No dogs community, is it workable?

A DEVELOPER IN YUNCHENG CITY, North China's Shanxi province, reportedly requires all buyers to sign a contract promising not to raise dogs when they buy a property in one of its residential developments. Liu Yuanju, a researcher in law and sociology at Shanghai Institute for Finance and Law, comments:

Despite the wide controversy over it, the contract is legal and binds those who sign it, according to the analysis of many legal experts. They are right because raising a dog is a civil right that one can give up in exchange for other things.

Beside, it is better to have a rule for community residents rather than leaving them to solve such issues among themselves. "No dogs" is such a rule. It can help to prevent conflicts among residents who love dogs and those who do not, although it is a little extreme.