[Adopted 3-8-1993 by Ord. No. 1511 (Ch. 2, Part 2, of the
1995 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meaning indicated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from
the context:
Any person having a right of property in any dog or having
custody of any dog, or any person who harbors or permits a dog to
remain on or around his or her property.
Being upon any public highway, street, alley, park or any
other public land, or upon property of another person other than the
owner, and not being accompanied by or under the control of the owner
or any other person having custody of said dog.
A Dog Law Enforcement Officer shall be appointed by the Council
of the City of DuBois to serve during its pleasure. Such Dog Law Enforcement
Officer along with the police officers of the City of DuBois shall
have concurrent responsibility for the enforcement of this article
and of the Dog Law of 1982 (3 P.S. § 459-101 et seq., as
hereafter amended, supplemented, modified or reenacted by the General
Assembly of Pennsylvania), provided that he or she shall not have
the power to make arrests under this act of assembly or any other
act of assembly or ordinance of the City of DuBois.
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog or dogs to allow
or permit such dog or dogs to run at large in the City of DuBois.
The Dog Law Enforcement Officer or any police officer may seize
any dog found at large in the City of DuBois. Such dogs are to be
impounded in a licensed kennel.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code revisions (see Ch. 1,
General Provisions, Art. II)]
The Dog Law Enforcement Officer or any police officer of the
City of DuBois shall notify the owner of a licensed dog by registered
or certified mail, with return receipt, that the dog is impounded
and will be disposed of in five days if not claimed. Five days after
the return receipt has been received, and the dog has not been claimed,
the dog may be sold or destroyed, or given to a humane society or
association for the prevention of cruelty to animals, in accordance
with the 1982 Dog Law.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code revisions (see Ch. 1,
General Provisions, Art. II)]
Unlicensed dogs that are seized shall be held in such kennel
for 48 hours and, if not claimed, may be destroyed, or given to a
humane society or association for the prevention of cruelty to animals,
in accordance with the 1982 Dog Law.
Dogs that, in the opinion of any police officer or Dog Law enforcement
officer, constitute a threat to public health and welfare may be killed
by the police or the Dog Law Enforcement Officer.
[Amended 7-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1544; at time of adoption of Code revisions
(see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
A.
The first two times a dog is seized, the owner shall pay a fine of
$50 to the City of DuBois as well as reasonable fees for keeping the
animal in a kennel, as fixed pursuant to a resolution of the Council
of the City of DuBois.
B.
Any person allowing a dog to run at large a third time in violation
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 90
days.
