Service Announcement
Penticton’s Leash-Optional Pilot Program is accepting feedback until Sunday, Aug. 31. This formally wraps the six-month long project, and designated areas will remain leash-optional until Council decides whether to make any of the trial spaces permanent.
The designated leash-optional spaces are:
- Riverside Park – 187 Riverside Drive
- Okanagan Lake Park – 45 Lakeshore Drive E
- Skaha Park Main – 2661 Parkview Street
- Skaha Park East – 3895 Lakeside Road
- Water Treatment Plant Entrance – 1900 Penticton Avenue
All park users are reminded to share the space respectfully. Those choosing to go leash-optional are reminded that as per the City Bylaw regulations:
- All dogs must be monitored and under verbal control at all times.
- Any dogs exhibiting aggressive behaviour must be removed immediately.
- Dogs in heat are not permitted.
- Each dog must have a current licence available for identification.
- Owners must clean up after their dogs.
- Dogs must be properly leashed when outside of the designated area.