Tigard, OR Animal Ordinances: Dog Leash Laws (2026)

Tigard Municipal Code § 7.52.190, Animals, sets the leash rule for the City of Tigard's public parks. The text says that inside parks, domesticated animals must be on a leash at all times. The rule is not limited to dogs: any domesticated animal is covered. Three exceptions are written into the same sentence: designated off-leash areas, animals as authorized under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and animals specifically authorized by the city. Outside those exceptions the leash must stay on from entry to exit, since the text says at all times.

The section sits in Chapter 7.52, where § 7.52.010 places public parks, parkways, squares, trails, greenways, playgrounds, and other recreation areas under the City Council's general supervision, and § 7.52.030 states the chapter's purpose as providing equal access to all public parks and ensuring that persons use public lands and facilities for their intended purpose. It adds that conduct on city property is also governed by TMC 7.58. Related park rules include § 7.52.150, which prohibits chasing any bird, fish, or animal in a park except as authorized by the Public Works Director, and § 7.52.110, which bars leaving garbage or refuse in a park other than in an appropriate refuse receptacle.

Under § 7.52.300, violations of the chapter are punishable by a fine of not more than $500. Section 7.58.090 also lets a police officer exclude a person from city property for violating conduct rules, after a warning and a reasonable opportunity to desist unless the conduct is criminal. This page covers the leash requirement the park chapter prints for parks only.