[See Chapter 27, Zoning, § 27-402(1)(A) and (B)]
[Amended 11/12/2015]
This Part shall be known as the "Montour Township Dog Barking
Ordinance."
[Amended 11/12/2015]
For the purposes of this Ordinance, the word "owner" when applied
to the proprietorship of a dog, shall include every person having
a right of property in such dog, and every person who keeps or harbors
such dog or has it in his care, and every person who permits such
dog to remain on or about any premises occupied by him.
[Amended 11/12/2015]
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog to cause or permit
such dog to bark or otherwise make any noise or disturbance which
results in a nuisance as hereinafter defined.
[Amended 11/12/2015]
The nuisance as contemplated by this Part shall be the unreasonable
barking or making of noise by dogs, which noise interferes with or
deprives any person of the peace, quiet, rest, sleep or legitimate
enjoyment of their property within the Township.
[Amended 11/12/2015]
Any unreasonable barking or other noise making by dogs shall
be presumed by the proof of the continuous barking or making of such
noise for two periods, each of which is in excess of 15 minutes, and
both of which periods occur within 24 hours of each other.
[Amended 11/12/2015]
Anyone found in violation of any of the provisions of this Part
shall, upon conviction thereof by a Magisterial District Judge, be
ordered to pay a penalty in the amount of $600. Each day a violation
of any of the provisions of this Part occurs shall constitute a separate
violation and shall be subject and distinct penalties.
[Amended 11/12/2015]
The provisions of this Part shall be severable, and if any provision
hereof shall be held to be unconstitutional, invalid or illegal, by
any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect
the validity of any of the remaining provisions of this Part. It is
hereby declared as legislative intent that this Part would have been
enacted had such unconstitutional, invalid or illegal provision not
been included herein.
