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The bylaws are pretty clear...  
 
(5.1) permit any dog or cat feces or urine to accumulate on the owner’s property to the  
point where the presence of same causes, in the opinion of the Animal Control Officer,  
an offensive odour to emanate from the property:  
[EN B/L 6493]  
 
And yet everywhere I go, I am having to watch where I step! I have a large dog and clean up after my dog every time she goes. The city makes this so easy in public areas where bags and bins to dispose of the bags are readily made available (ie: the walking path around the city) and yet there's still feces laying around.  
 
Families should not have to worry about their children coming in contact with feces in public areas, not to mention that feces can spread diseases to other pets.  
 
Please, if you are going to own a dog, be a responsible pet citizen!

No accountability.  
 
No one is watching, or monitoring, so pet waste is left everywhere. Grassy areas, near trees, back lanes. Just awful.

When things were melting, there was all kinds of stuff on the sidewalks. Someone in our neighborhood lets their dogs out and are often found pooping across the street. Owner has no clue. Another house I walked by had a horrible stench coming from the yard and the whole fence was lined with dog turds. That’s gonna be disgusting come melt time.  
I always felt having a dog bin/ bags would be useful in all neighborhoods. Not just on walking paths.

If the dog bin/bag idea doesn't improve the situation, what do you feel would be the next step?

This has happened a lot over the years, but I have to remind myself that, I can only assume people have done that all their lives, but now, we just have a higher population contributing, and also more actual reporting. Sadly, people are creatures of habit, and "the path of least resistance" rule applies to all who aren't under supervision.