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City of San Mateo Municipal Code.

8.04.030 CANINE FECES.

It is unlawful for any person owning or having control or custody of any dog:

(a) To permit or allow the dog to defecate upon the public property of the City or upon the private property of another person without the consent of the occupant or owner of that property unless the owner or the person having control or custody of the dog immediately removes the feces and properly disposes of it;

(b) To walk a dog on public property of the City or upon the private property of a person without carrying at all times a suitable container or other suitable instrument for the removal and disposal of canine feces; or

(c) To fail to dispose of the container of the feces in a sanitary manner.