Township of Haverford, PA
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2024-01-09
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 49 Animal Control
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Article II Animal Defecation and Urination
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administration of Government
- Ch 8 (Reserved)
- Ch 14 Cooperative Agreements
- Ch 18 Emergency Management Plan
- Ch 19 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 20 Financial Policies
- Ch 25 (Reserved)
- Ch 30 Pensions and Employee Benefits
- Ch 32 Police Department Civil Service Rules and Regulations
- Ch 35 Senior Citizen Advisory Council
- Ch 37 Wards and Precincts
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 43 Air Pollution
- Ch 45 Alarm Systems
- Ch 47 Amusements and Entertainments
- Ch 49 Animal Control
- Ch 49 Art II Animal Defecation and Urination
- § 49-3 Cat and feral cat defecation and urination.
- § 49-4 Disposal of all other animal feces.
- § 49-5 Dogs accompanying blind or handicapped persons exempted.
- Ch 53 Bathing Places, Public
- Ch 55 Bicycles, Skateboards and Roller Skates
- Ch 58 Building Construction
- Ch 60 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 63 Collection Procedures
- Ch 67 Contractors, Licensing of
- Ch 73 Electrical Standards
- Ch 76 Environmental Performance Standards
- Ch 78 Erosion and Sediment Control; Stormwater Management
- Ch 80 (Reserved)
- Ch 81 Fair Housing
- Ch 83 Firearms, Fireworks and Other Weapons
- Ch 86 Fire Prevention
- Ch 89 (Reserved)
- Ch 91 Food and Drink
- Ch 95 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 97 Graffiti
- Ch 99 Health and Safety
- Ch 101 Helicopters
- Ch 104 Housing Standards
- Ch 106 Insurance
- Ch 108 Liquor License Transfer
- Ch 111 Littering
- Ch 117 Noise
- Ch 119 Nuisances
- Ch 123 Parades and Outdoor Gatherings
- Ch 126 Parks, Playgrounds and Township Property
- Ch 128 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 130 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 132 (Reserved)
- Ch 134 Plastic Regulations
- Ch 136 Police Services
- Ch 138 Property Maintenance
- Ch 143 Restoration Services Providers
- Ch 149 Sewage and Drainage Facilities
- Ch 153 Shopping Carts
- Ch 154 (Reserved)
- Ch 154A Slope Control
- Ch 154B Smoking
- Ch 155 Speed-Timing Devices
- Ch 157 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 160 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 165 Taxation
- Ch 167 Telecommunications
- Ch 169 Traffic Calming Devices
- Ch 170 Trees
- Ch 175 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 178 Vehicles, Disabled
- Ch 179 Warrantless Arrest
- Ch 180 Wastewater Treatment
- Ch 181 Wells
- Ch 182 Zoning
- Ch 183 Human Relations Commission; Enforcement of Antidiscrimination Policy
- Ch 184 Neighborhood Blight and Revitalization
- Appendix
- Ch A186 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A187 Fees
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
No owner or person harboring or having possession, custody or
control of a cat or feral cat shall knowingly or negligently permit
any cat or feral cat to commit any nuisance, i.e., defecation or urination,
upon any gutter, street, driveway, alley, curb or sidewalk in the
Township of Haverford, or upon the floors or stairways of any building
or place frequented by the public or used in common by the tenants,
or upon the outside walls, walkways, driveways, alleys, curbs or stairways
of any building abutting on a public street or park, or upon the grounds
of any public park or public area, or upon any private property other
than the property of the owner of such animal.
Any owner or person harboring or having possession, custody
or control of any animal which commits a nuisance, i.e., defecation
or urination, in any area other than the private property of the owner
or person harboring or having possession, custody or control of any
such animal, shall be required to immediately remove any feces from
such surface and either carry same away for disposal in a toilet or
place same in a nonleaking container for deposit in a trash or litter
receptacle. Such animal feces shall not be placed in a trash or litter
receptacle owned by a private property owner without such owner's
consent.
The provisions of § 49-4 hereof shall not apply to a guide dog accompanying any blind persons, or to a dog used to assist any other physically handicapped person.
