Dog owners would have had to buy $14 annual dog passes for their pets, with the money going toward local animal control and care.

A Special Town Meeting on Aug. 28 voted 203 to 182 against allowing leashed and licensed dogs on local beaches from 7 p.m. to 8 a.m. from June 1 to Sept. 15.

Sorry, Rover. Dogs still can’t play on town beaches until Sept. 15.

A similar proposal failed in 2015, and both the Hull Advisory Board and Beach Management Committee recommended against it this time.

Those speaking against it expressed concerns about dog waste and piping plovers, protected birds that nest at the beach.


The vote means that dogs will continue to be banned from town beaches from June 1 to Sept. 15, with a $50 fine for violators.

The vote does not affect the rule prohibiting dogs at the state-owned Nantasket Beach Reservation from May 1 to mid-September.

Johanna Seltz can be reached at seltzjohanna@gmail.com.