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NOTICE:

The City of Charlevoix has enacted Ordinance Number 651. It provides rules for the owners of dogs in regards to the handling of
waste created by their dogs. Below is an overview of the Ordinance.

ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 113 IN PART READS:

NO PERSON OWNING, KEEPING, OR IN CHARGE OF ANY DOG SHALL ALLOW DOG TO DEFECATE ON ANY PUBLIC PROPERTY, PUBLIC SIDEWALK, PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY, OR UPON ANY OTHER TYPE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY WHATSOEVER, OR UPON ANY PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY
UNLESS THE PERSON WHO OWNS, KEEPS OR IS IN CHARGE OF THE DOG SHALL IMMEDIATELY REMOVE ALL DROPPINGS DEPOSITED BY THE DOG BY A SANITARY METHOD AND IS DISPOSED OF IN A SANITARY METHOD ON THE PROPERTY OF THE PERSON OWNING, KEEPING OR IN CHARGE OF THE DOG, OR IS PLACED IN A PUBLIC
REFUSE RECEPTICLE IF THE DROPPINGS ARE IN AN AIRTIGHT CONTAINER OR AIRTIGHT BAG.

THE ORDINANCE FURTHER NOTES THAT:

1. THE PERSON SHALL HAVE WITH THEM A CONTAINER TO REMOVE THE DROPPINGS, AND MUST SHOW IT TO A POLICE OFFICER IF REQUESTED.

2. FROM MEMORIAL DAY TO LABOR DAY NO DOG IS PERMITTED ON THE SAND PORTION OF ANY BEACH IN THE CITY.

3. FINES FOR VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE ARE NOT LESS THAN $25.00 FOR THE FIRST OFFENSE, $50.00 FOR THE SECOND OFFENSE, AND $250.00 FOR THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES. VIOLATIONS ARE A CIVIL INFRACTION.

EFFECTIVE MAY 5TH, 1999

So remember to take a scoop, and a plastic bag with you if you take fido for a stroll around the neighborhood.

City of Charlevoix Police Department
210 State Street, Charlevoix, MI 49720
Phone: 231-547-3258 (Emergency & After Hours dial 911 )
Fax: 231-547-3255
Email: police@cityofcharlevoix.org