[Adopted 5-14-1991 by Ord. No. 340 (Ch.
43, Art. I, of the 1975 Code)]
Any person who owns, harbors, keeps or is in
charge of any dog within or frequenting the Borough shall not permit
such dog to be unattended within the Borough and shall require said
dog to be restrained by a leash or other appropriate device of control
so that it cannot stray beyond the premises on which it is secured,
or under reasonable control of some person, which for the purpose
of this article shall be "curbing." Such curbing shall be permitted
only on public streets, public grounds and on private property with
the express permission of the owner of such property.
Any person who curbs such a dog shall immediately
remove all feces deposited by such dog by any sanitary method, and
the same shall be deposited in the owner's garbage or disposed
of in some other sanitary method. The deposit shall be properly wrapped,
packaged or protected so as to prevent unsightly disposal, smell or
interference with the health and welfare of the community.
[Amended 1-9-2018 by Ord.
No. 547]
Any person or persons convicted of violating this article shall
be subject to a fine of $75, plus the costs of prosecution, for the
first violation, and of not more than $500 for the second and each
subsequent violation, together with the costs of prosecution.
[Adopted 5-11-1993 by Ord. No. 359 (Ch.
43, Art. II, of the 1975 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ANIMAL
Any domestic animal or fowl, any household pet or any wild
animal.
DANGEROUS ANIMAL
Any animal creating, threatening or risking a hazardous,
perilous or unsafe condition. This term includes but is not limited
to bobcats, wolves or crocodiles, or any other animal which presents
a danger to life or limb.
DOMESTIC ANIMAL
Any animal normally or ordinarily domesticated or raised
in the Danville area and climate as livestock or for work or breeding
purposes, or normally or ordinarily kept as a household pet.
DOMESTIC FOWL
Any of the several usually gallinaceous birds which may be
raised for food purposes, such as grouse, pheasants, turkeys, partridges,
ducks, geese, hens, chickens and roosters.
HOUSEHOLD PET
Any dog, cat, bird, gerbil, hamster or other domestic animal
normally and ordinarily kept in or permitted to be at large in the
dwelling of its owner. This term specifically excludes wild animals,
such as skunks, foxes, raccoons, ground hogs and squirrels, or dangerous
animals, such as bobcats or wolves, despite the fact that the owner
or keeper of such wild animal or dangerous animal desires to keep
it as a pet. The term "household pet" shall include Vietnamese potbellied
pigs which are smaller than 41 inches in length and 21 inches in shoulder
height and weigh no more than 90 pounds.
LARGE ANIMAL
Any wild or domestic animal of the family equidae, the family
bovidae, the family suidae or the family tayassuidae, including but
not limited to, horses, cows, sheep, goats, pigs, hogs and swine.
PERSON(S)
Any individual, partnership, company, association, society,
trust, corporation or other group or entity, whether an owner or lessee
of residences, commercial or institutional establishments.
[Amended 11-8-2011 by Ord. No. 507]
SMALL ANIMAL
Any small domestic animal such as a rabbit, hare or chinchilla.
WILD ANIMAL
Any animal, including any mammal, bird or reptile, not normally
or ordinarily domesticated; not normally or ordinarily raised in the
Danville area and climate as livestock or for work or breeding purposes;
or not a household pet as defined above.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep
any domestic animals, except household pets other than as provided
in this article:
A. Small animals shall be kept confined in quarters no
part of which shall be closer than 15 feet from the exterior limits
of any dwelling.
B. Such owner shall be required to follow such procedures
and practices as to restrict the number of such domesticated animals
to be kept, and as to sanitation and odor control, to ensure that
no nuisance shall be created and no threat to the health of persons
living on the premises where such domestic animals are kept, or to
the health and quiet enjoyment of persons living elsewhere, shall
be created.
C. The keeper of every such animal shall confine the
same in an enclosure sufficient to prevent such animal from running
at large, and such enclosure shall be of a size conducive to good
sanitary practices, and adequate and sanitary drainage facilities
shall be provided.
D. Every keeper of any animal shall cause the litter
and droppings therefrom to be collected daily in a container or receptacle
that when closed shall be rodentproof and flytight, and after every
such collection shall cause such container or receptacle to be kept
closed. At least twice a week, every such keeper shall cause all litter
and droppings so collected to be disposed of in such manner as not
to permit the presence of fly larvae or malodorous condition.
E. Every keeper of any animal shall cause all feed provided
therefor to be stored and kept in a rodentproof and flytight building,
box, container or receptacle.
Any person who shall violate any provisions
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a
fine of not more than $600 and costs of such proceedings, or upon
default of payment of such fines and costs, by imprisonment in the
county jail for a term of not more than 30 days. The continuation
of such violation for each successive day shall constitute a separate
offense, and the person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation
of the violation may be punished as provided above for each separate
offense.
[Added 12-12-2000 by Ord. No. 420]
It shall be the duty of the Borough Health Officer
and the Danville Borough Police Department to enforce the terms of
this article and secure the compliance with the requirements thereof.