(a) A person commits an offense if the person owns or is in control of any property upon which the feces or urine of any animal is accumulating in an unsanitary manner or in a manner that creates an unreasonable or noxious odor in a public place.
(b) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the animal waste was a deposit of manure made upon private property for the purpose of land cultivation and the deposit was maintained so as to prevent the breeding of flies and other vectors.
(Ord. 12931, § 1, passed 3-25-1997)