(a) To the extent not prohibited by Penal Code section 374d, no person shall deposit a dead animal or allow a dead animal to remain on any private property in the unincorporated area of the County, within a quarter of a mile of a park, County highway, State highway, other public highway, road or alley or a dwelling or other structure used or occupied by a person or in any standing or running water, water well or open excavation.
(b) No person shall bury a dead animal on property in the unincorporated area of the County unless every part is covered by at least three feet of soil and the burial location is at least one hundred feet from any well, spring, stream or other surface water, not in a low-lying area subject to seasonal flooding and not likely to contaminate groundwater.
(c) A dead animal deposited or allowed to remain on property or buried on property in violation of this section is declared to be a public nuisance.
(Amended by Ord. No. 7141 (N.S.), effective 6-26-86; amended by Ord. No. 10036 (N.S.), effective 2-26-10; amended by Ord. No. 10238 (N.S.), effective 1-4-13)