[Adopted 7-13-1992 by Ord. No. 1775]
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any animal or any person having
the care, custody and control of any animal to permit the same to discharge
or deposit any fecal matter upon the property of another or upon the property
of the Township of Whitehall without immediately removing said matter and
disposing of it in a sanitary manner.
It shall be unlawful for the owner or possessor of real property to
permit animal fecal matter to accumulate on said property, and it shall be
the said owner's or possessor's responsibility to remove such matter with
a reasonable time to prevent any such accumulation from becoming a danger
to the public health.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this
article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
less than $5 nor more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of
said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each
day that a violation of this article continues shall constitute a separate
offense.
