505.15 DEFECATION AS A NUISANCE.
   (a)   No person being the owner or in charge or control of any animal shall permit such animal to defecate upon any public land or any private land other than the land where the owner or person in charge of such animal resides.
   (b)   The owner or person in charge or control of any animal which defecates on any such prohibited land shall immediately clean such and cause its removal to a proper receptacle.
   (c)   The owner or person in charge of any animal shall keep the property where he resides in a clean and sanitary condition by regularly removing the defecation of his animal to prevent accumulations.
   (d)   The terms of this section shall not apply to any animal which has been expressly invited to enter upon private property by notification to the owner or keeper of such animal, or to any animal engaging or being used in the pursuit of hunting.
   (e)   The defecation of any animal is hereby declared to be a nuisance, creating an unsanitary and unhealthful condition, causing an accumulation of insects and bacteria, and in violation of the regulations of this section, is hereby declared to be unlawful.
   (f)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 97-950. Passed 8-14-97.)