Special rule for off-leash recreation

We, the undersigned, petition the National Park Service to create a Section 7 special rule for off-leash recreation in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in order to bring the general regulation into compliance with the GGNRAs enabling statute to provide for the maintenance of needed recreational open space necessary for urban environment and planning.

While we seek a special rule for off-leash recreation, we also petition the NPS to STOP aggressively enforcing the general regulation in the parts of the GGNRA identified by the 1979 GGNRA Pet Policy as allowing off-leash recreation. We ask that they give citations only for aggressive or destructive dogs as promised in April 2001.

(Petition signers: Please refer to www.fortfunstondog.org, www.sfdog.org or www.fortfunstonforum.com for more information.)

Relevant sections of the US Code (USC) and CFR (Code of Federal Regulations)
16 USC 460 bb - Enabling statute which establishes the GGNRA
36 CFR 2.15(a) - General regulation regarding leash requirements
36 CFR 7 contains special regulations for a park, often called Section 7 special rules