For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
OWNER
The licensed owner of a dog, or any person having control
or exercising ownership over a dog, or any person who keeps or permits
a dog regularly to remain on or about premises occupied by him.
Any dog running at large or left unattended, as provided in §
105-2 above, shall be seized and impounded at that time by the police or other duly designated representative or agent of the Borough of Sharon Hill, herein collectively called "officer," and such officer is empowered to pursue such dog into any building or other enclosure to seize it.
It shall be the duty of such officer to forthwith notify the
owner of any licensed dog of the seizure and impounding, and the owner
shall have the right to claim such dog upon payment of the costs of
impoundment. Any dog not claimed within 10 days of seizure shall be
disposed of by sale or humane destruction. If a dog wears no license
and is running at large, the officer shall have no duty to find an
owner nor to hold the dog impounded, and upon seizure may immediately
have the dog disposed of or hold the same as provided for licensed
dogs.
Any person who shall be convicted of a violation of any of the
provisions of this article before any Magisterial District Judge shall
be sentenced to pay a maximum fine as provided from time to time by
state statute, together with costs of prosecution, or to imprisonment
in the county jail for a term not to exceed 30 days, or both.