[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township
of Robinson as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 9-5-1957 by Ord. No. 247-1957; amended in its entirety 4-1-2024 by Ord. No. 5-2024]
The running at large of dogs within the Township of Robinson
shall be and is hereby prohibited.
Any dog shall be deemed to be running at large when said animal
is one foot off the premises of the person, firm or corporation, owning,
keeping, or harboring such animal without being restrained by a firmly
attached leash or chain, not to exceed six feet in length, or in a
cage or enclosure, by the owner, keeper or handler of such animal.
The police or other authorized animal control representatives
of the Township are hereby authorized and empowered to seize and take
possession of, on public or private property, any such dog or animal
permitted to run at large within the Township of Robinson.
Dogs or other animals seized under this article may be disposed
of as authorized by the Dog Law, 3 P.S. § 459-101 et seq.
A.
No person shall keep or allow to remain within the Township of Robinson
any dog or other animal which by frequent and continued howling, barking,
crying, baying, yelping or other naturally produced sound, for a period
of 10 minutes in any one hour, whether by day or night, or for any
episode of intermittent noise lasting 30 minutes, which shall disturb
the peace, quite and enjoyment of any surrounding resident. The keeping
of any such animal shall be and is hereby declared to be a public
nuisance.
B.
Any dog or other animal which digs or defecates upon any lawn, tree,
shrub, plant, building or any other public or private probate, other
than the owner or person in charge or control of the animal, is hereby
declared to be a nuisance. The keeping of any such animal shall be,
and is hereby declared to be, a nuisance, as well as in violation
of the provisions herein.
(1)
Where the owner or person in charge or control of such animal immediately
removes all feces deposited by such animal and disposes of same in
a sanitary manner, such type of nuisance shall be considered abated.
No person shall keep or allow to remain on any premises within
the Township of Robinson, owned, leased, occupied, or otherwise controlled
by him/her or it, a total of more than three animals, excluding fish
(amount limited to size of tank), and hamsters or gerbils of which
will be limited to two of either/or.
Veterinarian clinics, animal hospitals and licensed kennels shall be excluded from § 95-6. These establishments are expected to exercise noise control and running at large.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
herein shall upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not
in excess of $600, together with costs for each offense.
[Adopted 9-15-2008 by Ord. No. 5-2008]
As used in this article, the following terms have the meanings
indicated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
A dog, cat or other domesticated companion animal (pet).
Agent(s) designated by the Township of Robinson to enforce
this article.
Off the premises of the owner and not under the control of
the owner or a member of his immediate family or guardian, either
by leash, cord, chain or otherwise.
A meat-eating, predatory animal, wild by nature as distinguished
from common domestic animals.
Domestic feline, felis domesticus.
Domestic canine, canis familiaris.
Chickens, geese, ducks, turkey, hen and rooster.
To provide food and shelter for any dog, cat or domesticated
animal on a periodic or temporary basis.
A person having right of property or custody of any animal
and/or one who has an animal in his care or custody or who knowingly
permits an animal to remain on or about any premises occupied by said
person.
Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association,
trust, estate or other legal entity.
No person, firm, association or agents thereof shall own, maintain
or exhibit a carnivorous wild animal.
A.
No person, firm, association or agent thereof shall keep or maintain
any fowl within 300 feet of any occupied residential building other
than the residence of the owner of such fowl.
B.
No person, firm, association or agent thereof shall keep or maintain
any fowl that may be inclined to make loud or raucous noises within
1,000 feet of any occupied residential building other than the residence
of the owner of such fowl.
A.
No person as owner or guardian of a dog or cat shall permit the animal
to run at larger beyond the boundaries of the private premises of
the owner or guardian. The animal control officer and/or the Police
Department shall seize and detain any animal running at large and
unaccompanied by the owner or guardian.
B.
No dog shall be permitted upon the public streets or upon public
property unless restrained by a leash not to exceed six feet in length
and accompanied by an adult or minor capable of controlling said animal.
C.
No dog or cat shall be tied near a public building or other public
facility which would intimidate person(s) from approaching or passing
such areas.
D.
No dog or cat shall be kept, maintained, harbored or permitted entry
into a place of business which stores and/or sells goods for human
consumption. Exception shall be made for guide dogs, hearing dogs,
aid dogs for the handicapped and dogs used by municipal and state
police departments.
E.
No dog or cat shall be permitted to bite, chase, leap at or jump
upon or otherwise harass bicyclists, motor vehicles and/or pedestrians
passing through a public right-of-way.
F.
No dog or cat shall be permitted to engage in habitual and continuous
loud howling, barking or crying or otherwise conduct itself in such
a manner as to annoy any person other than the animal owner, regardless
of whether or not the dog is on the owner's premises. ("Habitual and
continuous" shall be defined as more than 10 minutes at any one time.)
The animal control officer and/or the Police Department shall request
that the owner or guardian of any animal engaged in habitual and continuous
nuisance noisemaking to immediately quiet the animal and/or move it
indoors.
G.
No dog or cat shall be permitted to urinate or defecate on public
or private property other than that property owned by the animal's
owner or guardian. If such animal should defecate upon the private
property of another or public property, the owner or guardian of said
animal shall be responsible for the immediate cleanup and proper disposal
of the feces.
H.
No dog or cat shall be permitted to damage, deface or destroy any
property or article not belonging to the animal's owner. Any injuries,
expenses and/or damages caused by said animal which are not due to
the contributory negligence of another person shall be the sole responsibility
of the animal's owner.
Any person, firm corporation who shall violate any of the provisions
of this article, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay
a fine of not more than $600 and costs of prosecution and, in default
of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for not more than
30 days. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute
a separate offense and may be punishable as such.
