It shall be unlawful for any person who possesses or is in charge of any dog, cat, or animal not to immediately remove excrement deposited by a dog or animal upon a common thoroughfare, street, sidewalk, play area, park or upon city property, or upon any private property when permission of the owner or tenant of said property has not been obtained, and such is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and prohibited. Any person accompanied by any creature in public or private property, other than his or her own, must carry with him or her visible means of cleaning up any fecal matter left by the animal.
(Prior Code, § 7-3-10) Penalty, see § 90.99