A. It shall be unlawful for an owner, keeper or other person having control of any animal to permit such animal to defecate or deposit excreta upon any public property or upon any private premises not belonging to the owner, keeper or other person having control of said animal without the consent of the owner of such property.
B. The owner, keeper or other person having control of any animal which defecates or deposits excreta upon any public property or upon any private premises not belonging to the owner, keeper, or other person having control of such animal shall immediately remove such excreta from any public property or private premises as aforesaid.
C. This section shall not apply to a blind person while walking his or her guide dog.
D. For the purposes of this section, the term "public property" shall include, but not be limited to any public street, road, cul-de-sac, and/or right-of-way, or any publicly-owned park, open space, preserve, and any other publicly-owned land.
E. For the purposes of this section, the term "private premises not belonging to the owner, keeper, or other person having control of such animal" shall include, but not be limited to any property owned and/or managed by a homeowners' association, condominium association, or common interest association, unless such association has a published rule to the contrary.
(Ord. 99-O-05, 3-2-1999; amd. Ord. 2021-O-02, 1-5-2021)