No owner or custodian of any household pet shall
permit such household pet to cause annoyance to any person or damage
to any person or property in the Borough or to run upon the property
of another. No person shall fail to properly curb such household pet.
No dog shall be permitted to run at large in
the Borough outside the premises of its owner or custodian except
when on a leash, the limits of which shall not be greater than six
feet.
The owner or custodian of every household pet
shall at all times between the hours of sunset and sunrise of each
day keep such household pet either confined within an enclosure from
which it cannot escape, or firmly secured by means of a collar and
chain or other device so that it cannot stray beyond the premises
on which it is secured, or under the reasonable control of its owner
or custodian.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A dog, cat or other domestic animal normally and ordinarily
kept in, or permitted to be at large in, the dwelling of its owner.
When applied to the proprietorship of a household pet, includes
every person having any rights to proprietorship in such household
pet and every person who keeps or harbors such household pet or has
it in his or her care, and every person who permits such household
pet to remain on or about any premises occupied by him or her.
Council shall have the authority to appoint
special officers to enforce the provisions of this article at such
rate of pay as is set by resolution. Such special officers shall be
under the jurisdiction of the Chief of Police of the Borough.
