§ 92.038 CONTROL OF DEFECATION.

   (A)   It shall be unlawful for any person who owns, keeps, maintains, harbors or walks a dog or cat, to cause or permit such dog or cat to be on any property, public or private, not owned or possessed by such person unless such dog or cat is accompanied by a person who has in his possession a device for the removal of excrement and a depository for the transmission of excrement to a receptacle located upon property owned or possessed by such person.

   (B)   It shall be unlawful for any person who owns, keeps, maintains, harbors or walks a dog or cat to immediately fail to remove excrement left by such dog or cat on property, public or private, not owned or possessed by such person. The excrement shall be removed to a proper receptacle located on property owned or possessed by such person.

   (C)   No person shall allow cat or dog excreta to accumulate in any yard, pen, or premises in or upon which a cat or dog shall be confined or kept to the extent that the stench becomes offensive to those residing in the vicinity, or results in a health hazard or nuisance.

(Ord. 20-06, passed 7-6-20)

DOGS AND CATS; LICENSE

§ 92.060 REQUIRED; EXCEPTION.

   (A)   No person shall own, keep, maintain or harbor any dog within the city without a license therefor.

   (B)   The provisions of this subchapter relating to the licensing of dogs shall not apply to dogs of nonresidents remaining temporarily in or passing through the city.

(Ord. 20-06, passed 7-6-20)

§ 92.061 APPLICATION.

   Application for a dog license shall be made to the Polo City Clerk upon such printed forms as shall be provided and shall include the following information: The owner of the dog proposed to be licensed; the residence of such owner; and the age, sex, breed and description of the dog proposed to be licensed. Each application for a dog license shall be accompanied by a certificate of rabies vaccination signed by a veterinarian that the dog proposed to be licensed has been properly vaccinated against rabies within the preceding 12-month period.

(Ord. 20-06, passed 7-6-20)

§ 92.062 FEES.

   The annual license fee under this subchapter shall be $10 for the first animal licensed to a household and $10 for each additional animal license issued to the same household.

(Ord. 20-06, passed 7-6-20)

§ 92.063 TAGS; GENERALLY.

   Each dog license shall be evidenced by a small tag to be issued to the owner of the licensed dog upon the payment of the license fee. Such license tags shall bear the name of the city, an identifying license number and the license year. The shape or color of such dog license tag shall be changed each year.

(Ord. 20-06, passed 7-6-20)

§ 92.064 SAME; PLACEMENT.

   A person owning, keeping, maintaining, or harboring any dog within the city shall keep the license tag issued for such dog firmly attached to a collar or harness placed and kept about the neck of such dog. The collar or harness shall be made of leather, metal or other substantial material. It shall be unlawful for any person, other than the dog’s owner, to remove a license tag from that particular dog.

(Ord. 20-06, passed 7-6-20)