It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any
owner, keeper or walker of any dog or cat to permit his or her dog
or cat to discharge such animal's excreta upon any public or private
property, other than the property of the owner of any dog or cat,
within the Borough, if such owner, keeper or walker does not immediately
thereafter remove and clean up such animal's excreta from the public
or private property.
This article may be enforced by any police officer
of the Borough, the Health Officer of the Borough and/or by a duly
appointed Animal Control Officer.
[Amended 3-14-1989 by Ord. No. 507, approved 3-14-1989; 2-23-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-004, approved 2-23-2016]
Any person, firm or corporation violating this article shall
be subject to the following procedure:
A. The Borough official shall issue a written ticket to the owner of
the property which shall provide for a penalty in an amount to be
established by resolution of the Borough Council and which may be
amended from time to time by resolution of the Council. If this penalty
is paid within 10 days of its issue and the condition that warranted
the issuance of the ticket is abated within the time allotted, then
this discharges the violation.
B. If the violator does not pay the required penalty provided for in
this article within seven days, and/or does not abate the hazard within
the allotted time period, then an appropriate municipal official shall
cause a nontraffic citation to be issued in the court of local jurisdiction
and, if necessary, abate the hazard in accordance with this article.
C. The nontraffic citation shall be forwarded to and adjudicated by
a Magisterial District Judge. If found guilty of the violation, the
violator shall be sentenced to pay a fine of no more than $300, plus
costs of prosecution, plus reasonable attorneys' fees of the
municipality to enforce this article.
D. Each day the violator continues to violate this article shall constitute
a separate offense. In default of payment of said fine and costs,
the violator may be imprisoned in the county jail for a term of not
more than 30 days.