[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Salisbury by Ord. No. 8-6-1996-2 (Ch. 2, Part 1, of the 1999 Code of Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
For purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein:
ANIMAL
Includes any animal or bird maintained as a domestic pet including, but not limited to, dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters and birds. "Animal" shall also include chickens, goats, pigs or other animals when maintained upon a residential lot as an accessory use to the principal use of the lot for residential purposes. "Animal" shall not include livestock or poultry being raised upon a working farm and shall not include horses which are the principal method of transportation for the occupants of a dwelling.
ANIMAL OWNER
Includes, regardless of whether any such animal is licensed or unlicensed:
(1) 
Every person having a right of proprietorship or ownership in an animal.
(2) 
Every person who keeps or harbors an animal or has it in his care or custody.
(3) 
Every person who permits an animal to remain on or about any premises occupied by him.
(4) 
The parents of any child under 18 years of age who owns or has the control and custody of an animal.
NUISANCE
The unreasonable, unwarrantable or unlawful use of public or private property which causes injury, damage, hurt, inconvenience, annoyance or discomfort to any person in the legitimate enjoyment of his reasonable rights of person or property.
OWNER
A person owning, leasing, occupying or having charge of any premises within the Township.
PERMIT
To suffer, allow, consent or let; to give leave or license; to acquiesce by failure to prevent; to expressly accept or agree to the doing of any act.
PERSON
Any natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or other legally recognized entity.
B. 
When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future; words in the plural number include the singular number and words in the singular number include the plural number; any personal pronoun shall be construed so as to mean either the masculine, feminine or neuter gender, as the context may require; and the word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely precatory.
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.
A. 
Method of serving notice. Prior to the issuance of a citation for a violation of this chapter, it shall be necessary to serve written notice upon the animal owner in one of the following ways:
(1) 
By mailing a copy of the notice to the animal owner by any form of mail.
(2) 
By personal delivery of the notice to the animal owner.
(3) 
By handing a copy of the notice at the residence of the animal owner to an adult member of the family with which he reside, but if no adult member of the family is found, then to an adult person in charge of such residence.
(4) 
By fixing a copy of the notice to the door at the entrance of the residence of the animal owner.
B. 
Content of notice. The notice shall set forth:
(1) 
The name and address of the animal owner, if known.
(2) 
The nature and extent of the violation or offense.
(3) 
The period or periods of time over which the nuisance has occurred.
(4) 
The identity of the person giving notice.
(5) 
The date and time of the sending or posting of the notice.
(6) 
A statement to the effect that a complaint may be filed with the Magisterial District Judge if the nuisance is not abated within 24 hours of the time the notice is given to the animal owner.
C. 
Duration of notice. Any notice given pursuant to this section shall be valid for a period of six months; within six months, no additional notice need be given prior to a complaint being filed with Magisterial District Judge.
[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.