[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Borough of Metuchen 10-20-1988. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person owning or in control of any dog, cat
or other domestic animal shall cause or allow such dog, cat or other
domestic animal to soil, defile, urinate or defecate upon private
property without permission of the owner of said property or upon
any public property, except between the curblines of any public street,
provided that:
A.Â
The person in charge of said dog shall have in his
or her possession appropriate sanitary means, including but not limited
to implements and plastic bags, to remove any feces so deposited.
B.Â
The person in charge of said dog shall immediately
remove all feces so deposited by appropriate sanitary means, including
but not limited to implements and plastic bags, and shall dispose
of such feces in a sanitary manner on said person's own property.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The actual curbs of a public street, or, if there be no curbs
on a public street, the edges of the improved portion of the public
street.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply
to a guide-dog accompanying any blind person.
Any person who violates any provision of this
ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of
not less than $50, nor more than $100 for each subsequent offense.
This chapter will be enforced by the Police
Department and/or the Board of Health through its Health Inspector.
