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Oak Creek — The Oak Creek Town Board decided Thursday night that enforcement of an ordinance to keep dogs out of the park during Labor Day festivities was not possible, leading to the emergency ordinance failing on a tie vote.

Oak Creek Labor Day Committee members had requested the town keep all dogs, on- or off-leash, out of Decker Park during the kids' fun day Sept. 5. Committee members are still requesting that dogs not come into the park during that time, but they will have no legal recourse.

Mayor J. Elliott said Town Board members did not think the one-day enforcement of an ordinance was reasonable.

"They thought it would be too difficult for code enforcement and (police consultant Eileen Rossi) to stop something for a day that's been going on for a long time," he said.

Also during Thursday's meeting, the Town Board heard about a possible annexation of 1.97 acres at the top of Grandview Avenue by a Pennsylvania company.

Allegheny Gypsum Ltd. presented plans to create two triplex townhomes on an undeveloped plot of land.

Sean Colgan, president of the company, wrote in a letter to Oak Creek Town Clerk Karen Halterman that the units will not be built immediately, but they are seeking annexation for a later date.

"Allegheny Gypsum cannot commence construction until the market improves. However, we will need all the approvals in place so that we can begin construction immediately when the market recovers," he wrote on July 27.

Colgan described the units as "more attainable" housing alternatives.

Town trustees voted to table the motion until two conflicting surveys of the site can be reconciled.