It shall be unlawful for any person to keep
any domestic animals, except household pets, except as provided in
this section:
A. Large animals shall be confined in quarters no part
of which shall be closer than 100 feet from the exterior limits of
any dwelling or of any property line.
B. Small animals shall be kept confined in quarters no
part of which shall be closer than 25 feet from the exterior limits
of any dwelling or of any property line.
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 rat-proof and fly-tight, 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.
E. Every keeper of any animal shall cause all feed provided
therefor to be stored and kept in a rat-proof and fly-tight building,
box, container, or receptacle.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep
any household pet, except as provided in this section:
A. If any such pet shall be kept in a dwelling owned
or occupied by its owner, such owner shall be required to follow such
procedures and practices, as to the number of such pets to be kept
there, and as to sanitation, to insure that no public nuisance shall
be created or maintained and no threat to the health of persons living
elsewhere than in such dwelling shall be created.
B. If any such pet shall be kept in an enclosure outside such dwelling, the provisions of §
74-2 of this article, insofar as the same applies to small animals, shall be applicable to the keeping of such household pet.
Any violation of this article that would also
violate any state law shall be prosecuted under that state law and
not under this article.
It shall be illegal within the Borough of New
Freedom for any person or persons to own, possess, harbor, or control
any animal or bird which makes any noise continuously and/or incessantly
for a period of 10 minutes or makes such noise intermittently for 1/2 hour or more to the disturbance
of any person any time of the day or night regardless of whether the
animal or bird is physically situated in or upon private property,
said noise being a nuisance, provided that at the time the animal
or bird is making such noise no person is trespassing or threatening
to trespass upon private property in or upon which the animal or bird
is situated nor is there any other legitimate cause which justifiably
provoked the animal or bird.
Any person who shall violate any provision of
this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a
fine not exceeding $600 and/or to undergo imprisonment for a term
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this article continues
shall constitute a separate offense.