[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.