(A) The owner of every animal shall be responsible for the removal of any excreta deposited by the animal(s) on public property, including walks, recreation areas, or on private property. The owner of every animal shall not allow excreta deposited by animals to accumulate on his or her property so as to cause a health hazard or become a nuisance.
(B) When any domestic animal dies, its owner shall be responsible for the animal to be removed, pursuant to the direction of the Animal Care and Control Authority, to a crematorium, animal rendering company, composted, or buried within 72 hours of the death of the animal.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person, whether the owner or lessee of a property, to allow a dead domestic animal to remain on his or her property for longer than 72 hours after the animal’s death, without having buried, cremated, or composted the animal, or without having butchered the animal.
(D) It shall be unlawful for any person, whether the owner or lessee of a property, to allow a dead domestic animal to decay on his or her property, without the permission of the Animal Care and Control Authority and the Carroll County Health Department.
(E) It shall be unlawful for any person to allow a domestic animal to foul the air of neighboring property owners so as to keep them from the enjoyment of their property through animal waste or an animal’s death.
(2004 Code, § 81-12) (Ord. 26, passed 1-21-1980; Ord. 26B, passed 10-30-1984; Ord. 02-23, passed 11-26-2002; Ord. 06-15, passed 11-28-2006) Penalty, see § 90.99