[Added 5-1-2000 by Ord. No. 5-1-00]
Removal of filth. It shall be the duty of any person owning, harboring or having the care, custody or control of any dog to promptly remove any feces left by such dog on any common thoroughfare, sidewalk, passageway, public street, play area or park or any place where people congregate or walk on any private or public property whatsoever.
A. 
Method of removal. Feces shall be removed by the person having custody or control of said dog by picking it up with a scoop, shovel, broom, tong or other similar implement and depositing same directly into an airtight container, plastic or otherwise.
B. 
Disposal of filth. The feces removed from the aforementioned designated area(s) shall be disposed of by depositing same in a container used for the disposal of refuse. In no event shall any feces be deposited in storm or sanitary sewers or drains.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to blind persons while actually using a guide dog licensed as such.
In case a dog is unattended, information secured by an enforcement officer from a license or tag secured to said dog shall present a rebuttable presumption that the owner identified by such license or tag is the owner or person in charge of said dog.
[Amended 6-2-2010 by Ord. No. 06-02-10-02[1]]
The Borough of South Waverly contracting police force or any other authorized agent shall have the power and duty to enforce the provisions of this article.
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for an effective time and date of midnight on 6-30-2010, further providing that the South Waverly Borough Police Department be disbanded at that time contemporaneously with the commencement of police services in South Waverly Borough by Sayre Borough Police Department pursuant to an agreement of 3-1-2010.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article shall, upon being found liable therefor, pay a fine of not more than $600, plus court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement proceedings. If the penalty is not paid, the Borough shall initiate a civil action for collection in accordance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure. Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this article that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense. In addition to or in lieu of enforcement under this section, the Borough may enforce this article in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Bradford County.