[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health
of the Township of Byram 5-14-2002 by Ord. No. BH1-2002. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
A.
Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to protect
the health, safety and welfare of all residents and those who frequent
this Township, by preventing the needless health hazards and nuisances
caused by animal feces upon public and private property within the
Township.
B.
Defecation on private property. No person owning or
in charge of any animal shall cause or allow such animal 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
or in charge of an animal which soils, defiles, defecates or commits
any such nuisance shall immediately remove and dispose of in a sanitary
manner all feces deposited by such animal.
C.
Defecation on public property. No person owning or
in charge of any animal shall cause or allow such animal to soil,
defile, defecate upon, or commit any nuisance on any place where people
congregate or walk, or upon any public property, park, building or
place where the public is invited. Any person owning or in charge
of an animal which soils, defiles, defecates or commits any such nuisance
on public property shall immediately remove and dispose of in a sanitary
manner all feces deposited by such animal.
D.
Defecation on owner's property. No person shall permit
the accumulation of animal feces upon his/her property, or property
occupied by him/her, to the extent that the odor may be noticeable
to any adjoining property owners.
E.
Disposal of defecation. The feces removed from the
aforementioned designated areas shall be disposed of by the person
owning or in charge of any such annual 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
same in a trash can. It shall not include burial, disposal by placement
in a storm sewer, or placing unwrapped feces in a trash can.
F.
Seeing Eye dogs. The provisions of this chapter shall
not apply to blind persons who may use their dogs as guides.
B.
Complaints of violations. In the event of a violation
on private property, a complaint is only to be filed by the owner
of such property. In the event of such a violation occurring on public
property, thoroughfare, walkways, parks, or place where the public
is invited, a complaint may be filed by any witness to such an act.
C.
Hearing. A hearing on a complaint under this chapter
shall take place in the Byram Township Municipal Court.
