Town of Middletown, DE
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2023-08-07
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 39 Animals
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Article VII Nuisances by Dogs
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 6 Elections
- Ch 26 Social Security
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 34 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 39 Animals
- Ch 39 Art VII Nuisances by Dogs
- § 39-17 Injury to trees and plants.
- § 39-18 Removal of excrement.
- § 39-19 Exceptions.
- § 39-20 Definitions.
- § 39-21 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 40 Administration of Licensing and Inspection Department
- Ch 41 Building Construction
- Ch 42 Residential Code
- Ch 43 Buildings, Existing
- Ch 44 Energy Code
- Ch 45 Business Licenses
- Ch 46 Construction Specifications and Details for Roads, Open Space and Utilities
- Ch 47 Swimming Pool and Spa Code
- Ch 51 Contractors, Licensing of
- Ch 55 Curfew
- Ch 65 Emergency Management
- Ch 67 Engine Brakes
- Ch 68 Fees
- Ch 69 Firearms
- Ch 74 Fire Prevention
- Ch 78 Flood Damage Reduction
- Ch 82 Gatherings, Public
- Ch 86 Housing Standards
- Ch 92 Loitering and Prowling
- Ch 93 Alarms
- Ch 96 Mechanical Standards
- Ch 100 Noise
- Ch 103 Recreational Equipment
- Ch 104 Obstructions
- Ch 108 Parking
- Ch 109 Parks
- Ch 112 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 115 Plumbing
- Ch 116 Fuel Gas Code
- Ch 118 Portable Storage Units
- Ch 119 Property Maintenance
- Ch 120 Rental Properties
- Ch 123 Railroads
- Ch 125 Records
- Ch 132 Sanitary Standards
- Ch 136 Sewers
- Ch 137 Sewer Use
- Ch 140 Skates, Skating and Bicycling
- Ch 142 Solid Waste
- Ch 145 Stormwater Management
- Ch 146 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 150 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 154 Taxation
- Ch 163 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 167 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 172 Vehicles, Off-Highway
- Ch 176 Water
- Ch 177 Water or Sewer Theft; Illicit Discharge and Improper Disposal
- Ch 180 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A190 Electrical Rules and Regulations
- Ch A191 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A192 Gas Distribution Franchise
- Ch A194 Land Annexations
- Ch A195 Downtown Development District Incentives
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 3-14-1994 by Ord. No. M-7]
It shall be unlawful for any person owning or
possessing a dog to permit such dog to go upon any sidewalk, parkway,
street, thoroughfare or private lands or premises without the permission
of the owner of such premises and break, bruise, tear up, crush or
injure any lawn, flowerbed, plant, shrub, tree or garden in any manner
whatsoever or to urinate or defecate thereon.
It shall be unlawful for any person to cause
or permit a dog to be on property, public or private, not owned or
possessed by such person, unless such person has in his immediate
possession an appropriate device for scooping excrement and an appropriate
depository for the transmission of such excrement to a receptacle
located upon the property owned or possessed by such person.
The provisions of this article shall not be
applicable to any dog performing some act or function on behalf of
any law enforcement or branch of the armed forces of this nation nor
to any Seeing Eye dog being handled by a person who is legally blind.
As used in this article, the following
words shall have the meanings indicated:
Any person owning, keeping or harboring a dog.
[Amended 12-3-2007]
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than $50.
