As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Real and personal property and shall include but not be limited
to shrubbery, grass, flowers and other plants.
[Adopted 9-20-1991 by Ord. No. 262 (Ch.
106, Art. V, of the 1992 Code)]
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog
or any person exercising control thereof to permit such animal to
damage, soil, defile or defecate or urinate upon any private property
within the Town not owned or leased by such person; provided, however,
that it shall be a defense to a charge of violating this section if
the feces were immediately removed and disposed of in a sanitary manner
by the person exercising control over such dog.
A.
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog or the
person exercising control thereof to permit such animal to damage
or defile public property.
B.
If any dog shall defecate upon any public property,
the feces shall be immediately removed by the owner or person exercising
control over such dog and disposed of in a sanitary manner, and failure
to do so shall constitute a violation of this article.
This article shall not apply to any specially
trained companion dog accompanying a disabled person (e.g., Seeing
Eye dog).