[Ord. No. 3-2023, 4/4/2023[1]]
1. 
As used in the Part, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
ANIMAL
Any animal normally or ordinarily domesticated or raised in this area and climate as livestock or for work or breeding purposes or normally or ordinarily kept as a household pet.
DOMESTIC ANIMAL
Any animal normally or ordinarily domesticated or raised in this area and climate as livestock or for work or breeding purposes, or normally or ordinarily kept as household pets.
HOUSEHOLD PET
Any dog, cat or other domestic animal normally and ordinarily kept in or permitted to be at large in the dwelling of its owner.
LARGE ANIMAL
Any wild or domestic animal of the bovine, equine or sheep/swine family.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation.
PET OWNER/KEEPER
Any person feeding or providing care to an animal, domestic or feral.
SMALL ANIMAL
Any wild or domestic animal such as a rabbit, hare, guinea pig, rat, mouse or chinchilla; and any wild or domestic fowl such as a chicken, turkey, goose, duck or pigeon (excepting homing pigeons).
WILD ANIMAL
Any animal, including bird, fowl or reptile not normally or ordinarily domesticated, not normally or ordinarily raised in this area or climate as livestock or for work or breeding purposes or not capable of being kept as a household pet.
2. 
In this Chapter, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular and the masculine shall include the feminine.
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also superseded Part 1, Keeping of Animals, derived from Ord. 3-96, 8/6/1996 and Ord. 6-2003, 9/2/2003.
[Ord. No. 3-2023, 4/4/2023]
1. 
Large animals shall be confined in quarters no part of which shall be closer than 100 feet from the exterior limits of any dwelling or any property line.
2. 
Small animals shall be kept confined to quarters no part of which shall be closer than 25 feet from the exterior limits of any dwelling or of any property line.
3. 
The keeper of every such animal shall confine the same in an enclosure sufficient to prevent such animal from running at large, and such enclosure shall be of a size conducive to good sanitary practices and adequate and sanitary drainage facilities shall be provided.
4. 
Every keeper of any animal shall dispose of the litter and droppings of said animal in a manner that will prevent the infestation of flies, fly larvae, rats and other rodents or pests.
5. 
Every keeper of any animal shall cause all feed provided therefor to be stored and kept in a rat-proof and fly-tight building, box, container or receptacle.
6. 
Every keeper of any feral/non-domesticated animal(s) shall claim responsibility for said animal(s) and must be in compliance with Subsections 1 through 5 listed above. No exceptions.
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It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any household pet, except as provided in this subsection:
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 ensure 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 § 2-102 of this Part, insofar as the same applies to small animals, shall be applicable to the keeping of such household pets.
[Ord. No. 3-2023, 4/4/2023]
Any violation of this Part that would also violate any State law shall be prosecuted under that State law and not under this Part.
[Ord. No. 3-2023, 4/4/2023]
Only animals kept for the purpose of education at a State-approved institution with prior written approval of the Borough Council.
[Ord. No. 3-2023, 4/4/2023]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this Part shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues or each Section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.