[Ord. 427, 4/4/2006]
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any wild animal at any place within the Township, except where the same shall be permitted under the Zoning Ordinance [Chapter
27], in a park, zoological garden, or similar establishment for exhibit to the public or to any portion thereof.
[Ord. 427, 4/4/2006]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a
fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment
of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30
days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
[Ord. 330, 4/5/1988, § 1]
No person shall keep or harbor any dog, cat, or other animal
in the Township so as to create offensive odors, excessive noise,
or unsanitary conditions which are a menace to the health, comfort,
or safety of the public, or otherwise permit the commission or existence
of a nuisance as defined herein.
[Ord. 330, 4/5/1988, § 2]
Any dog, cat, or other animal, which by frequent and habitual
barking, howling, screeching, yelping, or baying, or in any way or
manner disturbs the quiet of any person or the community, or which
disturbs or endangers the comfort, repose of health of persons, is
hereby declared to be committing a nuisance. No owner or person having
custody of such animal shall harbor or permit it to commit such a
nuisance.
[Ord. 330, 4/5/1988, §§ 3 and 4]
1. Any dog, cat, or other animal which scratches, digs, or defecates
upon any lawn, tree, shrub, plant, building, or any other public or
private property, other than the property of the owner or person in
charge or control of such animal, is hereby declared to be a nuisance.
2. No person being the owner or in charge or control of any dog, cat,
or other animal shall permit such animal to commit a nuisance on any
school grounds, city park, or other public property, or upon any private
property other than that of the owner or person in charge or control
of such dog, cat, or other animal without the permission of the owner
of such property. Where the owner or person in charge or control of
such animal immediately removes all feces deposited by such animal
and disposes of the same in a sanitary manner, such type of nuisance
shall be considered abated.
3. Unauthorized Feeding or Providing Care and Sustenance to Stray Cats,
Dogs, or Other Stray Animals Is Prohibited as a Nuisance. It is hereby
declared to be a nuisance, and shall be unlawful, for any person to
intentionally provide food, water, or other forms of sustenance or
care to any stray, feral, free-roaming, or homeless cat, dog, or other
stray animal, or to allow other persons to engage in such activities
on his/her property; provided, however, that nothing herein shall
prohibit the Township Board of Commissioners from issuing, upon request,
a special permit to allow authorized person(s), group(s), or benevolent
association(s) to engage in such activities on designated public or
private lands, but only if conducted as part of an approved comprehensive
program under which such person(s), group(s), or association(s) agree
to assume full responsibility for such animals by providing the animal(s)
with continued humane treatment, including proper food, water, shelter,
veterinarian care, rabies vaccination, and altering (i.e., spaying
or neutering).
[Added by Ord. No. 461, 11/26/2012]
[Ord. 330, 4/5/1988, § 5]
Persons with defective eyesight or hearing while relying upon
a dog specifically trained for these purposes shall be exempt from
compliance with this section.
[Ord. 330, 4/5/1988, § 6; as amended by Ord. 427, 4/4/2006]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a
fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment
of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30
days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute
a separate offense.