[TheVillageChicken]

Originally Posted by njbchbum

Not so sure about that off-leash thing - check your Deed Restrictions under Use of Property - ours reads something like 'must be leashed when not within confines of home'. Does "home" stretch to mean "yard".

I would contend that Deed Restrictions are trumped by county ordinances.

Marion County says:

It shall be the duty of every animal owner or responsible person to ensure that the animal is kept under direct humane control.

It goes on to define direct control:

Direct control shall mean the immediate, continuous physical control of an animal by means of confining within a house, building, fence, pen or other enclosure, or restrained by means of leash, cord, chain, or similar tether of sufficient strength to restrain the animal subject to the restrictions provided herein.

It gets even more specific and states that a leash must not be longer than six feet.

[TNLAKEPANDA]

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[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by TheVillageChicken

I would contend that Deed Restrictions are trumped by county ordinances.

Marion County says:

It shall be the duty of every animal owner or responsible person to ensure that the animal is kept under direct humane control.

It goes on to define direct control:

Direct control shall mean the immediate, continuous physical control of an animal by means of confining within a house, building, fence, pen or other enclosure, or restrained by means of leash, cord, chain, or similar tether of sufficient strength to restrain the animal subject to the restrictions provided herein.

It gets even more specific and states that a leash must not be longer than six feet.

My Deed Restrictions are on property in Lake County...what are the Deed Restrictions for Marion County - do ya know? And if County trumped Developer - wouldn't Developer be obligated to revise DR - like they did when satellite dishes gained legal status to be mounted on houses/property?

Another puzzlement and along with barefoot's post - all the more important to check one's deed restrictions.