ANIMAL DEFECATION ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY REGULATED.
Madison General Ordinances § 7.322
in effect7.322 - ANIMAL DEFECATION ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY REGULATED.
(1) No owner or keeper shall suffer or permit any animal to defecate upon any property other than that of animal owner or keeper without immediately causing such defecation to be removed therefrom and properly disposed of. Proper disposal of animal waste shall be limited to burial where lawfully permitted, bagging for disposal in the owner or keeper's waste receptacle or a waste receptacle designated for animal waste in a public park or park area, and flushing in the toilet.
(2) No owner or keeper of any animals shall appear with such animal on any sidewalk, street, park or other public area or on any private property neither owned nor occupied by said person without the means of removal of any feces left by the animal.
(3) No owner or caretaker of an animal shall permit such animal to urinate, defecate, or expel other bodily fluids onto an elevated balcony, porch or platform, if said balcony, porch or platform is located above property owned or rented by another person.
(4) Owners or keepers of animals that are working in their official police capacity are exempt from this ordinance in situations where safety or professional duties would be compromised. (Rep. & Recr. by ORD-07-00115, 9-22-07)
(5) Any person violating any provision of this ordinance may be subject to a forfeiture of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200).
(Sec. 7.322 Am. by Ord. 11,547, 3-14-96; Am. by ORD-18-00018, 2-16-18)
Source: City of Madison, Wisconsin, Madison General Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wi/madison/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COORMAWIVOICH1--10_CH7PUHE_7.322ANDEPUPRPRREFetched: 11/1/2026