[Adopted 7-6-1993 by Ord. No. 350]
It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly
permit a dog, cat or other domestic animal owned or subject to the
control of such person to defecate upon any street, sidewalk or park,
or upon any public property, or upon any private property within the
City of New Castle without the consent of the owner or tenant of such
private property. In the event that any dog, cat or other domestic
animal deposits its excrement upon any public or private land within
the City of New Castle, such owner of said dog, cat, or other domestic
animal shall remove immediately, in a sanitary manner in an airtight
bag or other closed or sealed container, any fecal matter deposited
by said dog, cat or other domestic animal.
The provisions of §
94-1 shall not apply to any person who by reason of loss or impairment of eyesight is accompanied by a dog described as a "Seeing Eye dog" or other dog educated by a recognized training agency or school and which is used as a leader or guide dog.
Any person who shall violate the terms of this
article shall be fined not less than $25 for the first conviction,
by a fine of not less than $50 for the second such conviction within
one year of the first conviction and by a fine of not less than $100
for each subsequent conviction within one year of the first conviction.
[Adopted 4-10-2007 by Ord. No. 450]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
FEED
To give, place, expose, deposit, distribute or scatter any
edible material with the intention of feeding, attracting or enticing
wildlife. Feeding does not include baiting in the legal taking of
fish and/or game.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
WILDLIFE
All animals that are neither human nor domesticated, including
but not limited to feral cats.
[Amended 7-16-2014 by Ord. No. 496]
No person shall feed any wildlife in any public
park or on any other property owned or operated by the City of New
Castle.