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 Borough of Freedom or upon the floors or stairways of any
building or place frequented by the public or used in common by the 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 §
64-17, shall be required to immediately remove any feces from such surface and either:
A. Carry the same away for disposal in a toilet; or
B. Place the same in a nonleaking container for deposit
in a trash or litter receptacle.
The provisions of §§
64-17 and
64-18 hereof shall not apply to a guide dog accompanying any blind persons or to a dog used to assist any other physically handicapped person.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this
Article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
more than six hundred dollars ($600.) or to imprisonment for a term not to
exceed thirty (30) days.