§ 5-4.207.1. Removal of Animal Defecation.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person owning or being in charge, care, control or custody of any dog or cat or other household pet, referred to as "animal" in this section, to permit, either willfully or through failure to exercise due care or control, such animal to defecate and to allow the feces to remain upon a public park, sidewalk, roadway of any public street or on any property not owned or possessed by the owner or person being in charge, care, control or custody of the animal. The person owning or being in charge, care, control or custody of any animal shall immediately and securely enclose all feces deposited by such animal in a bag, wrapper or other container and dispose of it in a sanitary manner.

(b)

Failure of any person owning or being in charge, care, control or custody of any animal to remove such feces immediately from the above-described property shall constitute a violation of this section and shall be punishable as an infraction.

(c)

The provisions of this section shall not apply to visually handicapped persons who have the charge or control of a guide dog.

(d)

Violation of this section shall be an infraction punishable by a fine of fifty dollars ($50.00) for the first offense and two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each subsequent offense.

(Added by Ord. 2853-C.S., § 1, effective 6-3-93)