Crescent at Cherry Lane Homeowners Association

Please be considerate of your neighbors and pick up after your pet.  Several community members have submitted recent complaints concerning homeowners who are failing to remove pet waste from their yards and the common areas.  Residents are reminded that both the Declaration of Covenants and the Laurel Municipal Code require the immediate removal of pet waste.

Section 3-27 of the Laurel Municipal Code provides that "Any person owning, possessing, harboring or having the care, charge control or custody of any dog shall immediately remove and thereafter dispose of any fecal matter deposited by such dog on any public property or on private property without the consent of the owner or person in lawful possession of said property. For the purpose of this section, such dog fecal matter shall be immediately removed by placing said matter in a closed or sealed container and thereafter disposing of it by depositing said matter in a trash receptacle, sanitary disposal unit or other closed or sealed container."  Failure to do so is subject to a $25 fine for the first offense and a $100 fine for each repeat offense.  In addition, homeowners may be subject to Association fines.