[Adopted 11-18-2002 by Ord.
No. 417]
No person, agency or institution owning, harboring, keeping or in charge
of any dog shall cause, suffer or allow such dog to soil, defile or defecate
upon any public or private property whatsoever, except with the express authority
or permission of the owner of said property, except if:
A.
The person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of
such dog shall immediately remove all feces deposited by such dog by any sanitary
method approved by the provisions of this article.
B.
The feces so removed from said public or private property
shall be disposed of by the person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge
of said dog in a sanitary manner by the provisions of this article.
Sanitary methods of removing all feces shall be approved by the local
health authority and include mechanical devises such as pooch scoops, small
shovels, etc. All feces removed by the person owning, harboring, keeping or
in charge of any such dog shall dispose of all feces in a sealed, nonabsorbent,
leakproof container or in another sanitary manner approved by the local health
authority.
A.
Violations of this article shall be a municipal infraction as provided under § C4-3B of the Town of Denton Charter.
B.
Any person who violates this article shall, upon conviction
thereof, be liable to a penalty of not less than $10 nor more than $100 for
each offense to be recovered by and in the name of the Town of Denton. The
fine is payable by the offender within 20 calendar days of receipt of the
municipal infraction citation.
C.
A complaint can be filed by and attested to by three
residents in the immediate vicinity of the area in which the dog defecation
took place and the feces were not properly disposed of. Upon the proper determination
that a violation has occurred, the person owning, harboring, keeping or in
charge of any dog shall be issued a municipal infraction.
