[Amended 2-26-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-01]
It shall be unlawful for any owner of a dog, unlicensed or licensed, to permit such dog to run at large unaccompanied by the owner. The word " owner," as used in this article, shall include any person having a right of proprietorship or ownership in a dog and every person who keeps or harbors or regularly feeds a dog, or has it in a person's care, and every person who permits a dog on or about any premises occupied by that person. A dog shall be deemed "at large" if unaccompanied by the owner and not on a leash except for specific park areas described in Chapter
205 of the Code.
Regular feeding of a feral cat is discouraged unless part of
a regular TNR program.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any guide
dogs accompanying any blind person, or to animals used in any Fire
or Police Department activities of the Township, with the exception
of licensing and vaccination requirements.
The Director of the Department shall immediately issue a notice
informing the public when a case of rabies has been confirmed in Radnor
Township or any contiguous municipality and emphasizing the prohibition
against dogs from running at large and urging owners of cats to keep
them indoors. The notice informing the public shall include publishing
in a newspaper of general circulation within the Township, posting
on the Radnor Township website, and/or including on the Community
Bulletin Board of the Township's televised Government Access Channel.
It shall be the duty of the Animal Warden or Township Police
to seize and detain any dog, whether licensed or unlicensed, which
is found running at large either upon the streets or highways of the
Township or upon the property of other than an owner of such dog.
A. Right of entry. The Animal Warden and/or Police Department are hereby
authorized and empowered to go upon any premises and enter any building
to seize and detain any dog which has been found running at large
unaccompanied by the owner or keeper, when the Animal Warden and/or
Police Department are in the immediate pursuit of such dog.
B. Notice of seizure. Any dog bearing a proper license tag seized by
the police or Animal Warden shall be detained and properly kept and
fed, and immediate notice, whether personal or by certified mail,
shall be given to the person in whose name the license was procured
or his agent to claim such dog within 10 days.
C. Payment of expenses. The owner of a dog shall pay all reasonable
expenses incurred by reason of its detention before the dog is returned.
D. Disposition of unclaimed dogs and cats. Dogs and cats not claimed
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be disposed
of in a humane manner and in accordance with all applicable statutes
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
It is the intent that this chapter shall be supplemental to
any laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereinbefore or hereinafter
adopted covering animals within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and
specifically in the Township of Radnor.
It shall be unlawful for the owner or the keeper of any female
dog or cat to permit such female dog or cat to go beyond the premises
of her owner or keeper at any time she is in heat, unless such female
dog or cat is properly confined or under control.
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog to permit said
dog to cause annoyance to the citizens, residents or other persons
lawfully in the Township of Radnor by barking, yelping, howling or
causing unseemly noise.
The provisions of this article shall be enforced by the Animal
Warden and/or Police Department. The owner of a dog or cat shall pay
all reasonable expenses incurred by reason of its detention before
the dog or cat is returned.