[Ord. 74-30, 5/29/1974, § 1]
1.
ANIMAL
DOMESTIC ANIMAL
HOUSEHOLD PET
LARGE ANIMAL
PERSON
SMALL ANIMAL
WILD ANIMALS
The following words and terms, as used in this Part 2, shall have
the meanings hereby respectively ascribed thereto, except where the
context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Any domestic animal or fowl, any wild animal or any household
pet;
Any animal as hereinafter defined as a household pet, a large
animal or a small animal;
Any dog, cat or other domestic animal normally and ordinarily
kept in or permitted to be at large in the dwelling of its owner;
Any domestic animal of the bovine, equine, sheep or hog family;
Any natural person, partnership, association, firm or corporation;
Any domestic animal such as a rabbit, hare, guinea pig, rat,
mouse, or chinchilla; and any domestic fowl such as a chicken, turkey,
goose, duck or pigeon (except homing pigeons).
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.
2.
In this Part 2, the singular shall include the plural, the plural
shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine.
[Ord. 74-30, 5/29/1974, § 2]
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any wild animal at any place within the Township, except where the same shall be permitted under the Zoning Ordinance [see Chapter 27 hereof], in a park, zoological garden or similar establishment for exhibit to the public or to any portion thereof.
[Ord. 74-30, 5/29/1974, § 3]
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 kept 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 maintained in a clean and sanitary condition
at all times. 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
a 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. 74-30, 5/29/1974, § 4; as amended by Ord.
81-1, 1/8/1981]
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any household pets,
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 § 203, insofar as the same apply to small
animals, shall be applicable to the keeping of such household pet.
C.
Whenever it is established that any household pet has bitten any
person or has shown signs of being infected with rabies, the owner
or person having custody or possession of such animal, upon the order
of the Health Officer of Susquehanna Township or of the Humane Society
of Dauphin County, shall, at their expense, quarantine the animal
in an approved veterinarian's kennel for a period not to exceed
14 days.[1]
[1]
See also the State Dog Law of 1982 (3 P.S. § 459-301
et seq.
D.
Within the quarantine period referred to in subsection (3) herein
the owner or person having custody or possession of such animal shall
have the animal examined by a certified veterinarian for signs of
rabies. A report thereof shall be transmitted by the veterinarian
to the Health Officer of Susquehanna Township and to the Humane Society
of Dauphin County, and, if the said animal is found to be rabid, such
officials shall make necessary arrangements pursuant to law.
E.
If, after examination and report referred to in subsection (4) the
animal is found to be safe and nonrabid, the Health Officer of Susquehanna
Township shall authorize the release of the animal from quarantine.
F.
In addition to the penalties referred to in § 1-206, the following shall be and is hereby enacted: that in the event that any owner or person having custody or control or possession of a household pet referred to in the above subsections, upon being ordered, fails to comply with any part of this Part 2 within 24 hours after such order has been issued and served, the Health Officer of Susquehanna Township, any police officer, or the Humane Society of Dauphin County may take such animal into custody and place the same in quarantine at the expense of the owner or person having custody, possession or control of said animal, have the animal examined at the expense of the owner or person in possession or control of said animal, and take any other action necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of the community.
[Ord. 74-30, 5/29/1974, § 5]
It shall be unlawful for any person to allow any pet, domestic
animal, or nondomestic animal to do the following:
[Ord. 74-30, 5/29/1974, § 6; as amended by Ord.
89-16, 11/21/1989]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this Part 2 shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding
$600 and costs, or 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. 74-30, 5/29/1974, § 7]
Any violation of this Part 2 that would also violate any State
law shall be prosecuted under that State law and not under this Part
2.
