[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]
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt for, shoot at, kill or attempt to shoot at or kill, any game within the township.
(b) 
This section shall not prohibit legal hunting by residents without a license as provided for by title 34, section 1311.317 of Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes.
[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.
[1]
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.
[1]
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 1154, § 2, adopted April 11, 1994, deleted provisions formerly codified as § 4-9, which provisions prohibited piggeries in the township and were derived from Ord. No. 483, § 1102.4, adopted May 16, 1966.
[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.