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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 10-313 Animal waste.">
  <section prefix="§" num="10-313" heading="Animal waste.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the owner or custodian of an animal must:<para num="(1)">have in his or her possession a means for the removal and sanitary disposal of the animal’s feces; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">immediately remove all feces left by the animal:<para num="(i)">on that person’s or any other person’s private property; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">on any public property, including any street, sidewalk, foot path, median, gutter, alley, park, or recreation area.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Deposit in storm drain, etc., prohibited.">The owner or custodian of an animal may not dispose of the animal’s feces by placing them in a storm drain or watershed area.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Exceptions.">Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to:<para num="(1)">an animal owned by and while working for a law enforcement or other governmental agency; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">an animal professionally trained to aid the visually, hearing, or mobility disabled, while actually being used for that purpose.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 11, §36</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 05-121</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-573</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
