Royal Oak Dog Ordinance
I recently read an article about a possible Royal Oak dog bite ordinance. The City Council has started hearings on a possible change to the city code to ban specific breeds of dogs such as pitbulls. This type of ordinance is called a breed-specific law. Breed-specific laws are one choice for a community that is looking to decrease the number of dog bites and dog attacks. With a breed-specific law, pitbulls, Great Danes, huskies, and other large dogs are banned or at least more heavily regulated than smaller dogs.
The other alternative some communities have been using lately is to craft a dangerous animal ordinance. These ordinances usually define an animal as dangerous if it bites or attacks a person. Dangerous animals are then required to be fenced in or on a leash. Sometimes, the owners of dangerous animals are required to have higher homeowners or renters insurance coverage, to ensure a person who is bit by their dog will be able to make a claim for the full extent of their injuries.
Whenever a city enacts a breed-specific law or a dangerous animal ordinance, it is good for the rest of the community. When a dog bites a person, the injured person can sue the dog owner and under Michigan law they can usually collect from that person’s homeowners insurance or renters insurance. Hopefully, by passing ordinances about dogs, dog-owners will take more steps to put their dogs on leashes and prevent the dog bites from occurring in the first place.
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