St. John town council scales back dog ordinance

The St. John town council adopted a revised dog ordinance Oct. 26.

The ordinance defines large dogs, potentially dangerous dogs, dangerous dogs, provocation of dogs and the proper enclosure of a potentially dangerous dog. The ordinance was revised in order to scale it back, said Mayor K. B. Trunkey.

“It was a little complicated, the ordinance, so we just scaled it back,” Trunkey said. “We just changed it because we do not have a policeman.”

Trunkey said some people allow their dogs to roam free. The ordinance prohibits dogs “to be at large within the corporate limits of the Town of St. John at...