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Sec. B31-13. Public nuisance.

(a) No person owning/as the guardian of or having control of any animal or animals shall permit such animal(s) to do any of the following:

(1) Defecate or urinate on private property other than that of the owner/guardian or the person having control of the animal;

(2) Defecate or urinate on public property without immediately cleaning or removing the excrement to a proper receptacle;

(3) Permit an animal to obstruct the reasonable and comfortable use of property in any neighborhood or community by chasing vehicles, molesting passers by, barking, howling, baying or making any other noise;

(4) Permit unsanitary conditions to exist on the premises where said animal or animals are kept which would cause unreasonable odors, attract excessive flies or vermin, cause erosion, impair water quality or otherwise be injurious to public health and safety, or be indecent, or be offensive to the senses, or be an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property by the neighborhood, community or persons.

(b) The Animal Control Officer may seize and impound any animal or animals causing a public nuisance, subject to the procedure set forth in Chapter 2, herein.

(c) A violation of this section is hereby declared a public nuisance.

(Ord. No. NS-300.745, § 1, 5-2-06)

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