(A) The owner of every animal shall be responsible for the removal of any excreta deposited by his or her animal on public walks, recreation areas, private property or owners property.
(B) Excreta shall be considered properly disposed of when contained within a non-porous, sealed container and deposited within a trash receptacle with a cover.
(1) The owner of any animal or any other person in possession of an animal shall be required to carry on his or her person paraphernalia with which to remove and properly dispose of animal waste at all such times when the animal is off the owner’s property.
(2) Any owner who fails to carry the paraphernalia when off his or her property with the animal or fails to remove and properly dispose of animal waste deposited on any public or private property shall be subject to the penalty set forth in § 91.999. Each separate day of the violation constitutes a separate offense and shall be fined accordingly.
(3) This provision may be enforced by either the sworn personnel of the police department of the city or an animal control officer of the city.
(Prior Code, § 91.11) (Ord. 4109, passed 7-14-1975;Am. Ord. 7334, passed 12-10-1990; Am. Ord. 7990, passed 6-23-1997) Penalty, see § 91.999