[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Leacock as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 5-10-1983 by Ord. No. 43]
This article shall be known as the "Leacock Township Dog Law."
For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall be
construed to have the following meanings, except where the context
clearly indicates otherwise:
Any person having any ownership interest in a dog, or who
has custody or control of any dog, or any person who harbors or permits
a dog to remain on or around property occupied by such person, or
the parent or guardian of any such person who is a minor.
Being upon any public highway, street, alley, park or any
other public land, or upon property of another person other than the
owner, and not being accompanied by and under the reasonable control
of the owner or other person having custody of such dog.
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this article for any
owner of a dog to:
A.
Fail to keep such dog at all times confined within or firmly secured
to the premises occupied by the owner so that such dog cannot run
at large; or
B.
Fail to prevent at all times such dog from unduly disturbing the
public through barking; or
C.
Fail to maintain at all times dog pens, kennels or other areas in
which dogs are kept in a clean and sanitary condition and free of
offensive odors.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of
not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment
thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation
continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this article that is violated shall also
constitute a separate offense.
