[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Economy 8-12-1980
as Ord. No. 223. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person who owns or keeps any dog to permit
such dog to run at large in the Borough of Economy in violation of the provisions
of the Dog Law of 1965 (3 P.S. § 460-101 et seq.). Any dog running
at large in violation of said law shall be subject to seizure, detention and
disposal as provided therein.
It shall be unlawful to own, harbor or keep in custody any dog which
disturbs the peace by barking, howling or making other loud noises to the
annoyance and discomfort of any person in the Borough of Economy. Continuous
barking, howling or the making of other loud noises by any dog for more than
any one hour or continuous barking for periods of less than one hour but more
than 1/2 hour, which periods occur on two or more consecutive days, shall
be deemed to be a disturbance of the peace and a cause of annoyance and discomfort
to persons in the Borough of Economy.
A.
Any person may request the Borough Police Department
to warn any person who shall own, harbor or keep in custody any dog which
disturbs the peace by barking, howling or making other loud noise to the annoyance
and discomfort of persons in the Borough of Economy.
B.
A warning by the police shall consist of a delivery of
a copy of this chapter to the residence in the Borough of Economy of any such
owner, keeper or custodian. In the absence of any such warning made by said
police, the complaining person may request the Secretary of the Borough of
Economy to provide such warning.
C.
Any such request shall be in writing and shall identify
and specify the residence of the owner, keeper or custodian of the dog or
other animal and shall identify and specify the residence of the person making
the request. Upon receipt of such request, the Borough Secretary shall mail
a copy of this chapter to the person identified as the owner, keeper or custodian
of the dog or other animal.
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog to permit said dog to
injure any human being by biting, jumping on, knocking down or attacking said
human being, except policemen's dogs used by the Borough Police Department
for the purpose of keeping peace and maintaining law and order.
No person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of any dog shall cause,
suffer or allow such dog to soil, defile, defecate on or commit any nuisance
on any common thoroughfare, sidewalk, passageway, bypath, play area, park
or any place where people congregate or walk or on any public property whatsoever
or on any private property without the permission of the owner of said property.
It shall be unlawful to keep four or more dogs six months of age or
older on any premises, regardless of the number of owners; provided, however,
that this section shall not apply to any premises for which a kennel license
has been obtained pursuant to the Dog Law of 1965 (3 P.S. § 460-208
et seq.).
[Amended 2-10-1987 by Ord. No. 274]
Any person who violates or fails to comply with the provisions of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a summary offense, punishable
by a fine not to exceed $300 and, in default of payment of such fine, by a
term of imprisonment in the county jail of not more than 90 days. The continuation
of such violation for each successive day shall constitute a separate offense,
and the person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation of a violation
may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.
