This petition drive looks like it’s getting (four) legs.

A grass-roots campaign to establish more dog beaches along Los Angeles County’s 72-mile-long coastline is generating enthusiasm — and lots of signatures — in its aim to qualify for a spot on the Nov. 8 ballot.

The countywide drive, which has been promoted recently at petition-signing events on the sands of Rosie’s Dog Beach in Long Beach, was launched only about three months ago by Jeff Douek, co-owner of the WeHo Bistro in West Hollywood.

But word is now spreading fast, with petitions circulating at area dog parks and posted at doggie day-care businesses and pet stores, including all 15 Centinela Feed & Pet Supply locations. The drive also now has its own website at www.LAdogbeaches.com/.

Another signature-gathering event is planned for Rosie’s, at 5000 E. Ocean Blvd., from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 14.

The measure, if ultimately approved, would direct the county to establish three to five off-leash dog runs at county-controlled beaches. If it passes with a majority vote, it would be up to county officials to designate specific sites.

The proposition calls for each dog-friendly area to be not narrower than a quarter-mile wide nor further away than a 10-mile drive from the next off-leash beach spot.

Currently, Rosie’s, a city-controlled stretch of sand near Belmont Shore, is the only off-leash dog beach within Los Angeles County. An on-leash dog park operates near Malibu.

But in between those two locations there is no sanctioned beach that allows dogs, either on or off leash.

And that’s “unacceptable for a city of 10 million people,” Douek said, noting that numerous dog beaches operate in other counties.

“It’s just a great thing to do in Southern California, go to the beach with your dog,” said Doug Nakazaki of Gardena, an Eagle Scout and property accountant who is circulating petitions in the South Bay and Long Beach. “I grew up in Manhattan Beach and every summer I’d do junior lifeguards. The beach was always a place I enjoyed.”

It would be even better, he said, if he could take along his dog Maya, a Weimaraner mix.

Government attempts to establish dog parks within city bureaucracies, Douek said, quickly become mired and wind up languishing in a file cabinet.

“I’m a person who enjoys going to the beach with my dog,” Douek said. “A county ballot initiative is an extremely high hurdle (to clear), but there’s been so much support for the idea.”

Douek said no organized opposition has surfaced, although the issue likely will be studied by Heal the Bay and other pollution-fighting organizations.

Rosie’s Dog Beach was approved for expansion in 2013 by the California Coastal Commission and a dog beach in Huntington has been a popular destination for several years.

Altogether, organizers need 146,000 signatures of registered voters within Los Angeles County. So far, they’ve collected about 100,000 signatures, Douek said, but to be safe they’re aiming to double that number to make sure they end up with enough valid, qualifying signatures. They’ve set a personal deadline of May 15 but the final, official deadline to turn petitions in is June 15.

If such beaches are established, waste pick-up stations would be installed and language about picking up after dogs would be part of the measure.

“Shame works effectively,” Douek said of the peer pressure that’s commonly exercised at off-leash areas if an owners misses picking up after a dog. “Most of the people who are going to make the effort of putting their dog in a car and driving to the beach will also have (their own) dog bags.”

Petition supporters, who say they have signatures from many dog owners who live inland, stress that off-leash areas would provide more beach access for the general population.

Douek said an uptick in beach parking fees also would provide revenue for the county.

“The parking revenue is going to skyrocket if it passes,” Douek said. “L.A. County has 75 miles of coastline and all this asks for is three to five zones a quarter of a mile wide.”