(a) No person owning or responsible for a dog shall permit the dog to defecate on any public property or right of way or on any private property other than the property owned or leased by the person owning or responsible for the dog.
(b) It is a specific defense to a charge of violating this section that the person charged immediately removed the excrement and properly disposed of it in a sanitary manner.
(c) It is a specific defense to a charge of violating this section that the dog involved is a certified working dog trained to assist disabled individuals and that the person charged has a disability which prevents the individual from removing the excrement and properly disposing of it in a sanitary manner.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 22-08. Passed 7-10-08.)