2024/02/19 12:01 PM

The city has overrun their surveyed 200 foot border parcel# 618122758170 pictured as the red line in the photo above and they are now violating our prized State Park sanctuary.

City code enforcement has been acting out of jurisdiction by writing city violations to State Park visitors, which has resulted in a death sentence, 364 day jail penalties, $5000.00 fines, yearly registration fees of $100.00, and a requirement to maintain a $500,000.00 bond.

Meet, Chi, the dog that was sentenced to death by the city of Ocean Shores – Code Enforcement.

See the location of where, Chi was involved in a dog fight with three other dogs, all off leash, in an off leash area inside of the State Park and outside of the cities boundaries.

See how the city of ocean shores uses their city articles of incorporation to prosecute State Park visitors for violating city ordinances.

This female yellow Labrador retriever, named Chi, has never bitten any person, has never attempted to bite any person, has no desire to bite any person, and did not kill anyone or anything, but simply defended herself against three male dogs while all dogs were off leash in the State Park.

And, Chi, was innocent of any State charges and could not be charged, so the city of ocean shores decided to act out of jurisdiction by charging the dog with an illegal city law which may kill the owners companion, place the owner in jail for 364 days, fine the owner $5000.00, force a $100.00 yearly registration fee upon the owner, and require the owner to maintain a $500,000.00 dollar bond. See ocean shores municipal case number: 18-SO4527

A cities code enforcement using its articles of incorporation to commandeer a beautiful prized State Park sanctuary is illegal, unethical, immoral, and is profoundly wrong in every sense.

The obvious conclusions here are:

• Chi is clearly not a dangerous dog and should never have been charged as such. This is a unanimous conclusion by dog experts who have evaluated Chi.
• The dog fight occurred inside of the State Park and outside of the cities boundaries by more than a quarter mile.
• Chi committed NO violations of State code.
• The city code drafted by the code enforcement officer a ridiculous law that is unsound and should always be trumped by the State code.
• The city code enforcement officer acted out of jurisdiction by charging the dogs owner with a city charge while the dog fight occurred outside the city boundaries by greater than a quarter mile.
• The city code does not specify how many signs must be posted conspicuously. So even if you follow their code by posting signs conspicuously, the city will kill your best friend and companion, simply because they do not feel like you have enough signs posted.