8.10.120 Animals and animal excrement.
A. It is prohibited for any person to permit, allow or cause any animal owned by, or under the care of, the person to run at large in the city.
B. It is prohibited for any person to permit, allow or cause excrement from an animal owned by, or under the care of, the person to remain on any public way or premises not owned by the person. A person must remove all excrement from an animal under their ownership or control from the public way premises within a reasonable period of time.
C. A person in charge of a premises must not permit, allow or cause to exist any accumulation of animal excrement on the premises that is:
1. Injurious or detrimental to the public health, welfare or safety; or
2. Not removed from the premises within a reasonable time.
D. The prohibition described in this section does not apply to animal excrement from livestock that:
1. Is accumulated for farm or agricultural purposes;
2. Does not produce odors on adjacent properties; and
3. Is not otherwise a danger to public health, welfare or safety.
E. In addition to any corrective action ordered by the city, a person found to have violated the provisions of this section may be assessed a civil penalty. The amount of the civil penalty assessed for each day of continuing violation will not exceed the amount established for a Class 5 code violation. (Ord. 5079 §1 (Exh. 1 (part)), 2019).