Animal Wastes, Manure
Contents
- About Animal Wastes
- Ordinance Provisions
- Related MRSC Pages
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 that make the pet owner or other person in 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 the Agricultural Practices - Farm Wastes section of our Salmon Restoration Program page.
- Pet Waste Outreach Campaign, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services - Provides The Inside Scoop: How to Conduct a Pet Waste Outreach Campaign manual
- Pet Waste Management, EPA - Public Education and Outreach on Stormwater Impacts
- Pollution Prevention Fact Sheet: Animal Waste Collection, Stormwater Center
- Managing Pet and Wildlife Waste to Prevent Contamination of Drinking Water (
), EPA Source Water Protection Practices Bulletin, EPA 916-F-01-027, 07/2001
- Tackling Dog Waste, by Roxanne Hawn, Parks and Recreation, 07/2009 (Available through MRSC Library Loan)
- Marysville Pet Waste Management
- Thurston County
- The Connection Between Pet Waste and Water Quality, Shellfish Protection For Henderson Inlet and Nisqually Reach, Thurston County
- Don't Let your Pet Pollute (brochure)(), Thurston County Public Health and Social Services
Ordinance Provisions
- Algona Municipal Code Sec. 6.20.050 - Manure (Livestock)
- Bellingham Municipal Code Sec. 7.08.110 (see D & E) - Infractions - Penalty
- Bothell Ordinance No. 2077 (
) - Requirement to removal animal fecal matter to prevent contaminated runoff and be in possession of bag to remove animal feces when accompanied by an animal, passed 11/15/2011
- Cashmere Municipal Code Sec. 13.15.040 - Depositing or Permitting Waste Prohibited (Wastewater System)
- Edmonds Municipal Code Sec. 5.05.070 - Animal Waste
- Gig Harbor Municipal Code Ch. 6.06 - Animal Fecal Matter
- Seattle Municipal Code Sec. 9.25.082 - Offenses Relating to Safety and Sanitation
- Spokane Municipal Code Sec.10.03.100 - Offenses Relating to Safety and Sanitation
- Tacoma Municipal Code Sec. 5.20.255 () - Removal of Animal Waste
Related MRSC Resources