Tustin, CA Animal Ordinances: Dog Leash Laws (2026)

Tustin City Code Section 4225(a) requires that no person bring any animal, reptile or fowl into a City park unless the animal is, at all times, physically restrained and controlled by a leash, tether, cage or other device; the section separately bars any animal that constitutes a safety hazard or a detriment to the public's enjoyment of the park, regardless of restraint. Section 4225(b) makes the person in charge of the animal responsible for picking up and sanitarily disposing of any waste the animal leaves in the park.

Section 4225(c) closes leashed animals out of areas set aside for playground equipment, sandboxes and courts built for basketball, handball, tennis or volleyball. The ordinance carries a narrow carve-out at Section 4225(d) for seeing-eye dogs assisting the visually handicapped, so long as the dog stays under control and poses no danger to others, and Section 4225(e) lets the City or its lessees hold permitted events, such as animal shows, exhibits or fairs, where animals are worked by handlers through restraint or command rather than a leash.

Tustin's Parks and Recreation Department posts signage where animals are restricted or prohibited entirely under subsection (e), and Tustin Police Department officers and Parks staff enforce the leash requirement on routine patrol of Tustin's park system.