840/2025 - Amending Responsible Pet Ownership Bylaw — full text

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## TOWN OF PENHOLD BYLAW NO. 840/2025 ## Amending RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERSHIP BYLAW Being a Bylaw of the Town of Penhold, in the Province of Alberta for the purpose of licensing, controlling and regulating animals. WHEREAS Section 7 (h) of the Municipal Government Act allows a council to pass bylaws in relation to wild and domesticated animals and activities in relation to them; and WHEREAS Council deems it necessary to regulate and control dogs, cats, urban hens, and other animals; and to provide for the controls and conditions on certain animals; WHEREAS Council deems it necessary and expedient to amend Bylaw 818/2023 being the Responsible Pet Ownership Bylaw NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Town of Penhold, in the province of Alberta, duly assembled, enacts as follows: By law, qualified guide and service dog teams have the right to access any location where the public is allowed. 1. The proposed amendments include adding the two following definitions: 2. "Alberta Service Dog Identification Card" means a valid identification card issued to an individual and their service dog by the Province of Alberta for the protection of public access rights in Alberta. 3. "Service Dog" means a dog which performs specific tasks or behaviours to help people with visible and non-visible disabilities. 4. Changing the PART 12 from: ## PART 12 - EXEMPTION FOR POLICE SERVICE DOGS - 12.1 This Bylaw does not apply to a police dog while in active service. To:  ## PART 12 - EXEMPTION FOR SERVICE DOGS - 12.1 This Bylaw does not apply to a police dog while in active service. - 12.2 This Bylaw does not apply to a registered service dog with a valid Alberta Service Dog Identification Card.   Read a first time this 11'h day of August, 2025. Read a second time this 11' day of August, 2025. Read a third time and final time; and passed this 11th day of August, 2025. All Mor Mayor Chief Administrative Officer