(a) The defecation of any animal is hereby declared to be a nuisance, creating an unsanitary and unhealthy condition, causing an accumulation of insects and bacteria, in violation of the regulations of this section, and is hereby declared to be unlawful.
(b) No person being the owner or in charge or control of any animal shall permit such animal to defecate upon any public land or any private land other than the land where the owner or person in charge of such animal resides.
(c) Where the owner or person in charge or control of any animal which defecates on any such prohibited land shall immediately clean such and cause its removal to a proper receptacle, such nuisance shall be considered abated.
(d) The terms of this section shall not apply to any animal which has been expressly invited to enter upon the private property by the owner of such property, or to any dog trained and used as a seeing eye or guide dog.
(e) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. A separate offense shall be deemed committed for each successive day a violation occurs.
(Ord. 2022-052. Passed 10-13-22.)