Township of West Deer, PA
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2022-11-16
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 77 Animals
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Article II Confinement
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 14 Contracts
- Ch 21 Emergency Medical Services
- Ch 23 Fire Protection
- Ch 30 Local Government Investment Trust
- Ch 34 NEWCOM
- Ch 36 North Hills Municipal Appeals Board
- Ch 38 Park and Recreation Board
- Ch 41 Pensions
- Ch 42 Personnel Policies
- Ch 44 Planning Commission
- Ch 49 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 55 Volunteer Agencies
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 65 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 72 Alarms, False
- Ch 75 Amusement Devices
- Ch 77 Animals
- Ch 77 Art II Confinement
- § 77-4 Inadequate enclosures.
- § 77-5 Traversing public highways.
- § 77-6 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 90 Buildings, Dangerous
- Ch 92 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 98 Cable Television
- Ch 99 Canvassing and Soliciting
- Ch 100 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 105 Driveways
- Ch 113 Entertainment, Public
- Ch 117 Fees
- Ch 120 Firearms
- Ch 122 Fire Insurance
- Ch 123 Firesafety
- Ch 125 Floodplain Management
- Ch 132 Grading, Excavations and Fill
- Ch 140 Junk- and Salvage Yards
- Ch 153 Municipal Claims and Liens
- Ch 155 Noise Control
- Ch 157 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 166 Property Maintenance
- Ch 171 Rights-Of-Way
- Ch 175 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 177 Signs
- Ch 181 Solid Waste
- Ch 182 Stormwater Management
- Ch 183 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 185 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 189 Taxation
- Ch 196 Trees
- Ch 198 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 200 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 202 Vehicles, Motor-Driven
- Ch 210 Zoning
- Ch 212 Zoning, Airport
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 12-2-1966 by Ord. No. 60]
On and after the effective date of this article,
it shall be unlawful for any owner or caretaker of horses, mares,
cattle, swine, sheep or fowl to keep any such domestic animals in
inadequate enclosures whereby such animals can leave such enclosures
and wander on the public highways and upon private properties of persons
other than the owners of such domestic animals.
The prohibition provided in § 77-6 of this article shall not apply to any owner or caretaker of such domestic animals exercising direct supervision and control over such animals while traversing any public highway.
[Amended 1-22-1997 by Ord. No. 265; 4-20-2016 by Ord. No. 408]
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 more
than $1,000, plus costs, 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.
