council.

·         a requirement that dogs are kept on leads within all Cemeteries owned and/or maintained by Cardiff Council.

·         a requirement allowing authorised officers to give a direction that a dog (s)  be put and kept on a lead if necessary,

·         setting the fixed penalty fine for breach of the order to the maximum permitted of £100.

3.            the revocation of the current byelaws associated with dog control in Cardiff (appendix d to the report) be endorsed

Cabinet considered proposals to widen enforcement powers relating to public space protection orders to improve and replace current outdated dog controls across Cardiff. It was proposed that public consultation be undertaken on prohibiting dog fouling in all public places owned or maintained by the Council, the exclusion of dogs in all enclosed playgrounds, marked sports pitches and Schools, which are owned or maintained by Cardiff Council, the requirement that dogs are kept on leads within all Cemeteries owned or maintained by Cardiff Council and the requirement allowing authorised officers to give a direction that a dog (s)  be put and kept on a lead if necessary,

RESOLVED: that

1.            Officers be authorised to undertake a 6 -12 week public consultation exercise on the proposal to introduce a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 to introduce dog controls in areas across the Cardiff and to report back to Cabinet.

2.            the consultation for dog control specifically looks at:

·         the prohibition of dog fouling in all public places owned and/or maintained by the Council,

·         the exclusion of dogs in all enclosed playgrounds, marked sports pitches and Schools, which are owned and/or maintained by Cardiff Council.

·         a requirement that dogs are kept on leads within all Cemeteries owned and/or maintained by Cardiff Council.

·         a requirement allowing authorised officers to give a direction that a dog (s)  be put and kept on a lead if necessary,

·         setting the fixed penalty fine for breach of the order to the maximum permitted of £100.

3.            the revocation of the current byelaws associated with dog control in Cardiff (appendix d to the report) be endorsed