Every dangerous dog or aggressive dog shall be confined by its
owner/guardian to the residence of its owner/guardian in accordance
with Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (P.S.) Title 3, Agriculture, Chapter
8, Dog Law, 3 P.S. § 459-502. Such residence shall be conspicuously
posted with a placard. Whenever off the premises of its owner/guardian,
the dog shall be securely muzzled and restrained with a chain having
a minimum tensile strength of 300 pounds and not more than three feet
in length, or caged. Every person harboring a dangerous dog or an
aggressive dog is charged with the affirmative duty to confine the
animal in such a way that children do not have access to such animal.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to keep, maintain or harbor any animal or animals on any property located in the Borough of Upland when the keeping, maintaining or harboring of such animal or animals constitutes a public nuisance, as defined in §
48-2, the definition of "nuisance," of this chapter, or a menace to public health or safety.
If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence,
clause or phrase of this chapter is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional
or invalid, such a decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this chapter. The Borough Council hereby declares that
it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph,
sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter irrespective of the unconstitutionality
or invalidity of any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph sentence
clause or phrase.
This chapter shall take effect immediately following its adoption.