[Adopted 11-9-1981 by Ord. No. 714 (Ch. 59 of the 1986 Code); amended
in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. I)]
It shall be unlawful for the owner or keeper of any dog to fail
to keep at all times such dog either:
A. Confined
within the premises of the owner; or
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; or
C. Under the
reasonable control of some person.
It shall be unlawful for the owner or keeper of any dog to fail
to keep at all times such dog from damaging or destroying another
person's property, including other animals, lawns, flower and vegetable
gardens, plants and shrubbery.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning, harboring, keeping
or in charge of any dog to allow such dog to soil, defile or defecate
upon any other person's private property without the permission of
such other person or upon any public property within the Borough.
Any owner or keeper of a dog which deposits fecal matter on property
other than that of the owner shall be responsible to immediately clean
up and properly dispose of that matter.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this chapter
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding under the Pennsylvania
Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall
be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus court costs
and reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the Borough in the enforcement
proceedings. Upon judgment against any person by summary conviction,
or by proceedings by summons on default of the payment of the fine
or penalty imposed and the costs, the defendant may be sentenced and
committed to the county correctional facility for a period not exceeding
30 days. Each day that such violation exists shall constitute a separate
offense, and each section of this chapter 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 chapter in equity
in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County.