Now it’s official.

After trying to win support for a dog beach, the town of Lauderdale-by-the-Sea has scrapped the idea after residents voted against it in a straw poll last month.

The Town Commission was divided on the issue and decided to put the question to residents in the August/September edition of the newsletter Town Topics. The result: 173 residents voted against the proposal and 66 voted in favor.

Commissioner Stuart Dodd, one of the main supporters of the idea, said he is disappointed it will not come to fruition.

“If we actually had a doggy beach providing plastic bags, people would take care after their dogs,” he said. “They’d be more likely to clean after them than to look the other way, but people won’t accept this logic.”

Respondents to the straw poll had to submit their full names so that city officials could verify their resident status. About 17 votes were disregarded because they did not come from city residents.

Dog owners can still go to one of the nearby dog-friendly beaches, including the 100-yard stretch between Custer and Pershing streets in Hollywood and the 100-yard stretch between Sunrise Boulevard and Lifeguard Station 5 in Fort Lauderdale.