[Ord. 724, 5/4/1982]
The following words and terms, as used in this Part, shall have
the meanings hereby respectively ascribed thereto, except where the
context clearly indicates a different meaning:
ANIMAL
Any domestic animal or fowl, any wild animal or any household
pet.
DOMESTIC ANIMAL
Any animal as hereinafter defined as a household pet, a large
animal, or a small animal.
HOUSEHOLD PET
Any dog, cat, or other domestic animal normally and ordinarily
kept in or permitted to be at large in the dwelling of its owner.
LARGE ANIMAL
Any domestic animal of the bovine, equine, sheep, or hog
family.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation.
SMALL ANIMAL
Any domestic animal such as a rabbit, hare, guinea pig, rat,
mouse, or chinchilla; and any domestic fowl such as a chick, turkey,
goose, duck, or pigeon (excepting homing pigeons).
WILD ANIMAL
Any animal, bird, fowl, or reptile not normally or ordinarily
domesticated; not normally or ordinarily raised in this area and climate
as livestock or for work or breeding purposes; or not normally or
ordinarily kept as a household pet.
In this Part, the singular shall include the plural, the plural
shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine.
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[Ord. 724, 5/4/1982]
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any wild animal at any place within the Borough of Bridgeville, except where the same shall be permitted under the Zoning Ordinance [Chapter
27], in a park, zoological garden, or similar establishment for exhibit to the public or to any portion thereof.
[Ord. 724, 5/4/1982]
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 domestic 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 sanitation
practices and adequate and sanitary drainage facilities shall be provided.
D. Every keeper of a domestic animal shall cause the litter and droppings
therefrom to be collected daily in a container or receptacle of such
type that, when closed, it 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 a domestic animal shall cause all feed provided therefor
to be stored and kept in a rat-proof and fly-tight building, box,
container, or receptacle.
[Ord. 724, 5/4/1982]
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 § 103, insofar as the same applies to
small animals, shall be applicable to the keeping of such household
pet.
[Ord. 724, 5/4/1982; as amended by Ord. 830, 2/13/1995]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this Part shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding
$600 plus costs and, in default of payment thereof, shall be subject
to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a
violation of this Part continues shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. 724, 5/4/1982]
Any violation of this Part that would also violate any State
law shall be prosecuted under that State law and not under this Part.