[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Westmont as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-13-1984 by Ord. No. 614]
No person shall, on premises owned, occupied or controlled by such person, permit any animal or bird otherwise permitted to be kept to disturb the peace and quiet of any neighborhood by frequent or habitual howling, barking, meowing, squawking or other noise, or to otherwise cause discomfort or annoyance to any person.
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It is deemed that if the foregoing noise caused by an animal is permitted for a continuous period of 15 minutes or intermittently in excess of 30 minutes of a volume that such noise can be heard by persons not on the property whereat the animal is kept, such conduct constitutes a nuisance per se. The owner of said animal shall be warned once orally and also by a written notice within 24 hours by the West Hills Regional Police Department after a police officer verifies such nuisance. In the event that the noise is permitted to continue after the oral or written warnings, each occasion that the police officer verifies a violation of the foregoing time periods constitutes a separate offense, and the verifying officer shall file charges at the District Justice's office for every subsequent offense. The complainant shall appear at the hearing before the District Justice.
[Added 4-11-2000 by Ord. No. 748]
[Amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 698]
Any person who shall violate or fail, neglect or refuse to comply with any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $600 and costs for prosecution for each offense and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 30 days; and a separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
[Adopted 4-10-1990 by Ord. No. 672]
All animals shall be kept under restraint. No animal, whether licensed or unlicensed, shall be upon any street or other public way or in any public park or other public place or on any private property in the Borough of Westmont, whether during the day or at night, without being held in leash and under the control of the owner or attendant of such animal.
No person being the owner or having control of an animal being walked with or without a leash shall allow such animal to urinate or defecate on any property other than that of such person. No such person shall allow such animal to defecate on any property other than that of such person or on a public street, alley, ground, parkway, thoroughfare, lot or other public or private property without immediately removing the defecation and cleaning the animal feces from the place of deposit and restoring such place to its condition before the defecation.
[Amended 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 698]
Whoever violates or fails to comply with any provision of this article shall not be fined more than $600, plus cost of prosecution for each offense and, in default of payment of such fine and costs, imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 30 days. Unless otherwise provided, every day of noncompliance or failure to comply shall constitute a separate offense.