(a) The feces deposited by the defecation of any animal upon any public land, street or right of way or upon the land of any private property owner other than the property of the owner of the animal or the person in control of the animal, create an unsanitary and unhealthy condition and is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(b) It shall be the duty of the owner or the person in charge of any animal which defecates upon any lawn, street, alley or any other public or private property, other than the property of the owner or the person in charge or control of such animal, to immediately remove all feces deposited by such animal and dispose of same in a sanitary manner.
(c) Where the owner or person in control of such animal immediately, and before taking the animal from the area where the defecation occurred, cleans the area and removes the feces and disposes of it in a sanitary manner in a proper receptacle, the nuisance shall be considered abated.
(d) The accumulation of defecation upon any property where animals are kept creates an unsanitary and unhealthy condition and is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(e) No person being the owner or person in control of any animal shall permit the accumulation of defecation upon the property where the animal is kept. The owner or person in control of the animal shall maintain the property where the animal is kept in a clean and sanitary condition by regular removal of the defecation of such animal in a properly sealed sanitary receptacle.
(f) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 1435. Passed 11-13-07.)