[Adopted 6-1-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-13]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Includes all domestic animals, i.e., those animals which are tame
by nature or commonly kept as pets.
A.Â
No person owning or having the care or custody of a animal
shall knowingly or negligently permit any animal to soil, defile, defecate
on or commit any nuisance upon any sidewalk or any public street or other
thoroughfare nor in or upon any public building or any paved approach to such
building from the street nor in or upon any public park or public playground
nor any place where people congregate or walk or upon any public property
whatsoever or upon any private property without the permission of the owner
of said property; nor shall any person omit to do any reasonable and proper
act nor admit to take any reasonable and proper precaution to prevent any
such animal from committing a nuisance in, on or upon any of the places or
premises herein specified without having such feces immediately removed and
disposed in a sanitary manner by the animal owner or caretaker or custodian.
B.Â
It shall be a complete defense to violation of Subsection A of this section that a person shall have immediately removed such defecation and disposed of it in a sanitary manner.
C.Â
Disposition in a sanitary manner shall include taking
the feces home for disposition or wrapping the feces and placing it in a trash
can. It shall not include burial, dispersal (unless such burial or dispersal
is upon the property of the person doing the burial or dispersal), placement
in a storm sewer or placing unwrapped feces in a trash can.
No person shall permit the accumulation of animal feces upon his own
property or property occupied by him to the extent that the odor may be noticeable
to any adjoining property owner.
Any person violating the provisions of this article, upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500, for each offense,
at the discretion of the Judge of the Municipal Court.
