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Pollution of public water. The keeping, storing, stabling or maintenance of any animal in any district shall not directly contribute to the pollution of any public body of water. (f) Sanitary conditions. (1) Any person who owns, keeps, harbors, or has charge or control of a dog shall immediately collect and remove any and all feces deposited by the dog on public property or on private property not occupied by or under the control of that person. (2) While such a person is with any such dog on property not occupied by or under the control of that person, such person shall have in his immediate physical possession a means to collect and sanitarily dispose of all the dog's fecal matter deposited on public property or the private property of another. (3) Any person who owns, keeps, harbors, or has charge or control of a dog in or upon premises or land occupied by, or under the control of, that person shall frequently collect and remove any accumulation of dog fecal matter that is unhealthy or offensive to any person or neighborhood. (4) The premises on which any animal is kept or maintained shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition and shall not be a harbor for rodents, flies, or insects. (Code 1984, § 430:87) Sec. 6-19. - Dead animals. Disposal of dead animals is regulated as follows: (1) The term "body" does not include the ashes of a cremated animal. (2) The body of any animal that dies in the city shall, within 24 hours of death, be cremated, removed from the city, or buried in accordance with the terms of this section. No animal weighing more than 100 pounds shall be buried in the city except as provided in subsection (4) of this section. (3) Burial of an animal shall be at a minimum depth of at least three feet and in a manner designed so as to prevent exposure of the carcass by erosion, the digging by other animals, or any other reasonably foreseeable act or occurrence. No animal shall be buried in any area deemed by the city to pose a threat to the public's health, safety or welfare, such as low swampy areas, areas which may be subject to flooding, areas in close proximity to any water table, or under any other conditions, soil or otherwise, which could create the potential threat to the public's health, safety or welfare, unless proof acceptable to the city is provided showing that any such condition present or likely to be present will not pose such a threat or will be neutralized so as to substantially eliminate such a threat. (4) Dead animals may be buried in a pet or animal cemetery established within the city with the consent of the city council. Burials shall be made in such cemetery pursuant to such terms and conditions as are established by the council and the owner of the cemetery. (5) No person shall assist in, countenance or allow any interment or deposit of a dead animal or any other activity in violation of provisions of this section. (Code 1984, § 430:90) Sec. 6-20. - Wild animal feeding prohibitions. (a)