[Adopted 5-1-1972 by Ord.
No. 474; amended in its entirety 10-30-1990 by Ord. No. 715 (Ch.
2, Part 4, of the 1990 Borough Code of Ordinances)]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
No person or persons, partnership, firm or corporation shall
permit any livestock or fowl, including but not limited to chicken
or chickens, to run at large on or in any public street, thoroughfare
or place within the Borough of Royersford, and under penalty upon
conviction thereof, shall 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 article 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 article in equity
in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County.
