(a) It shall be unlawful for the owner or person having the charge or control of any animal to permit such animal to defecate and to allow the feces to remain upon any public or private property not owned or possessed by the owner or person having charge or control of such animal, and the person shall immediately and securely enclose all feces deposited by the animal in a bag, wrapper or other container and dispose of it in a sanitary manner.
(b) No person being the owner or having charge of any animal on any public or private property other than the property of the owner or person having charge of such animal, shall fail to have in his possession a wooden, plastic or metal device, bag, wrapper or container for the purpose of picking up and properly disposing of any fecal matter left by such animal. Failure of any such person to have in his possession such suitable device or container is prima-facie evidence of a violation of this section.
(c) This section shall not apply to a legally blind person who is the owner, custodian or keeper of a guide or support dog.
(Ord. 98-12. Passed 5-21-98.)