As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
All dead animals, fish and fowl, skinned or unskinned, which
may have died from disease, accident or any causes other than slaughter
for use as food.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit, place or throw
or cause to be deposited, placed or thrown any dead or fatally sick
or injured animal or part thereof in any street, alley or other public
place or into or on the banks of any river, stream, lake, pond, sewer,
well or other body of water.
It shall be unlawful for any person to carry or convey or cause
to be carried or conveyed any dead animal through or upon any of the
streets, alleys or public places of the City in the daytime unless
the same is so conveyed that no part of it is exposed to view and
no odors can emanate therefrom.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to allow any dead animal which
he owned or had control of to remain in any street, alley or other
public place or on the premises of any person in the City for more
than one hour after notification thereof.
B.
Should any animal die in any street, alley or other public place
or on the premises of any person who owned or had possession or control
of such animal prior to its death, such person shall remove or cause
the same to be removed within one hour after notification of the death
of such animal and have the same desiccated or cremated or disposed
of in some sanitary way approved by the Animal Control Officer.
It shall be the duty of the owner, possessor or all persons
having knowledge of any dead animal in the City to report the same
to the Animal Control Officer, giving the name of the person who owned
or had possession or control of such animal prior to its death, if
known, and the place where the same may be found, and it shall be
the duty of the Animal Control Officer forthwith to notify the person
who owned or had possession or control of such animal to cause the
same to be removed and desiccated or cremated or disposed of in some
other manner as provided for in this article.
If the person who owned or had possession of such animal prior
to its death fails to remove such dead animal within the time specified,
the same shall be removed and destroyed by the Animal Control Officer
at the expense of the person whose duty it is under this article to
have the same removed.
A violation of any provision of this article shall constitute
an offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $100
for the first offense and not less than $200 for the second and subsequent
offense, together with the cost to the City of Oswego for transportation
and disposal of the dead animal.
This chapter shall become effective immediately upon filing
with the Secretary of State.
