[Adopted 12-16-1980 (§§ 9-31 to
9-34 of the 1974 Code)]
The purpose of this article shall be to promote the public health and
welfare relating to the removal of dog litter from public property or the
private property of another, as hereinafter defined.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Includes any property owned or occupied by a person or persons who
are not members of the family of the owner or keeper of or person then walking
or otherwise responsible for a dog.
Includes Town-owned parks, recreation areas, playfields, school grounds,
sidewalks, easements, rights-of-way, and the traveled portion of public streets
and highways.
If any dog shall defecate upon any public property, or the private property
of another, the owner or keeper of or person then walking or otherwise responsible
for said dog shall immediately remove or cause to be removed from the property
all feces deposited by said dog. Unless such feces are removed, the owner
or keeper of or person then walking or otherwise responsible for the dog (or
if said owner, keeper, or person shall be a minor, then his or her parent
or guardian) shall be deemed to have committed a punishable offense.
Violations of this article shall be punishable by a fine of not less
than $25 and not more than $99. Each day any such violation continues shall
constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to a guide dog accompanying
a blind person.
