(a) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
PROPERTY OF ANOTHER. All property within village boundaries which is not owned by the village, including but not limited to all residential, commercial and industrial property, private streets, driveways and sidewalks, and the grassy areas adjacent to such streets, sidewalks, and rights-of-ways.
VILLAGE PROPERTY. Any property owned, occupied, or controlled by the Village of Jefferson, including but not limited to village buildings, parks, streets, sidewalks, and grassy areas adjacent to village streets, sidewalks, and village buildings.
(b) Owners and custodians to be responsible. Any person who owns a dog or has custody of a dog, which dog has caused its feces to be deposited upon any village property or upon the property of another, shall immediately remove such feces or cause it to be removed and shall dispose of it in a sanitary manner. A person will be considered to have disposed of feces in a sanitary manner if such person places such material in a bag or wrapper made of paper, plastic or some similar material and places it in a refuse container which is regularly emptied by the Village of Jefferson's contractual refuse collector or some other refuse collector, or otherwise disposes of such material on their own property.
(c) Exemptions.
(1) Nothing herein shall be construed to apply to a situation where a dog is on its owner's or custodian's property or where the dog owner or custodian has the permission of the property owner.
(2) Any dog owned by the Village of Jefferson Police Department or any other law enforcement department while carrying out their assigned duties and being used for law enforcement purposes shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.
(3) Any dog which serves as a guide dog shall be exempt from the provisions of this section while such dog is accompanying a blind person.
(d) Penalty. Any person who violates division (b) of this section shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $150 for each violation thereof.
(Ord. 3251, passed 1-3-22)