[Ord. No. 390, 8/21/1996, § 301]
No person, having possession, custody or control of any animal
shall knowingly or negligently permit any dog or other animal to commit
any nuisance, i.e., defecation upon any gutter, street, driveway,
alley, curb or sidewalk in the Borough of Hatfield, or upon the floors
or stairways of any building or place frequented by the public or
used in common by the tenants, or upon the outside walls, walkways,
driveways, alleys, curbs or stairways of any building abutting on
a public area, or upon any private property other than the property
of the owner of such animal.
[Ord. No. 390, 8/21/1996, § 302]
1. Any person having possession, custody or control of any dog or other animal which commits a nuisance, i.e., defecation in any area other than the private property of the owner of such dog or other animal, as prohibited in §
2-301, shall be required to immediately remove any feces from such surface and either:
A. Carry same away for disposal in a toilet.
B. Place same in nonleaking container for deposit in a trash or litter
receptacle.
[Ord. No. 390, 8/21/1996, § 303]
The provisions of §§
2-301 and
2-302 hereof shall not apply to a guide dog accompanying blind persons, or to a dog used to assist any other physically handicapped person.
[Ord. No. 390, 8/21/1996, § 303; as amended by
Ord. No. 501, 8/15/2012]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall 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 90 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.