Chapter 5.32
OFFENSES RELATING TO SANITATION
Sections:
5.32.020 Violation and Penalty
5.32.010 Sanitation.
It is unlawful for any owner to:
A. Allow the accumulation of animal feces in any open area, run, cage or yard wherein animals are kept, or to fail to remove or dispose of feces at least once every seventy-two hours;
B. Fail to remove the fecal matter deposited by his or her animal on public property, public easement or private property not owned by the animal owner before the animal owner leaves the immediate area where the fecal matter was deposited;
C. Failure to have in his or her possession the equipment necessary to remove his or her animal’s fecal matter when accompanied by the animal on public property, public easement or private property not owned by the animal owner.
D. Have possession or control of any animal sick or afflicted with any infectious or contagious disease and fail to provide treatment for such infection or disease, or suffer or permit such diseased animal or infected animal to run at large, or to come in contact with other animals, or drink at any public or a common watering trough or stream accessible to other animals.
5.32.020 Violation and Penalty.
A. Failure to comply with any provision of this chapter or violation of any provision of this chapter is a civil infraction for first and second offenses occurring within a 365 day period.
1. For the first offense the fee for such violation shall be set equivalent to the Basic Rule violation as set forth in the Justice Information System (JIS) Law Table as published by the Administrative Office of the Courts.
2. For the second offense the fee for such violation shall be set equivalent to double the Basic Rule violation as set forth in the Justice Information System (JIS) Law Table as published by the Administrative Office of the Courts.
B. Third or subsequent offenses of this chapter within a 365 day period shall either be
1. A misdemeanor subject to a jail term of not more than 90 days, a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both such fine and imprisonment or
2. Subject to enforcement pursuant to Title 17 of the Lake Stevens Municipal Code.
(Ord. 717, 2005)