Concerns over issues with pit bulls housed at some residences and questions about the number of dogs allowed to be housed on residential property inside city limits surfaced at the Sept. 4 meeting of the Palmetto City Council. City attorney Dennis Davenport will review the ordinance pertaining to the number of dogs allowed per household.

Councilman Leon Sumlin raised the issue during the council members’ comments portion of the meeting. He noted current activity, and some instances of similar situations dating back as many as three years, where a group of males ranging from juvenile to mid 20s at some residences were disturbing and intimidating neighbors with loud music and housing numbers of pit bulls.

“People are talking about having to move. They shouldn’t have to move,” Sumlin said.

Questions arose from Councilman Jeff Yasson and city resident Ginny Basaric about the number of dogs allowed on private property and the care they must be afforded, with Yasson believing that the current city ordinance set a maximum of 10 dogs per residence.

Mayor Clark Boddie asked Davenport to review the ordinance, adding that a change in the number of dogs allowed on private property might be needed.

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