City should not have the right to tell anyone how many pets they can keep as long as It doesn't cause the obvious when owners neglect animals.
People who are obviously unable to or don't care to manage their pets properly to the point they take a bite off someone are the one's that rules, fines etc should be directed at, only. Why should all animals owners have to go through any changes because of a handful of people who can't keep on top of their pets? People should be left alone to live their lives without having to deal with the city and what they think what residents should do or not do. Common sense fines laws and limits Is as far as It should go. Stop sign!

People who don't take care of their pets should be fined.. Dogs wandering the neighborhood can scare kids and adults who panic which in turn triggers the dogs who are also confused..Cats are also a problem when they continue to use someone's yard as their litter box! When these pets are taken care of properly these problems don't occur..As far as the number of pets. get real.. Unless you live in a rural area what could you possibly need more than 3 pets..I love both cats and dogs but I've some inconsiderate neighbors who feel the dogs barking constantly is ok as long as it's not in their house!! Some of their cats spend the night screeching under my bedroom windows! If these pets were loved and taken care of properly, these problems wouldn't exist! There wouldn't be a need for these laws if people just did what was once considered common sense...Too bad people don't have much nowadays!!

I have seen in 50 yrs numerous instances of residents letting the cats breed excessively & run loose, persons without fences letting their dogs run loose when they let them out & when I have walked by I have been attacked & scream for the owners to control their pets (owners often yell "they are friendly & won't hurt you" - which is baloney as I have a great fear of dogs & have been bitten twice already.)

Many people who own dogs feel that no one could possibly have discomfort with them. This is inconsiderate. Not everyone feels comfortable with animals.

I have seen neighbors with three large dogs put gravel in their yard on the side of their house next to their & my bedroom windows & not in the very back of their yards & then consistently letting their animals use this" dog run" as an open toilet leaving feces out for more than a week in the summer breeding flies & making the use of my yard for picnics, etc impossible, as well as the opening of my windows unpleasant due to flies & odor.

These are not just issues of safety, but also of hygiene, freedom & public health. Our society is too focused on "me, me" and individual freedoms. We must give more emphasis on the safety & health of others & stop using the right to self-determination & freedom as a convenient excuse to disregard the safety, freedom & health of others in the community. I applaud our village board. I hope they follow up with improved ordinances on the placement of dog runs & clean up of animal feces.

Love the photo!

I know a few people that have more than three cats and/or dogs combined. I will let them know they're not welcome to move to oak lawn. Three dog limit fine, but restricting cats in addition is way too much government oversight. We don't live in communist China. PS I personally hate cats, but have to say this is overly restrictive.

Dr shelton, please move to China before you get but again

Next the village will regulate how many kids kids you can have and put occupancy limits on your houses.

Hey that's a good idea..a limit on the amount of people in your house..Take a look around at all the houses that are rented and have 6,7,8 cars and new people moving in and out all the time..Ruining the good life in Oak Lawn..Legitimate big families are fine but this 2..3 or more families sharing one house is destroying our tax base for school funding..I've lived in Oak Lawn 45 of my 59 years and I can tell you it's not looking very promising with the rental houses being abused and wrecking the normal family values that had made it a nice suburb!!

As somebody that was bitten by a bad owner's dog last year, I can assure you that this will not really impact good dog owners...there is a reason that they voted for 'leeway'...there are accidents, then there are people who are stupid or neglectful of their pets, to the detriment of their neighbors. This lady KNEW her dogs were/are wild and mean, she spents tens of thousands on landscaping, but refused to install a FENCE!?! She had a dog run that needed a ten foot fence wall AND a fence roof, but she doesn't think she needs to walk them from the house to the run with a leash? She was called on multiple times, and she would be CRYING "PLEASE don't take my son's dog!" So the police would leave with a warning...AGAIN...I have a dog...he stays iin a fenced yard, or on a leash for walks...he actually IS friendly and won't hurt anybody, but you never can be sure with an animal, and society has rules for a reason.
Three might be a low number for a combination of pets, but how many turn-ins at the shelter are because the owners have 'too many'?

There are many ways to deal with a single problem. Restricting an entire city Is not the right way, It's not what this country stands for at least that's what I thought. It's called freedom and the more are taken from people for any reason In the end were going to live like prisoners In our homeland. It doesn't matter what happened or didn't happen today yesterday or next year. We are being beaten upon our heads by government to the point where we start to think It's hail. Let the city deal Individually with each offender but you can't change the law and place Moronic fines. It may scare some people but then some may end up getting their pockets fleeced by who? Guess.
Personally, I think government needs to back off and off like It was meant to be If you remember back when, when these people were making up laws to protect people NOT government, any government which happens to be this one right now.

Pass the salt!

This is a good law but will it be enforced ? Daily I walk my dog and have called the police three times about dogs off the leash. One time we were terrorized by a Pitt bull (this has happened with other breeds also so I am not just singling this breed out) and a young woman helped us and gave us a ride home. Each time I called,it took animal control a minimum of 15 minutes to arrive. My question is :Why don''t they send a squad while waiting for the animal control officer who may be on a call on the other side of the village ? If that young woman had not helped me,I and my dog may have been seriously injured while waiting. The dogs were gone before the animal control arrived. Will it take an attack resulting in death before this is taken as a real police emergency?? In the time it takes them to arrive that very well could happen.

I'm all for it! After living in Nashville, TN for the past 8 years, I'm moving back to Oak Lawn soon. Animal control laws exist here, but the fines are a joke ($25-50) and getting them enforced is like pullin' teeth. I've been a neighborhood watch director for the past 6 years -- I know. One of the few ways to change the behavior of those who ignorantly think the entire neighborhood belongs to them is by hitting 'em in the pocketbook.

What a crock!!! You start letting government control how many animals you have they're gonna go after other things later. I am all for the idea of assuring that animals get proper care but who is gonna determine what proper care is? Is the village going to employ veterinarians? vet techs? While we're at it, lets go after feral cats and the idiots who let their cats out to roam!

I guess I don't follow the logic here. We have dogs running around off leash biting and scaring people. There were fines for this but they were so low nobody took them seriously,

So the trustees decide to limit all 4 legged pets to 3 and increase the fines. I think the fines alone would have addressed the unleashed dog incidences. $7500 would get my attention.

I'm not sure how limiting the number of both dogs and cats combined to 3 per household has anything to do with controlling off-leash dogs attacking people.

Oak Lawn is getting way too money hungry and way to controlling. Why even bother to buy a home if you can't have what you want. ..What next are they going to fine the homeowners for how many squirrels , rabbits, mice, raccoons etc. that run loose on their property and scare or bite someone. Beware....you 4 legged hamsters, guinna pigs.and ferrets...your next.