[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Riverside as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-4-1996 by Ord. No. 1296]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation.
If dogs are confined in outside quarters (including leashed),
they shall be kept no closer than 10 feet to the property line of
any neighboring dwelling.
Such owner living in a residential or commercial zoned area
shall be required to follow such procedures and practices as to limit
the number of such dogs to be kept to four and, as to sanitation and
odor control, to ensure that no nuisance shall be created, and no
threat to the health of persons living on the premises where such
domestic dogs are kept, or to the health and quiet enjoyment of persons
living elsewhere, shall be created.
Every keeper of any dog shall cause the litter and droppings
therefrom to be collected daily in a container or receptacle that,
when closed, shall be rodentproof and flytight and, after every such
collection, shall cause such container or receptacle to be kept closed.
At least once a week, every such keeper shall cause all litter and
droppings so collected to be disposed of in such manner as not to
permit the presence of fly larvae or malodorous condition.
Every keeper of any dog shall cause all feed provided therefor
to be stored and kept in a rodentproof and flytight building, box,
container, or receptacle.
It shall be illegal for any person to suffer or permit any dog
owned, kept, maintained or in the custody or control of such person
to disturb the peace and quiet of the neighborhood by barking, howling,
whining or making other loud or unusual noises lasting longer than
30 consecutive minutes. A complainant wishing to report the incident
shall document the date and times of the disturbance, and this document
shall be turned over to the Riverside Police Department.
A.
Any person who walks any dog within the Borough shall
not permit such dog to be unattended. The dog shall be restrained
by a leash or other appropriate device of control so that it will
not stray.
B.
Any person who walks such a dog shall immediately
remove all feces deposited by such dog by any sanitary method, and
same shall be deposited in the owner's garbage or disposed of in some
other sanitary method, provided that it shall not be deposited in
a public trash receptacle or in a private trash receptacle other than
the owner's without permission of the owner. The deposit shall be
properly wrapped, packaged or protected so as to prevent unsightly
disposal, smell or interference with the health and welfare of the
community.[1]
A.
Any violation of this article that would also constitute
a violation of any law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall be
prosecuted under such law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and
not under this article.
B.
The defendant in any action for violation of this
article shall have the burden, by a fair preponderance of the evidence,
of proving the existence and applicability of any such law of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in order to constitute a valid defense
to a prosecution under this article.
A.
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this
article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a maximum
fine of $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment
of such fine and costs, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 30 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 the violation may be punished as provided above
for each separate offense.[1]
B.
All persons currently keeping any dogs in violation
of this article shall have 90 days from the effective date hereof
to remedy such violation or, upon failure to take such remedial action,
shall be subject to the penalties for violation provided herein beginning
on the 91st day following enactment of this article.
