[Adopted 6-14-1956 by Ord. No. 541, approved 6-18-1956]
The word "owner," when applied to the proprietorship of a dog, shall include every person having a right of property in such dog and every person who keeps or harbors such dog or has it in his care and every person who permits such dog to remain on or about premises occupied by him.
[Amended 10-19-1972 by Ord. No. 743, approved 10-19-1972; 10-16-2001 by Ord. No. 1094, approved 10-16-2001]
A. 
No dog shall be permitted to run at large within the Borough of Glenolden outside the premises of its owner or custodian, provided that a dog that is restrained by a leash and in the custody and under the control and restraint of its owner, custodian or other person authorized by either shall be permitted to be outside the premises of its owner or custodian.
B. 
The owner or custodian of any dog that is restrained by a leash and in the custody and under the control and restraint of said owner or custodian or any other person authorized by either, outside the premises of its owner or custodian, shall be obligated to immediately remove any and all dog droppings of said dog outside the premises of said owner or custodian.
[Amended 10-19-1972 by Ord. No. 743, approved 10-19-1972; 12-9-1983 by Ord. No. 867, approved 12-9-1983; 1-15-2019 by Ord. No. 2129, approved 1-15-2019]
A. 
The owner or custodian of any dog shall be guilty of an offense if such dog is permitted to run at large within the Borough and, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding before a District Justice, shall be subject to the following fines, together with the cost of prosecution, and the cost incurred by the Borough of Glenolden for seizing, securing and housing at-large unrestrained dogs and, in default of payment thereof, shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than 10 days.
(1) 
For a violation in the Borough parks: $100 for each offense.
(2) 
For a violation not in the Borough parks: first offense, $25; second offense, $50; third and subsequent offense, $100.
B. 
The owner or custodian of any dog shall be guilty of an offense if such owner or custodian fails to immediately remove any and all dog droppings caused by a dog in the custody and under the control and restraint of said owner or custodian outside of the premises of its owner or custodian and, upon conviction thereof in a summary proceeding before a District Justice, shall be subject to a fine of $25, together with the cost of prosecution, and in default of payment thereof, shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than 10 days.
C. 
The Borough Council may, from time to time, as it deems appropriate for the health, safety, morals, general welfare, cleanliness, beauty, convenience, comfort and safety of the Borough, amend the fines set forth in this § 43-3 by resolution.
Any police officer or any authorized agent of the Borough may kill or seize, or seize and kill, any dog at large within the Borough in violation of the provisions of this article whenever such dog shall not bear a current license tag.
Borough Council shall have authority to appoint special officers to enforce the provisions of this article, at such rate of pay as shall be set by resolution.