610.01 Definition of owner.
610.02 Dogs at large.
610.03 Seizure; right of entry.
610.04 Barking and howling of dogs.
610.05 Injury to humans.
610.06 Interpretation.
610.07 Animal Warden
610.08 Disturbance of trash.
610.09 Hunting prohibited.
610.095 Curbing of dogs, cats, etc.
610.10 Costs of enforcement.
610.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES:
Dogs at large - see 1st Class § 1502-XXX
Board of Health to inspect hog pens - see 1st Class §1608
Cruelty to animals - see Crimes Code § 5511
False registration of domestic animals - see Crimes Code §6707
Animals - see H. & S. Ch. 1808
Disposal of dead animals - see H. & S. 1860.04
Rabies control - see H. & S. Ch. 1868
As used in this chapter, “owner” means any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind, having a right of proprietorship or ownership in a dog, keeping or harboring a dog or having in its care, or permitting a dog to remain on or about any premises occupied by such owner. (Ord. 415. Passed 7-21-76.)
No owner of any dog licensed or unlicensed shall
permit such dog to run at large unaccompanied by such owner. A dog shall be
deemed to be "at large" if it is off the premises of it's owner and
not under the immediate control and not on a leash or chain that is no longer
that twelve (12) feet in length with a responsible person in control of the dog.
610.03 SEIZURE; RIGHT OF ENTRY.
It shall be the duty of the Township police and/or the official Animal Warden of the Township to seize and detain any dog, whether they are licensed or unlicensed, which is found running at large either upon the public streets or highways of the Township or upon the property of other than the owner of such dog. The Township police and/or the official Animal Warden are hereby authorized to go upon any premises and enter any building to seize and detain any dog which has been found running at large unaccompanied by the owner or keeper, when such Township police and/or the official Animal Warden are in the immediate pursuit of any such dog. (Ord. 415. Passed 7-21-76.)
610.04 BARKING AND HOWLING DOGS.
No owner of any dog shall permit such dog to cause annoyance to the residents of the Township or to other persons lawfully in the Township, by continually barking, yelping, howling or causing any other unseemly noise. (Ord. 415. Passed 7-21-76.)
No owner of any dog shall permit such dog to injure any human being by biting, jumping on, knocking down or attacking such human being. (Ord. 415. Passed 7-21-76.)
This chapter shall be supplemental to any laws of the Commonwealth hereinbefore or hereafter adopted covering dogs within the Commonwealth and specifically in the Township. (Ord. 415. Passed 7-21-76.)