Pets at The Gardens
Pets are permitted at The Gardens but to facilitate cohabitation between our human and furry occupants, we have in place a set of rules.
We present a brief summary of the applicable rules and the full set of pet rules for your information.
Summary
- Only household pets are permitted (such as dogs, cats, domestic birds, guinea pigs, rabbits and other similar animals).
- Units can only have up to 2 dogs or 2 cats. When both are kept, only a maximum of 3 pets are allowed.
- Pets cannot cause nuisance (including by way of noise disruption). They also cannot harm, injure or threaten to injure other occupants or other pets or interfere with the use and enjoyment of other occupants.
- Pets must be controlled at all times and must always be on a leash or be carried when outside of the units.
- Owners must pick up after their pet and dispose of waste in a responsible way.
- Owners are responsible for their pets and must assume any damage they may cause.
Please read our full set of rules for more details.
Full set of rules on pets
16. PETS
16.1. No animal, livestock or fowl other than those pets as defined and in the numbers set out in these Rules shall be brought or kept on the property.
16.2. No animal other than a household pet (as defined herein) shall be brought or kept on the property. “Household pets” means domestic animals ordinarily permitted in a place of residence, kept for company and pleasure, such as dogs, cats, domestic birds, guinea pigs, rabbits, and other similar animals generally considered by the public to be kept as pets, excluding fowl. Only up to two (2) dogs and/or two (2) cats are permitted to be kept in a unit and where both dogs and cats are kept, a total of three (3) animals.
16.3. Any household pet already residing at the Corporation prior to the adoption of this rule shall be grandfathered and allowed to continue to live at the Corporation provided that the household pet and its owner otherwise comply with every other Rule. The grandfathering provision applies to the pet(s) and not to the Unit or to the Owner. To be grandfathered, the Owner of the pet must register the pet by providing the Corporation with information about the pet allowing it to be identified.
16.4. No animal that is deemed, by the Property Manager or the Board (in their sole and exclusive discretion), to be a nuisance, to cause harm or to interfere with the use and enjoyment by Owners and Occupiers shall be kept in or on any part of the property.
16.5. No pet is permitted outside of the Unit or anywhere on the common elements, except in the custody of its owner or other responsible adult, either in a cage, on a leash which allows the pet to easily and fully be controlled, or while being carried. Every dog and cat must wear a collar with an identification of its owner when allowed on common elements.
16.6. No pet will be permitted to run loose on the common elements and any pet so found shall be reported to the Animal Control Authorities and declared a nuisance pet.
16.7. Pets are not allowed to urinate or defecate anywhere on common elements or on the property. They must be taken off property for this purpose.
16.8. Anyone whose pet defecates on the common elements must immediately remove such excrement and deposit it in a plastic bag and in appropriate disposal units.
16.9. No pet shall be permitted to cause any damage to the common elements or litter, dirty, mutilate or destroy the common elements or any of the landscaping, including grass, trees, shrubs, hedges or flowers.
16.10. Any costs to remedy any damage to the common elements caused by a pet, including as a result of a pet having defecated or urinated on common elements and any damage caused by cleaning, chemicals or other such materials used in the attempt to remedy damage caused by a pet, will be the responsibility of the Owner in whose Unit the pet resides or where the pet is visiting and such costs shall be collectable in the same manner as common expenses.
16.11. No Occupier shall permit any pet to bark, howl or cause a noise or disturbance which affects the comfort or quiet enjoyment of the property by other Occupiers.
16.12. All complaints regarding pets must be submitted to the Property Manager in writing and must be signed. It should include details of the nature of the complaint and sufficient information to identify the violator of these Rules, if possible.
16.13. Any pet deemed by the Property Manager or the Board in their absolute discretion to be a nuisance shall be permanently removed from the property and the Unit within two (2) weeks of receipt of a written notice from the Property Manager requesting removal of such pet. Should the pet not be so removed, the Corporation shall be at liberty to take any and all steps, including court proceedings, to have the pet removed. The Owner in whose Unit the pet resides or where the pet is visiting shall be responsible to indemnify the Corporation for any and all costs incurred for the removal of the pet, including legal costs on a full indemnity basis, and such cost shall be collectable in the same manner as common expenses.
Oct. 2020