[Adopted 10-12-1978 by Ord. No. 1286]
[Amended 12-13-2021 by Ord. No. 3255]
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any animal,
or any person having possession or custody of any animal, to cause,
suffer or permit an animal to be present upon public or privately
owned parks and playground areas open to the public in Whitehall Township.
Exceptions will be made for those animals which are permitted by federal,
state or local regulation or statute, such as, but not exclusively,
service/assistance animals for persons with disabilities. "Owner"
shall mean any person or person, firm, association or corporation
owning, keeping or harboring an animal.
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any animal,
or any person having possession or custody of any animal, to permit
the same to discharge or deposit any fecal matter on public or privately-owned
parks and playground areas open to the public in the Township.
The owner of any animal shall be required to
remove immediately any fecal matter deposited by said animal on the
property of another and dispose of the fecal matter in a sanitary
manner, to prevent any such accumulation from becoming a danger to
the public health. Property of another shall mean publicly or privately-owned
property.
[Amended 10-17-1995 by Ord. No. 1944; 8-8-2005 by Ord. No. 2578]
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 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.
