In Madison Heights, Michigan, the following leashing laws are not strong, clear, or advertised in areas where dog attacks have been present and frequent: 

Sec. 5-5. - Reasonable control required.
 It shall be unlawful for any person having the charge or custody of an animal to do any of the following:

(1) To allow any animal in their possession or control to run at large without reasonable control unless held properly in leash, tether or confined to an adequately fenced area on private property.

Sec. 5-25. - Licensing, tags, leashes, nuisance per se.
It shall be unlawful for any person to:

(e) To allow any dog or cat, except working dogs such as leader dogs, guard dogs, farm dogs, hunting dogs, and other such dogs, when accompanied by their owner or his or her authorized agent, while actively engaged in activities for which such dogs are trained, to stray unless held properly in leash, tether or confined to an adequately fenced area on private property. For purposes of this article, adequately fenced area on private property shall not include a fenced park or other public area, except that the city or county may designate a public fenced area as a dog park where a leash or tether is not required, provided that the person responsible with the custody of the dog shall maintain reasonable control of the dog while in the dog park.

Background on creation of this petition - 

Caitlin Dixon is a resident of Madison Heights. On September 7th, 2020, she was taking her puppy Butter for their nightly walk as they do every night. It was around 8:30, so it was dark. As they approach ed Edison Park (not a dog park), Caitlin noticed that there were a couple of dogs, but assumed they were on leashes. In the blink of an eye, two large dogs came charging at Caitlin and Butter at full speed, and began attacking the puppy. Attacking is not a word they use lightly - this was not play behavior. The large dogs had Butter's face, body, and paws in their mouth and were shaking her around. The sounds coming from Butter were horrifying. During the attack, the owners of the other dogs were not able to control their dogs or stop the attack. There were no leashes in sight. In fact, when the attack eventually diffused, the owners walked away with their dogs by their collars. They did not bring a leash to the park at all to even walk them home.
Once the other owners quickly ran away, they did not say a word to Caitlin. Not an apology, not a check-in to make sure the puppy was okay. 
There were two witnesses at the park that quickly ran over to help Caitlin and Butter, who confirmed that the dogs had not been on leashes for the entirety of their visit to the park. 
Under suspicion that this was not the first time that these specific dog owners had gone through an attack at the hands of their dogs, Caitlin went to her neighborhood Facebook group - frustrated, and looking for advice about what to do and if anyone knew the owners of these dogs. Quickly, responses started pouring in with stories from others whose dogs had been attacked, people who had heard of other dog attacks, and many who live in fear of taking their dogs of kids on walks in neighborhood because of the amount of attacks that occur here. 
Caitlin's own two next door neighbors on each side had similar experiences with their dogs - both had been attacked when they were out on walks. One at our neighborhood park, and one on a sidewalk where a dog had escaped from their own fence and charged. 

With this petition, the citizens of Madison Heights demand that action be taken to implement these laws in our local parks and sidewalks, to prevent future dog attacks. In our public parks, there is no signage with the above highlighted laws clearly stated, nor punishment for violating these laws enforced. If there is not a clear violation punishment in place, we encourage the city to come up with one. We recommend ticketing and fining. To illustrate the severity of the crime, we recommend that MHPD patrol our parks and neighborhoods to execute these necessary actions. Once patrolled, I think our city officials will see that this isn't an isolated event, but a very serious problem in our community.

We appreciate your time and consideration after reviewing this petition. We hope that you will see how many people are truly affected by this, and feel passionate about making our city a safer place to be.