(a) As used in this section:
(1) "Owner" or "Keeper" means any person who possesses, maintains, houses, or harbors any pet or otherwise has custody of any pet regardless of whether he or she actually owns it.
(2) "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, or political subdivision of this State subject to municipal jurisdiction.
(3) "Pet" means a domesticated animal (other than service animal) kept for amusement and companionship.
(4) "Service animal" means a dog that is individually trained to work or perform tasks for people with disabilities.
(5) “Pet solid waste" means waste matter or excrement that is expelled from the bowels of a pet.
(6) "Properly dispose" means to place in a designated waste receptacle, or other suitable container, that will be discarded in a refuse container which is regularly emptied by the Municipality or some other refuse collector; or disposal into a system designed to convey domestic sewage for proper treatment and disposal.
(7) "Immediately" means at once and without delay.
(b) All pet owners and pet keepers are required to immediately and properly dispose of a pet's solid waste deposited on any property, public or private, not owned or possessed by that person, Owner or Keeper.
(c) Any owner or keeper that requires the use of a service animal is exempt from the provisions of this section at all times when such service animal is being utilized for its intended purpose.
(d) No person shall keep or harbor any animal or fowl in the Municipality so as to create noxious odors and unsanitary conditions which are a menace to the health, comfort or safety of the public.
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 2-15. Passed 3-2-15.)