No person who owns, harbors or is in charge
or control of any dog shall cause, permit or allow such dog to urinate,
defecate or commit any other nuisance upon any public street, thoroughfare,
sidewalk, gutter, mall, square, play area or park, or upon any floor,
wall, stairway or roof of any public or private premises used in common
by the public, or upon any place where people congregate, or upon
any private property without permission of the owner thereof. The
term "sidewalk" as used herein shall mean the area between the curb,
or traveled portion of the street if there be no curb and the property
line of the abutting property owner.
Notwithstanding §
55-12 hereof, any person who owns, harbors or is in charge or control of any dog may cause, permit or allow such dog to urinate and/or defecate upon the vehicular portion of any public street, provided that in the instance of a dog defecating upon the vehicular portion of any public street, said person picks up, removes and disposes of such defecation in a sanitary receptacle immediately after the same has been deposited.
For the purposes of enforcing the provisions
of this article, appearance tickets may be issued by any persons authorized
to issue tickets for parking violations and by Village Animal Wardens appointed pursuant to Article
IV of Chapter
31 of this Code.