What Can I do about Feces Being Left in My Yard?

If your neighbor’s animals are leaving feces in your yard or a neighbor is not picking up their animals feces in their yard, per City Ordinance 205.520, the owner or person in control of the animal is required to pick up the deposited feces, and if he/she is in violation of this ordinance, a summons may be issued to the owner. 

To report violations of this ordinance, contact the Wentzville Police Department Animal Control Division at (636) 327-5105.

Section 205.520: Regulation of Animal Feces

A. It shall be unlawful for owner or controlling party to allow or permit such animal to defecate upon any private property owned by another, condominium common elements, or public property unless such person shall promptly remove all feces so deposited by such animal and dispose of it in a proper manner in an appropriate container.

B. The owner or controlling party  shall remove fecal matter deposited by the animal on their property, someone else’s property, or in a public place, including but not limited to streets, sidewalks, parking lots, and public parks and dispose of all fecal accumulations in any pen, run, cage or yard where any animal is kept in such a manner as to prevent the unsightly accumulation of fecal matter, the breeding of flies or other insects, the creation of offensive, disagreeable or noxious odors or other nuisance conditions and shall remove and properly dispose of such feces.

C. Any person found to be in violation of the provisions of this Section shall be subject upon such finding to a fine of up to five hundred dollars ($500).