Deciding it

wasn't worthwhile, the Peachtree City Council has declined to enact an

ordinance requiring pet owners to clean up after their pets' excrement

on the city's cart paths, streets and sidewalks.

Randy Gaddo,

the city's director of leisure services, pointed out that there weren't

many options to pursue violators of the ordinance.

"It could

pit citizen versus citizen and take up valuable court time," Gaddo

said.

Council decided

to drop the idea after they learned that most of the complaints received

at City Hall were from homeowners finding pet remains in their yard. The

news drew a small amount of applause from the assembled crowd.

"This

was not generated by us on council or staff," noted council member

Annie McMenamin. "It's based on complaints from citizens."

"The complaints

we get are mainly for private property," said City Manager Jim Basinger.

"We do not have a problem as far as the cart paths and streets are

concerned."

Several months

ago, council enacted a similar ordinance for the city's athletic fields

and recreation areas after complaints that children were coming into contact

with animal excrement while they played.

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