(La Porte County, IN) - There could be an effort to keep dogs from being on the courthouse lawn in La Porte.

 

La Porte County Commissioner Steve Holifield raised the issue during the commissioners’ meeting Wednesday night.  He cited a woman living nearby who allows her dog to answer nature’s call in the grass outside the courthouse on a regular basis.

 

Holifield also said she doesn’t always clean-up after the dog.

 

Initially, he expressed a desire to enforce an ordinance that’s been in the books for decades prohibiting dogs from being on the courthouse lawn.

 

“She can walk downtown somewhere and find a place for her dog to dump since she lives in the city,” he said.

 

La Porte County Attorney Guy DiMartino said he wasn’t sure if dogs can be prohibited from being on the grass and felt it might be best to require pet owners to pick-up after their animals.

 

“I can see you saying you have to pick up your waste but I don’t think you can stop the act,” he said.

 

Regardless, DiMartino said he would look at the existing ordinance before drafting another ordinance for the commissioners to possibly consider at some point, if instructed to do it.