[Ord. No. 682,
§ 3, 10-8-1973; Ord. No. 773, § 1, 5-9-1977; Ord.
No. 1007, § 1, 3-20-1989]
(a)
Any animal or fowl, domestic or otherwise, is hereby declared to
be committing a nuisance if such animal or fowl:
(1)
Habitually barks, howls, crows, cockles, makes other such sounds,
yelps, bites without provocation or molests a passerby; or,
(2)
Runs at large, or which trespasses upon or scratches, digs, defecates
upon, or otherwise causes damage to any lawn, tree, shrub, plant,
building or any other public or private property, other than the property
of the owner or person in charge or control of such animal or fowl.
(b)
It shall be unlawful for any owner or person having custody or control
of such animal or fowl to permit it to commit such nuisance. Horses
or ponies being used for transportation shall be exempt from this
provision when in the right-of-way of a public street, but not when
in the right-of-way of a sidewalk. The nuisance shall be considered
abated, if applicable, when the owner or person in charge or control
of such animal immediately removes all feces deposited by such animal
and disposes of the same in a sanitary manner, or repairs the damage
done by such animal.
[Ord. No. 252,
§§ 1, 2, 8-8-1955]
[Ord. No. 10,
§§ 1—3, 6-15-1922]
(a)
Prohibited. No bull, steer, cow, heifer, horse, mule, sheep, goat,
swine or other domestic animal shall be suffered or allowed to run
at large or stray, or trespass upon any of the highways, roads, streets
or alleys, or other public property of the township.
(b)
Impoundment. It shall be the duty of the society for the prevention
of cruelty to animals to seize and secure such animal found running
at large within the limits of the township and impound the same, at
any place within the township of which notice shall be forthwith given.
(c)
Notice to owner. The township manager shall at once give notice of
the seizure and impounding of the animal to the owner or person keeping
such animal, if known, requiring such owner or keeper within three
(3) days after service to such notice, to pay the actual costs of
such impoundment and take away the animal impounded.
(d)
Disposition of unclaimed animals. If the owner or keeper fails to
appear and pay costs, and take away the animal at the expiration of
three (3) days, then it shall be the duty of the manager to issue
an order, directed to the impounders, to sell the impounded animals
at public sale, the proceeds to be used first to pay the costs and
expenses, and the surplus, if any, to be paid to the owner of the
animals, if known, otherwise to the township finance director but
such sale of impounded animals will not relieve the owner or keeper
from liability to pay the impoundment costs, unless the proceeds of
the sale are sufficient to pay the same.
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Editor's Note: Ord. No. 1154, § 2, adopted April 11, 1994, deleted §§ 4-4—4-6, which pertained to restrictions on psittacine bird sales, etc.; the importation of live wild rabbits, hares or rodents; and the registration of persons keeping animals for sale and the maintenance of premises, and derived from Ord. No. 483, §§ 306.1A—306.1D, 306.1F, 306.2A, and 1102.1, adopted May 16, 1966.
[Ord. No. 483,
§ 1102.2, 5-16-1966]
No person shall keep and maintain within the limits of the township
any buildings, shelter or corrals for any animals or domestic fowl
on any lot of less than an acre in area. Such buildings, shelters
or corrals shall be so located on the property as to be at least one
hundred (100) feet from any building used for human habitation and
at least fifty (50) feet from any property line. This section shall
not apply to pens, coops or yards wherein not more than two (2) small
animals or fowl are kept, insofar as such small animals do not create
a nuisance nor interfere with public health.
[Ord. No. 483,
§§ 1102.3—1102.3B, 5-16-1966; Ord. No. 1154, § 3, 4-11-1994]
(a)
Every stable or other building wherein any animal is kept shall be
constructed of such material and in such manner that it can be kept
clean and sanitary at all times.
(b)
Every stable or other building shall be provided with a water-tight
and fly-tight receptacle for manure, of such dimension as to contain
all accumulations of manure, which receptacle shall be emptied sufficiently
often and in such manner as to prevent its becoming a nuisance. Such
receptacle shall be kept securely covered at all times except when
open during the deposit or removal of manure or refuse. No manure
shall be allowed to accumulate except in such receptacle.
(c)
The township code enforcement officer shall require such measures
necessary in order to avoid a nuisance, may require that any such
building be screened tightly against flies and that it be provided
with running water, sewer drain connection and flooring impervious
to water except where the animal is stabled, and that such other measures
be taken as may be necessary to insure proper protection of the public
health and safety and compliance with the federal, state, county and
township regulations as conditions precedent to the issuance of any
such special approval.
[Ord. No. 483,
§§ 1102.5, 1102.5A, 5-16-1966; Ord. No. 1154, § 4, 4-11-1994]
(a)
All structures, corrals, pens, coops or yards wherein small animals
or fowl are kept shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition,
devoid of all rodents and vermin and free from objectionable odors.
(b)
The township code enforcement officer, upon the complaint of any
person, shall inspect any such structure or premises and issue any
such order as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the
federal, state, county and township regulations.
