[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of Parkside 1-18-1989 by Ord. No. 352. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person who owns, maintains, keeps or has custody of a dog,
cat or other animal shall fail to use all reasonable precautions to
confine or contain such dog, cat or other animal to the property of
such person or the property which the owner, custodian or keeper has
permission to use for such purpose.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to permit any
dog, cat or other animal to become a nuisance in any way within the
Borough of Parkside.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to permit any dog,
cat or other animal to run at large within the Borough of Parkside.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to allow or permit
his or her dog, cat or other animal to be upon any public or private
property, including sidewalks and streets, within the Borough of Parkside
unless said dog, cat or other animal is on a leash or upon property
owned by the owner of said dog, cat or other animal.
C.
Any person or persons who keeps or maintains a dog, cat or other
animal shall be responsible for the immediate removal of droppings
when said dog, cat or other animal is upon property other than that
of the owner; said owner is required to carry and use a plastic bag
and scoop or other suitable equipment for this removal.
No person shall cause or permit any dog, cat or other animal
to run at large in any public place or street in the Borough or tie
or fasten any dog, cat or other animal in any of the streets of the
Borough for the purpose of grazing, feeding or exercising.
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Editor's Note: Former § 69-4, Restriction on
number, was repealed 10-22-2003 by Ord. No. 427.
No person shall harbor or keep any dogs, cats or other animal
which disturbs the peace and quiet of the neighborhood.
No person shall treat an animal in the Borough in a cruel or
inhuman manner. Beating, underfeeding, overloading and abandoning
animals shall be considered cruel and inhuman treatment within the
meaning of this section.
No person shall maintain, keep, harbor or transport any dangerous
or vicious animal of any kind or cause or permit the same to run at
large within the Borough. Exhibitions or parades of animals which
are ferae naturae in the eyes of the law may be conducted only by
securing the written permission of the Chief of Police.
Members of the Police Department and the Animal Control Officer
are hereby authorized to kill any dangerous animal of any kind when
it is necessary for the protection of persons or property.
A.
No person shall maintain or expose any dog, cat or other animal that
is afflicted with a contagious or infectious disease whereby the health
of man or beast may be affected, nor shall any person ship any such
diseased animal or remove it from the premises of the owner thereof
except under the supervision of the Chief of Police, Animal Control
Officer or the Health Officer.
B.
It is hereby made the duty of the Animal Control Officer or the Health
Officer to secure such disposition of any diseased animal and such
treatment of affected premises as to prevent the communication or
spread of the contagion or infection, except in cases where the State
Veterinarian is empowered to act.
[Amended 8-21-1991 by Ord. No. 362]
A.
No person, firm, partnership or corporation shall keep or maintain
an apiary or any live swine or pig, live chicken, turkey, pigeon,
or other domestic or wild fowl within the Borough of Parkside. Exempted
from this prohibition are those domesticated fowl which are presently
maintained in a cage within the living confines of the owner's
residence at the time of the adoption of Ordinance No. 473.
[Amended 11-15-2006 by Ord. No. 473]
B.
No person shall keep or maintain within the Borough of Parkside any
reptile with an overall length in excess of three feet nor any poisonous
reptile regardless of length nor any arachnid.
It shall be the duty and obligation of all owners, lessors or
occupiers of real property within the Borough to provide for the removal
and disposal of any and all dead cats, dogs and other animals upon
such real property. It shall be the duty of the Animal Control Officer
of the Borough to remove and dispose of all dead cats, dogs and other
animals from the streets, highways and other public ways and places
of the Borough.
No person shall cause or allow any stable, house, hut, area
or place where any dog, cat or other animal is or may be kept to become
unclean or unwholesome.
Any dog, cat or other animal found in the Borough either without
a Delaware County license or running at large under conditions set
forth in this chapter is hereby declared to be a nuisance and shall
be impounded as hereinafter provided.
Police officers or the Animal Control Officer of the Borough
are hereby authorized to secure and use, with reasonable precautions,
any device or gun that propels an instrument, pellet or drug for the
purpose of immobilizing or anesthetizing an animal for the purpose
of securing and impounding such animal.
Police officers of the Borough and such other persons as may
be retained by the Council shall act as the Animal Control Officer.
The duty of such Animal Control Officer shall be to take into custody
any and all dogs, cats or other animals found in violation of any
provision of this chapter and not restrained, leashed or secured upon
the owner's property or property which the owner has permission
to use and to convey the same to such shelter or pound as is from
time to time designated by the Council. A notice of seizure shall
be sent to the owner of such dog, cat or other animal, if known, in
accordance with commonwealth law.
A.
The owner of any dog, cat or other animal found violating the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction, pay a fine of $100, plus costs,
for the first violation; $150, plus costs, for the second violation
committed within a period of one year; $200, plus costs, for the third
violation committed within a period of one year; $250, plus costs,
for the fourth violation committed within a period of one year; and
$300, plus costs, for subsequent violations committed within a period
of one year. Failure to pay the above fines and costs shall subject
the owner to arrest and imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 days.
[Amended 5-24-2006 by Ord. No. 471]
B.
For the purpose of this section, "one year" shall mean 365 days from
the date of the first violation.
[Amended 8-24-2016 by Ord. No. 526]
Any dog, cat or other animal taken to the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals, or any other Commonwealth-licensed animal shelter
or veterinary hospital that may be approved by vote of the Borough
Council of Parkside, shall subject the owner of said dog, cat or other
animal to any additional cost or fee or charge which said animal shelter
or hospital shall impose to accept such dog, cat or other animal,
in addition to the fines and costs set forth in this chapter.
