No person shall allow any animal confined on that person's
premises to make any loud or harsh noise or disturbance which shall
interfere with or deprive the peace, quiet, rest or sleep of any person
within the Borough.
Any police officer or law enforcement officer of the Borough is hereby authorized to seize and detain any animal running at large in violation of §
124-38 or any animal concerning which information has been received that such animal has been running at large. Any animal so seized shall be held by the Borough for 48 hours. Immediate notice of such seizure, either personally or by certified mail or email, with return receipt requested, shall be given to the person in whose name the license, if any, was issued, or his agent, to claim such animal within 48 hours after receipt hereof. In the event that the animal does not bear a proper license tag, immediate notice, either personally or by certified mail or email, return receipt requested, shall be given to the person, or his agent, known to be the owner of such animal. The owner or claimant of an animal so detained shall pay a penalty of $50 to the Borough, together with a charge as set forth from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council per day for room and board or daily charge of the shelter where the animal is kept, whichever amount is greater. No animal shall be returned to the owner or claimant until said penalty and expense or charges shall be paid.
If after 48 hours of such notice as set forth in §
124-39, such animal has not been claimed, the police officer or law enforcement officer shall convey the animal to a shelter, animal rescue, or foster care. No licensed animal shall be adopted, sold or otherwise disposed of unless such licensed animal remains unclaimed five days after notification, evidenced by obtaining a return receipt if notified by certified mail or email. Where the owner or agent of an unlicensed animal is not known, the police officer or law enforcement officer shall convey such animal to a shelter, animal rescue, or foster care. No animal shall be sold for the purpose of vivisection or research or be conveyed in any manner for such purposes.
No person other than a person actually working a dog or other
animal for agricultural purposes shall transport or carry on any public
highway, street, road or alley such dog or other animal, unless such
dog or animal is safely enclosed within the motor vehicle or protected
by a container, cage, cross tether or other device to prevent the
dog or animal from falling from, being thrown from or out of jumping
from said motor vehicle.
No person shall leave a dog or other animal in any unattended
motor vehicle without adequate ventilation, sanitary conditions or
in such a manner as to subject dog or other animal to extreme temperature
which adversely affect the health or safety of the dog or animal.
It shall be unlawful for any owner of any cat to permit such
cat to run free outside the residence of its owner or keeper unless
such cat has been:
A. Neutered or spayed to prevent procreating;
B. Immunized against rabies in compliance with Pennsylvania law;
C. Appropriately "tipped" on the left ear to signify that it has been
neutered/spayed and immunized.
It shall be unlawful for any person to continue to feed stray
or feral cats, where such feeding causes a nuisance to neighbors or
creates a condition contrary to the health, safety, and welfare of
the community, unless such person participates in a trap, neuter and
return program managed by the Borough or sponsor of the Borough.
Animal welfare organizations may make application to the Borough
to serve as a sponsor of a TNR program. Sponsors appointed by the
Borough shall have the following responsibilities:
A. Register each feral cat colony they are managing with the Borough.
Information submitted to the Borough shall include general location
(neighborhood), number of cats in the colony, and number of caretakers
working with the colony.
B. Record and report to the Borough, on an annual basis, the intake
and disposition of each feral cat brought to their facility.
C. Record and report to the Borough, on an annual basis, the total number
of members and the number of sterilized members of each feral cat
colony within the Borough for which they have implemented a TNR program.
D. Record and report to the Borough, on an annual basis, the number
of kittens born into each feral cat colony within the Borough for
which they have implemented a TNR program.
E. Address complaints received by the Borough and passed along to the
sponsor regarding caretaker behavior and serve as an intermediary
to address and, where possible, remediate the behavior within a reasonable
period of time, based on the matters at issue and utilizing Borough
resources when necessary.