It shall be the duty of all persons owning or having charge of animals which die or are found dead to have the dead animals removed at their own expense to an authorized solid waste facility or to an authorized byproducts company, and all putrid meats, fish, clippings of hides, pelts or other offensive substances shall likewise be disposed of. If the persons whose duty it is to dispose of said animals, putrid meats, fish, clippings of hides, pelts or other offensive substances shall fail for twenty four (24) hours to discharge their duties as required in this chapter, the health official is authorized to have the same disposed of at the expense of the party whose duty it may be to dispose of the same.
(1979 Code § 8.24.030; amd. 1999 Code)