[Adopted 10-25-1995 as Ord. No. 95-22]
No person shall permit a dog owned by that person
or under said person's control or supervision to defecate upon private
property not belonging to such person, unless the person shall have
the permission of the property owner.
No person shall permit a dog owned by that person
or under that person's control or supervision to defecate upon any
public property.
Disposition in a sanitary manner shall include
taking the feces home for disposition or wrapping the feces and placing
it in a trash can owned by the person or a trash can on public property.
Disposition of the feces shall not include burial, dispersal (unless
such burial or dispersal is upon the property of the person doing
the burial or dispersal), placement in a storm sewer drain or placing
unwrapped feces in a trash can.
Defecation on own property. No person shall
permit the accumulation of animal feces upon that person's property
or property occupied by that person to the extent that the odor becomes
noticeable or a nuisance to any adjoining property owner or in such
manner as will affect the health, safety and welfare of the public.
In the event of a violation occurring on private
property, a complaint may be filed by the owner or lessee of said
property. In the event of such a violation occurring on public property,
walkways or parks, a complaint may be filed by a witness to such act.
The provisions of this Article shall not apply
to blind person who use their dogs as guides.
Any person found to be in violation of the provisions
of this Article shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $50 for the
first offense. For a second or subsequent offense the fine shall not
exceed $100
