521.12 ANIMAL DEFECATION; NUISANCE; REQUIRED REMOVAL.
   (a)   The feces deposited by the defecation of any animal upon any public land, street or right of way, or upon the land of any private property owner other than that of the owner of the animal or the person in charge or control thereof, creates an unsanitary and unhealthy condition and is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
   (b)   No person being the owner of or individual in charge or control of any animal shall permit such animal to defecate upon any public land, street, right of way or upon the land of any private property owner within the City.
   (c)   When the owner or individual in charge or control of such animal immediately, and before taking such animal from the area where the defecation occurred, cleans the area and removes the feces and disposes of it in a sanitary manner, the nuisance shall be considered abated.
   (d)   The accumulation of defecation upon any property where animals are kept creates an unsanitary and unhealthy condition and is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
   (e)   No person shall permit the accumulation of defecation upon any property where animals are kept. An owner or individual in charge or control of animals shall monitor the property where the animal or animals are kept in a clean and sanitary condition by the regular removal and disposal of the defecation of such animal or animals.
   (f)   Whoever violates provisions of this section shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (Ord. 2000-24. Passed 7-14-00.)