[Adopted 5-4-1981 by Ord.
No. 2-1981 (Ch. III, Secs. 7 and 8, of the 1970
Code of Ordinances)]
It shall be unlawful for any person who owns, harbors, keeps
or is in charge of any dog to cause, suffer or allow that dog to soil,
defile, defecate on or commit any nuisance on any street, alley, sidewalk,
passageway, public path, play area, park or any place in Vandergrift
Borough where people congregate or walk, or upon any public property
whatsoever, or upon any private property without permission of the
owner of that property. The restriction in this section shall not
apply to that portion of any street lying between the street side
of the two sidewalks, which area may be used to curb a dog under the
following circumstances:
A.
The person who curbs the dog shall immediately remove all feces deposited
by that dog by any sanitary method approved by the Board of Health.
B.
The feces removed from the designated area shall be disposed of by
the person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of the dog curbed
in accordance with the provisions of this article in a sanitary manner
approved by the Board of Health.
[Amended 1-10-1989 by Ord. No. 2-1989]
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall,
upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $50 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.
