[Adopted 6-8-1970 as Sec. 8-11 of the Revised General Ordinances]
The purpose of this article is to protect the health, safety
and welfare of all those frequenting this municipality by preventing
the needless health hazards and nuisances caused by dog or cat feces
upon public and private property located within the Town of Newton.
No person owning or in charge of any dog or cat shall cause
or allow such dog or cat to soil, defile, defecate upon, or commit
any nuisance upon any private property without the permission of the
owner of said property. Any person owning a dog or cat which soils,
defies, defecates or commits any such nuisance shall immediately remove
all feces deposited by any such dog or cat in a sanitary manner.
No person owning or in charge of a dog or cat shall cause or
allow such dog or cat to soil, defile, defecate upon, or commit any
nuisance on any common thoroughfare, park, sidewalk, passageway or
any place where people congregate or walk, or upon any public property.
Any person owning a dog or cat which soils, defecates or commits any
such nuisance shall immediately remove all feces deposited by any
such dog or cat in a sanitary manner.
No person shall permit the accumulation of dog or cat feces
upon his own property or property occupied by him to the extent that
the odor may be noticeable to any adjoining property owners.
The feces removed from the aforementioned designated areas shall
be disposed of by the person owning or in charge of any such dog or
cat in a sealed, nonabsorbent, leakproof container. Disposition in
a sanitary manner shall include taking the feces home for deposit,
or wrapping the feces and placing in a trash can. It shall not include
burial or disposal by placement in a storm sewer, or placing unwrapped
feces in a trash can.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to blind persons
who may use their dogs as guides.
