(A) This section applies to domestic animals. It is deemed in the best interest of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens and visitors of the county, that all necessary precautions be implemented to prevent cutaneous larva migrans (a frequently severe skin disorder caused by the infective larvae of a canine hookworm which is transmitted by the contact of the human skin with soil contaminated by canine feces), and visceral larva migrans (a disease caused by the ingestion of larvae canine roundworms which commonly occurs when young children swallow dirt.)
(B) (1) It is unlawful for a responsible party to allow, whether willfully or through failure to exercise due care or control, any canine or feline to leave excrement in any public area.
(2) Persons responsible for an animal, except visually impaired persons working with service canines, shall immediately remove the animal’s excrement from public lands, sidewalks, and rights-of-way (property between sidewalks, and streets), or from the property of another.
(Ord. 25-2021, passed 12-28-2021) Penalty, see § 94.99