[Ord. 5-1991, 5/13/1991, § 1]
The following words are defined and used in this Part 3 as follows:
CAT
A carnivorous mammal scientifically known by the genus and
species of Felis catus, which spends any part of any twenty-four-hour
day in a residence or on the property inhabited by a human being.
DOG
A carnivorous mammal scientifically known by the genus and
species of Canis familiaris, which spends any part of any twenty-four-hour
day in a residence or on the property inhabited by a human being.
OWNER
When applied to the proprietorship of a dog, cat, or other
domesticated or nondomesticated animal, includes every person having
a right of property in such animal, and every person who keeps or
harbors such animal or has it in his or her care, and every person
who permits such animal to remain on or about any premises occupied
by him or her.
PERSONS
Includes state and local officers, or employees, individuals,
corporations, copartnerships and associations. Singular words shall
include the plural. Masculine words shall include the feminine and
neuter.
POLICE OFFICER
Any person employed or elected by this commonwealth or by
any municipality and whose duty it is to preserve peace or to make
arrests or to enforce the law. The terms include state constabulary,
dog, game, fish and forest wardens.
[Ord. 5-1991, 5/13/1991, § 2]
1. No owner or person having control over a dog, cat, or other domesticated
animal or any nondomesticated animal shall permit said dog, cat, or
other domesticated or nondomesticated animal to run at large within
the Borough of Hughesville or upon its public streets or upon property
other than the owner of such cat, dog or animal.
2. No owner and/or person having possession, custody or control of a
dog or cat shall allow said dog or cat off of his/her premises unless
the dog or cat is on a leash or otherwise is restrained in such a
fashion that it cannot roam free.
[Ord. 5-1991, 5/13/1991, § 3]
1. No owner and/or person having possession, custody or control of a
cat, dog or domesticated animal or nondomesticated animal shall allow
said cat, dog, domesticated or nondomesticated animal to defecate,
defile, or befoul upon any gutter, street, driveway, alley, curb,
or sidewalk in the Borough, or upon 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 the public street or park or
upon the grounds of any public park, public areas, or upon private
property other than the property of the owner.
2. Any owner or person having possession, custody, or control of a cat, dog, or animal, domesticated or nondomesticated, on other than the private property of the owner as prohibited in Subsection
1 hereof, shall be required to immediately remove the feces from such surfaces and carry the same away for deposit in a toilet or in any other sanitary manner.
3. Exception. The provision of this section shall not apply to a guide dog accompanying any blind persons or to a dog used to assist any other physically handicapped person or to animals used in police or fire activities of the Borough or to animals participating in a parade authorized by the Borough. Animals controlled by owners or other persons while upon the property of the Lycoming County Fair Association are also exempt from this Part
3.
4. No owner shall allow defecation to accumulate on his property to
the point where it becomes a health hazard and/or a public nuisance.
[Ord. 5-1991, 5/13/1991, § 4]
Pursuant to Act 181 of 1986, 3 P.S. § 455, every person
living in the Borough of Hughesville owning or keeping a dog or cat
over three months of age shall cause that dog or cat to be vaccinated
against rabies and shall cause the vaccination tag to be worn upon
the collar of said dog or cat.
[Ord. 5-1991, 5/13/1991, § 5]
Every police officer or state dog warden shall have authority
to seize and detain any cat, dog or animal found running at large,
subject to the Dog Law of the commonwealth, December 7, 1982, P.L.
784, No. 225, 3 P.S. § 459-101 et seq., as amended.
[Ord. 5-1991, 5/13/1991, § 6]
Any person who violates any provision of this Part 3 shall,
upon summary conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not
less than $30 nor more than $100, and costs of prosecution, together
with the cost expended by the Borough in disposing of an animal or
confining or caring for the same, and, in default of payment of such
fine and costs, to undergo imprisonment for not less than five days.
[Ord. 5-1991, 5/13/1991, § 8]
This Part 3 is an amendment to existing dog ordinances, and
any existing ordinances or parts thereof conflicting with this Part
3 are hereby repealed insofar as the same affects this Part 3. However,
any ordinances or parts thereof not in conflict with this Part 3 shall
remain in full force and effect.