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AMENDED - Repealing and recreating Section 7.322(4) of the Madison General Ordinances to create an exemption for animals working for the police department.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This ordinance repeals and recreates subsection (4), which creates an exemption for owners or keepers of animals that are working in their official police capacity.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
Subsection (4) of Section 7.322 entitled "Animal Defecation On Public Or Private Property Regulated" of the Madison General Ordinances is repealed and recreated to read as follows:
"7.322 ANIMAL DEFECATION ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY REGULATED.
(1) No owner or keeper shall suffer or permit any animal to defecate upon any property other than that of animal owner or keeper without immediately causing such defecation to be removed therefrom and properly disposed of. Proper disposal of animal waste shall be limited to burial where lawfully permitted and flushing in the toilet. Proper disposal of dog waste shall be limited to burial where lawfully permitted, flushing in the toilet, and disposal in a waste receptacle so designated in a public park or park area, wherein dogs are permitted.
(2) No owner or keeper of any animals shall appear with such animal on any sidewalk, street, park or other public area or on any private property neither owned nor occupied by said person without the means of removal of any feces left by the animal.
(3) Any person violating any provision of this ordinance may be subject to a forfeiture of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200).
(4) These amendments to Section 7.322, Madison General Ordinances, shall be effective on May 15, 1996.
(4) Owners or keepers of animals that are working in their official police capacity are exempt from this ordinance in ...
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