It shall be unlawful for an animal owner to fail to keep at
all times such dog or other animal either:
A. Confined within the premises of the animal owner and maintained in
a clean and sanitary condition at all times.
B. Firmly secured by means of a collar and chain or other device so
that it cannot stray beyond the premises on which it is secured.
C. Under the reasonable control of some person or, when engaged in lawful
hunting, exhibition or field training, accompanied by an owner or
handler.
It shall be the duty of all animal owners and the duty of the
parent or guardian of any minor owner of any dog or other animal to
keep the dog or other animal securely tied or penned in an enclosure
in such a manner that the dog or other animal cannot break loose and
run at large over the streets, alleys or public grounds in the Township
upon the property of anyone other than the animal owner or the property
of another who has granted permission to the animal owner to allow
the dog or other animal upon such person's property.
It shall be the duty of all animal owners, while traveling on
the streets, alleys or public grounds in the Township of Salisbury,
to have the dog or other animal on a leash at all times and to prevent
the dog or other animal from entering upon the property of any person
or persons in the Township without the property owner's consent.
It shall be unlawful for any animal owner to permit any animal
to defecate or urinate upon any sidewalk, passageway, part or any
other public place where people congregate or walk or upon any private
property of any person without the permission of the owner of said
property unless, with regard to defecation only, such animal owner
shall immediately remove and dispose of, in a sanitary manner, all
feces deposited by such animal. This section shall not apply to a
guide dog accompanying any blind person or to a dog used to assist
any other physically handicapped person.
It shall be unlawful for any person to harbor, care for, shelter
or maintain any breed of dog or dogs or other animal which makes any
noise, including, but not limited to, barking, yelping, howling or
the making of any loud noise by an animal continuously and/or incessantly
for more than 1/2 hour on any one occasion to the disturbance of any
person at any time of the day or night, regardless of whether the
dog or other animal is situated on private property, said noise constituting
a nuisance; provided, however, that at the time the dog or other animal
is making such noise, no person is trespassing or threatening to trespass
upon private property in or upon which the dog or other animal is
situated nor is there any other legitimate cause which justifiably
provoked the dog or other animal.
It shall be unlawful for any person to harbor, care for, shelter
or maintain any breed of dog or dogs or other animal in such a manner
so as to disturb or unduly annoy the public through the dog's
or other animal's smell, mischief or other harmful propensities.
All pens or other areas in which dogs or other animals are kept shall
be maintained in a sanitary condition, free of offensive, obnoxious
or foul odors.
[Amended 2-2-1999 by Ord.
No. 2-2-99-2; 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 chapter, 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 less than $1,000 nor more
than $1,000, plus costs. Each day that a violation of this chapter
continues or each section of this chapter which shall be found to
have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.
In addition to any other remedies provided in this chapter,
any violation of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute a
nuisance and may be abated by the Township by seeking appropriate
equitable relief from a court of competent jurisdiction.