[Adopted 8-5-1996 by Ord. No. 97-7 (Ch. 2, Part 3, of the 1995 Code of Ordinances)]
No person, having possession, custody or control of any dog, shall knowingly or negligently permit any dog to commit any nuisance, including defecation, on any gutter, street, driveway, alley, curb or sidewalk in the Township, or upon the floors or stairways of any building or place frequented by the public or used in common by any persons, or upon outside walls, walkways, driveways, alleys, curbs or sidewalks of any building abutting on a public street or park, or upon the grounds of any private property other than the property of the owner of such animal.
Any person having possession, custody or control of any dog which commits a nuisance, including defecation, in any area other than the private property of the owner of such dog, as prohibited in § 97-13 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 a nonleaking container for deposit in a trash or litter receptacle.
The provisions of §§ 97-13 and 97-14 hereof shall not apply to a guide dog accompanying any blind person or to a dog used to assist any other physically challenged person.
[Amended 7-14-1998 by Ord. No. 98-14; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this article, 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 article continues or each section of this article which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense. This article may be enforced initially by violation ticket (citation); see Chapter 38, Ordinance Enforcement Procedures, Article II, Tickets for Certain Offenses.