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.
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.