[Adopted 12-11-1989 as Ord. No. 480]
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.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I.