[Adopted 5-9-1973 by Ord. No. 1973-2]
It shall be unlawful for the owner, custodian
or keeper of any dog to allow such dog to run at large at any time,
either upon any of the roads, streets, alleys or public grounds in
the Township of East Caln or upon the property of anyone other than
the owner, custodian or keeper of such dog.
The words "run at large" or "running at large"
shall mean any dog when it is off the property of its owner, custodian
or keeper and not under restraint or control of a competent person.
The owner of owners of every dog within the
Township of East Caln shall at all times keep such dog either:
A. Confined within an enclosure from which it cannot
escape.
B. Firmly secured by means of a collar and chain.
C. Under the immediate control of the owner or competent
custodian or keeper.
[Added 8-1-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-05]
No person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of any animal
shall cause, suffer or allow such animal 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. The restriction set
forth in this section shall not apply to the portion of the street
lying between the curblines, which shall be used to curb such animal
under the following conditions:
A. The person
who so curbs such animal shall immediately remove all feces deposited
by such animal by any sanitary and reasonable manner.
B. The feces
removed from the aforementioned designated area shall be disposed
of in a sanitary manner by the person owning, harboring, keeping or
in charge of any animal curbed in accordance with the provisions of
this chapter.
[Amended 7-19-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-01]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any provision of this article, upon conviction thereof in an action
brought before a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided
for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules
of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less
than $10 nor more than $50 plus costs of prosecution for the first
violation hereof, and shall be subject to a fine of not less than
$30 plus costs of prosecution nor more than $1,000 plus costs for
each subsequent violation thereof, and, in default of payment of said
fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each
day that a violation of this article continues or each section of
this article which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute
a separate offense.