A. No person owning or having control of any animal shall permit the animal to do any of the following:
1. Defecate or urinate on private property (other than that of the owner or the person having control of the animal;
2. Defecate on public property without immediately removing the excrement to a proper receptacle;
3. Permit an animal to obstruct or interfere with the reasonable and comfortable use of property by chasing vehicles, molesting passersby, barking, howling, baying, or making any other noise;
4. Permit unsanitary conditions to exist on the premises where that animal is kept that would cause odors, attract flies or vermin, or otherwise be injurious to public health and safety, or be indecent, or offensive to the senses, or be such an obstruction to the free use of property so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property by other persons.
B. The animal control officer may seize and impound any animal causing or creating a public nuisance.
C. A violation of this section is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
D. Any private person may maintain an action under Civil Code Section 3493 for enforcement of this section declaring certain acts a public nuisance, if such acts are specifically injurious to that person. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an infraction and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as provided in Chapter 1.12.
(Ord. 09-2041, 2009; Ord. 1644, § 2 (part), 1994)