[Adopted 7-21-1980 by Ord. No. 1-1980]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Includes all domestic animals, i.e., those animals which
are tame by nature or from time immemorial have been accustomed to
the association of man.
A.
No person shall permit an animal owned by him or under
his control or supervision to defecate upon property not belonging
to such person, unless he shall have the permission of the property
owner.
B.
No person shall permit an animal owned by him or under
his control or supervision to defecate upon any public property.
C.
All pet owners and keepers are required to immediately
and properly dispose of their pet's solid waste deposited on any property,
public or private, not owned or possessed by that person.
[Amended 7-20-2005]
D.
Disposition in a sanitary manner shall include taking
the feces home for disposition or wrapping the feces and placing it
in a trash can. It shall not include burial, dispersal (unless such
burial or dispersal is upon the property of the person doing the burial
or dispersal), placement in a storm sewer or placing unwrapped feces
in a trash can.
No person shall permit the accumulation of animal
feces upon his own property or property occupied by him to the extent
that the odor may be noticeable to any adjoining property owner.
[Amended 10-21-1996; 10-18-2021]
Any person violating the provisions of this
article, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $25
nor more than $750 for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed
committed on each day during which a violation occurs or continues.
