[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Conewago as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Article I, Engine Brake Retarders, adopted 10-20-2008 by Ord. No.
2008-V, was repealed 4-19-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-B.
[Adopted 3-16-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-F]
This article shall be known as the "Conewago
Township Dog Barking Ordinance."
The following are definitions:
Every person having a right of property in a dog or dogs,
and every person who keeps or harbors a dog or dogs, or has it in
his or her care, and every person who permits a dog or dogs to remain
on or about the premises occupied by that person.
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog
to cause or permit a dog or dogs to bark or otherwise make any noise
or disturbance which results in a nuisance as hereinafter defined.
A.
The nuisance as contemplated by this article shall
be the unreasonable barking or making of noise by dogs, which noise
interferes with or deprives any person of the peace, quiet, rest,
sleep or legitimate enjoyment of his or her property within the Township.
B.
Any unreasonable barking or other noise made by dogs
shall be presumed by the proof of the continuous barking or making
of such noise for two periods of time, each of which is in excess
of 15 minutes, and both of which periods occur within the same twenty-four-hour
period.
[Amended 2-15-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-J]
Any person found in violation of any of the
provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof by a Magisterial
District Judge, be ordered to pay a penalty, which shall be a minimum
of $50 to a maximum of $300. Each day a violation of any of the provisions
of this article occurs shall constitute a separate violation and shall
be subject to distinct penalties.
