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Township of Washington, NJ
Burlington County
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A. 
No person owning, keeping, harboring, walking, or in charge of any dog shall cause, suffer, permit or allow such dog to soil, defile, defecate on or commit any nuisance on any common thoroughfare, street or sidewalk or upon any public property whatsoever or upon any private property without permission of the owner of the private property. If any such person shall permit such dog to soil, defile, defecate on or commit any nuisance on the areas aforesaid, he shall immediately remove and dispose of all feces and droppings deposited by such dog, which removal shall be in a sanitary manner by a shovel, container, disposal bag, etc.
B. 
The dog owner shall maintain his own property in a sanitary manner in order to prevent any noxious odors or any other public health nuisance to neighbors.
Any person violating this article shall be subjected to a fine not exceeding $50 or to imprisonment not exceeding 30 days, or to both, at the discretion of the court.