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1 It shall be unlawful for any person owning or having control or custody of any dog: (a) To permit or allow the dog to defecate upon public property, including, but not limited to, any 2 sidewalk, street, park, public right-of-way, or other public area, within the City unless the owner or the person having control or custody of the dog immediately removes the feces and property disposes the 3 container of the feces in a sanitary manner; or (b) To permit or allow the dog to defecate upon private property neither owned nor occupied by said 4 person unless the owner or the person having control or custody of the dog immediately removes the feces and property disposes the container of the feces in a sanitary manner; or 5 (c) To walk a dog on public or private property without carrying at all times a suitable containeror other suitable instrument for the removal and disposal of canine feces. 6 12.40.20 Method of Disposal. 7 8 Any person owning or having control or custody of a dog will have on or near their person a tool or device, such as a plastic bag, or any other disposable vessel that can be used to fully clean-up and 9 contain the feces, unexposed to said person or the public, until it can be disposed of in a trash can or other appropriate recepticle. Such a device must be produced and shown to anyone authorized to 10 enforce this chapter upon request. 11 12.40.30 Enforcement. 12 Violation of this chapter shall be punishable as follows: First Offense (over a 12 -month period) $ 50.00 13 Second Offense (over a 12 -month period) $100.00 Third Offense and each subsequent offense (over a 12 -month period) $150.00 14 12.40.40 Exemption. 15 This chapter shall not apply to a dog accompanying any handicapped person who, by reason of his 16 or her handicap, is physically unable to comply with the requirements of this chapter or to any 17 individual who utilizes a guide dog. 18 SECTION 2. If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of 19 the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Ordinance are severable. 20 SECTION 3: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and cause the 21 same or a summary thereof to be published within fifteen (15) days after adoption in a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in Colton, California, and the Ordinance shall take effect 22 thirty (30) days after its enactment in accordance with the provisions of California law. 23 PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED, this 16 day of July, 2002. 24 �)o I L__�L \-8"/n 22_1�� 25 DEIRDRE H. BENNETT, Mayor ATTEST: 26 27 28 CAROLINA P. BARRERA, City Clerk RVPUB\AYC\634912 -2-