[Adopted 4-9-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-03]
The purpose of this article is to protect the
health, safety and welfare of all those frequenting the Township of
Mansfield by preventing the needless health hazards and nuisances
caused by dog feces upon public and private property located within
the Township of Mansfield.
A.
No person, agency or institution owning, harboring,
keeping or in charge of any dog shall cause, suffer or allow such
dog to soil, defile, defecate upon or commit any nuisance upon any
private property whatsoever, except with the express authority or
permission of the owner of said property.
B.
No person, agency or institution owning, harboring,
keeping or in charge of any dog shall cause, suffer or allow such
dog to soil, defile, defecate upon or commit any nuisance upon any
public property owned, leased or used by the Township of Mansfield
for public or recreational purposes.
C.
Any person who curbs his or her dog anywhere in the
Township of Mansfield, except on his or her own property, shall observe
the following conditions:
(1)
The person who so curbs such dog shall immediately
remove all feces deposited by such dog by a sanitary method approved
by the Warren County Board of Health.
(2)
The feces removed shall be disposed of by the person
owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of any dog curbed in accordance
with the provisions of this section, in a sanitary manner or on said
person's own property.
The provisions of this article shall not apply
to a Seeing Eye dog which is accompanied by a blind person.
