HomeMy WebLinkAbout2765 Dog Waste RemovalORDINANCE NO. ~ 7~ ~
AN ORDINANCE ADDING SECTION 9.16.055 TO THE
ASHLAND MUNICIPAL CODE TO REQUIRE REMOVAL OF
DOG WASTE FROM PUBLIC AREAS AND PRIVATE
PROPERTY.
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 9.16.055 is added to the Ashland Municipal Code:
9.16.055 Removal of Dog Waste. Any person, with the exception of a sightless
person, responsible for any dog, shall be in possession of tools for the removal
of, and shall remove, excrement deposited by the dog:
A. In any public area not designed to receive those wastes, including but not
limited to streets, sidewalks, parking strips, the Plaza islands, city parks and
trails or roads paralleling ditches, swales, culverts, canals and similar facilities
owned or operated by the Talent Irrigation District or the City of Ashland, or
B. On any private property. It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution on any
charge under this subsection that the property owner or person in charge of the
property consented to such use of the property.
The foregoing ordinance was first READ on the
1995, and duly PASSED and ADOPTED this
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Barbara Christensen, City Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this
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day of,~,,~~::~~~, 1995.
Catherine M. Golden, Mayor
Approved as to form:
Paul Nolte, City Attorney
1-REMOVAL Of DOG EXCREMENT ORDINANCE (p:ord\dogxcrrnt.cg2)