[Adopted 11-1-1976 by Ord. No. 348 as Part 7, Art. 705, of the 1976 Code]
No person being the owner or having charge of
cattle, sheep, geese, ducks, turkeys, chickens or other fowl or animals
shall permit them to run at large upon any public place or upon any
unenclosed lands or upon the premises of another.
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Art. III, Pet Waste and Animals Running
at Large.
B.
No owner, keeper or harborer of any female dog shall
permit such dog to go beyond the premises of such owner or keeper
at any time such dog is in heat, unless such dog is properly in leash.
C.
The owner or keeper of every dog shall at all times
keep such dog either confined upon the premises of the owner or keeper
or under reasonable control of some person.
D.
It shall be illegal within the Borough of Evans City
for any person or persons to own, possess, harbor or control any animal
or bird which makes any noise continuously and/or incessantly for
a period of 10 minutes or makes such noise intermittently for 1/2
hour or more to the disturbance of any person any time of the day
or night regardless of whether the animal or bird is physically situated
in or upon private property, said noise being a nuisance, provided
that at the time the animal or bird is making such noise, no person
is trespassing or threatening to trespass upon private property in
or upon which the animal or bird is situate, nor is there any other
legitimate cause which justifiably provoked the animal or bird.
[Added 2-6-1995 by Ord. No. 458]
The running at large of any such animal in or
upon any of the places mentioned in this chapter is prima facie evidence
that it is running at large in violation of this chapter.
[Amended 8-1-1994 by Ord. No. 456; 2-7-2011 by Ord. No. 542]
Except as otherwise provided in 3 P.S. § 495-101
et seq, any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay
a fine in an amount established from time to time by resolution of
Borough Council, plus costs of prosecution, including reasonable attorney’s
fees and costs. See Appendix § A200-2.
