Animal Wastes, Manure
Contents
- About Animal Wastes
- Ordinance Provisions
- Related MRSC Web Pages
- Wildlife Nuisances - Birds
About Animal Wastes
Most nuisance and animal control ordinances have provisions that require pet owners to properly dispose of animal wastes. Failing to do so interferes with the public's use of sidewalks, parks, and other public areas and can create unsanitary conditions on public and private property. This problem is most often addressed through adoption of "pooper scooper" provisions which make the pet owner or other person having charge of an animal responsible for removing wastes deposited by the animal on public or private property, other than the premises of the owner. Some communities make it a violation for a pet owner to fail to have in their possession the equipment necessary to remove animal wastes while accompanying the animal on public property. See examples from Edmonds and Seattle below. For Dairy Waste Issues see Agricultural Practices - Farm Wastes section of Salmon Restoration Program Page.
- Pet Waste Outreach Campaign - New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services - Provides manual, The Inside Scoop: How to Conduct a Pet Waste Outreach Campaign
- Pet Waste Management - Public Education and Outreach on Stormwater Impacts, EPA
- Pollution Prevention Fact Sheet: Animal Waste Collection - Stormwater Center
- Managing Pet and Wildlife Waste to Prevent Contamination of Drinking Water (
101 KB), EPA Source Water Protection Practices Bulletin, EPA 916-F-01-027, July 2001
- Thurston County
- The Connection Between Pet Waste and Water Quality - Thurston County, Shellfish Protection
For Henderson Inlet and Nisqually Reach - Don't Let your Pet Pollution (brochure) ( 1.19 MB) - Thurston County Public Health and Social Services
- The Connection Between Pet Waste and Water Quality - Thurston County, Shellfish Protection
Ordinance Provisions
- Algona Municipal Code Section 6.20.050 - Manure (Livestock)
- Bellingham Municipal Code Section 7.08.110 (See D & E) - Infractions - Penalty
- Cashmere Municipal Code Section 13.15.040 - Depositing or Permitting Waste Prohibited (Wastewater System).
- Edmonds Municipal Code Section 5.05.070 - Animal Waste
- Gig Harbor Municipal Code Ch. 6.06 ( 35 KB) - Animal Fecal Matter
- Moxee Municipal Code Section 8.05.020 Nuisances designated .... (e) Any animal manure not securely protected from flies or weather conditions, or which is kept and handled in violation of city ordinances;...(Ord. 503 § 3, 1993)
- Seattle Municipal Code Section 9.25.082 - Offenses Relating to Safety and Sanitation
- Spokane Municipal Code Section 10.03.100 - Offenses Relating to Safety and Sanitation
- Tacoma Municipal Code Section 5.20.225 ( 432 KB) - Removal of Animal Waste