No person having possession, custody or control
of any animal shall knowingly or negligently permit any dog or other
animal to commit any nuisance, i.e., defecation or urination, upon
any gutter, street, driveway, alley, curb or sidewalk in the City
of Butler, or upon the floors or stairways of any building or place
frequented by the public or used in common by tenants, or upon the
outside walls, walkways, driveways, alleys, curbs or stairways of
any building abutting on a public street or park, or upon the grounds
of any public park or public area, or upon any private property other
than the property of the owner of such animal.
Any person having possession, custody or control of any dog or other animal which commits a nuisance, i.e., defecation or urination, in any area other than the private property of the owner of such dog or other animal, as prohibited in §
104-15, shall be required to immediately remove any feces from such surface and either carry same away for disposal in a toilet or place same in a nonleaking container for deposit in a trash or litter receptacle.
The provisions of §§
104-15 and
104-16 hereof shall not apply to a guide dog accompanying any blind person or to a dog used to assist any other phycially handicapped person.
Any person, firm or corporation who or which
shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction
thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $50 not more
than $300, plus costs, or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed
30 days.