A. Sanitary Premises: It shall be unlawful for the owner, caretaker or person in charge of any dog, cat, horse or other animal to permit excrement or droppings from any of said animals to collect on the premises of said person causing odor or an unsanitary condition. Each owner, caretaker or person in charge of an animal shall prevent said animal from interfering with any neighboring residents' peaceful and quiet enjoyment of their property.
B. Owner To Clean Up Droppings: It shall be unlawful for any owner, caretaker or person in charge of a dog, cat, horse or other animal to fail to clean up and/or remove as soon as possible any excrement or droppings deposited by said dog, cat, horse or other animal on any real estate, whether privately owned or publicly owned, other than on the premises of the owner, caretaker or person in charge; provided, however, that the foregoing does not apply to excrement or droppings deposited by Waterloo police dogs or horses when police officers are using said dogs or horses for official police duties.
C. Confined Animal Waste Disposal Systems; Exterior Residential Use Only: Anyone who owns or otherwise cares for any animal in a residential zone, as defined in the Waterloo zoning ordinance, and who intends to install a confined waste system shall conform to all of the following requirements:
1. The confined waste system container (hereinafter "container") shall have a maximum volume of two and thirty six hundredths (2.36) cubic feet or seventeen and seventy two hundredths (17.72) gallons.
2. The container shall be placed in an area of the property not normally occupied or used for play or recreation, and the container shall be buried so that the lid remains exposed.
3. The container shall have a waterproof lid that shall remain closed at all times. The lid may be removed only when animal excrement or droppings are deposited or added. The lid shall, thereafter, be immediately replaced.
4. Lime or activated enzymes shall be added periodically to promote the continued decomposition of waste.
5. Enforcement of this subsection shall be by the Black Hawk County health department and/or the animal control officer, as designated by the city council. (Ord. 5204, 3-10-2014; amd. Ord. 5684, 1-17-2023)