Jordan Independent - City considers dangerous-dog ordinance - Comments

Jordan needs to rethink

todd s. — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:24:54 -0500

Jordan needs to rethink their pet ordinance laws and get with the times. the leash law is in effect but the home owners dont get in trouble for barking dogs and persons dont walk there dogs and they let dogs outside without a leash-how do my neighbors think they can garden mow lawn and let dogs run arround no leash and i see dogs in street and five houses down-police drive by and c it-happening-a leash law would be first things first in gods eyes and mine the rules are not folllowed now-but what is a ordanince???? in chaska i knew when i lived there and in mpls-JORDAN nope------so leash law is first-then c what dogs dangerous or are they watched by owners or at large on 282-john and todd

Jordan needs to rethink

todd s. — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:14:52 -0500

Jordan needs to rethink their pet ordinance laws and get with the times. The police need to hold to a 2 minute & ticket someone when their dog is outside barking and barking. People who are good to their pets should be allowed to have as many pets as they want if they leash them and dont let them bark alot-todd s

The second reading of the

Mathias Baden — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:21:31 -0500

The second reading of the dangerous-dog ordinance is scheduled for Monday night, after which the city council will be asked to approve the new policies.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

Scott County passed a

Mathias Baden — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:13:14 -0500

Scott County passed a similar ordinance by a unanimous vote earlier this month. It affects the 11 townships under the jurisdiction of the county, according to the Belle Plaine Herald.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

My previous comment is in

Mathias Baden — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:40:59 -0500

My previous comment is in error. According to Police Chief Bob Malz, a public hearing is not required. Read his column in the print edition of the Jordan Independent this week for more details and answers to many other questions addressed on the topic of the proposed dangerous-dog ordinance.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

Isn't Scott County also

Ruth Anne Maddox — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:40:45 -0500

Isn't Scott County also looking at a dangerous dog ordinance? And, if the county passes one that differs from those the various cities choose to have will it supercede what the cities do?

I'm not in the office right

Mathias Baden — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:16:32 -0500

I'm not in the office right now, so I can't tell you the exact date of the public hearing, but I know there will be one in a week or more. For more information, call the city hall at 952-492-2535.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

I hope the city will allow

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:13:51 -0500

I hope the city will allow people to read the ordinance and have their concerns addressed before they pass this.When is the public hearing?

This ordinance concerns me

swansonmej — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:56:54 -0500

This ordinance concerns me in that it is left to the discretion of the officer. What will an officer deem as a dangerous dog? Will it vary from officer to officer and day-to-day?

What if a person or child teases and beats on a dog and the dog responds -- is it the dog's fault?

Rather than take away the dog, how about issuing a ticket/fine. It is then left to the owner and not the police.

Glad to see that the city is

Ruth Anne Maddox — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:41:17 -0500

Glad to see that the city is considering an ordinance based on a case-by-case basis and not singling out a specific breed.

City considers dangerous-dog ordinance

Mathias Baden — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:43:43 -0500

The city of Jordan is considering a dangerous-dog ordinance that would establish a procedure by which a dog may be declared dangerous or potentially dangerous.

"It is very important that we closely monitor and regulate dogs after
they have attacked or bit someone," Police Chief Bob Malz wrote in a
report to the council.

The proposed ordinance also allows, among other things:

- an animal control officer to designate dogs as potentially dangerous;

- potentially dangerous dogs to be impounded if they are an "immediate threat to public safety";