[Adopted 5-6-1970 by Ord. No. 19-1970[1] (Ch. III, Secs. 3 through 6, of the 1970 Code of Ordinances)]
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Editor's Note: Section 5 of this ordinance repealed Ordinance 7-1965.
A. 
The following words and terms, when used in this article, shall have the meanings hereby ascribed thereto:
AT LARGE
When applied to any animal, shall mean being elsewhere than upon the property of the owner thereof, unless under the immediate control of the said owner by means of a leash or otherwise.
OWNER
When applied to the proprietorship of an animal, shall mean and include every person having a right of property in such animal, every person who keeps or harbors such animal or has it in his care, and every person who permits such animal to remain on or about any premises occupied by him.
PERSON
Includes any natural person, partnership, association, firm or corporation.
B. 
In this article, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
It shall be unlawful for any person, being the owner of any animal, to permit or allow such animal to be at large anywhere in Vandergrift Borough.
In any case where any dog shall be at large anywhere in Vandergrift Borough, the provisions, procedures and penalties contained in the Dog Law of Pennsylvania[1] shall apply and shall be followed, and nothing in the following section of this article shall apply thereto.
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Editor's Note: See 3 P.S. § 459-101 et seq.
[Amended 1-10-1989 by Ord. No. 2-1989]
If the owner of any animal other than a dog permits that animal to be at large in Vandergrift Borough, that owner shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $25 or more than $600 and costs of prosecution and, in default of payment of fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not more than 30 days.