[Added 8-13-2019 by Ord. No. 471]
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.
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No person shall allow any animal owned by him or under his control to defecate on any sidewalk, walkway or the property of another without immediately cleaning it up.
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Any vision- or mobility-impaired person who relies upon a dog specifically trained for such purposes shall be exempt from compliance with this section.
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No person shall permit any animal owned by him or under his supervision or control, to run at large at any time upon the public streets, alleys, highways, or public grounds of the Borough, or upon the private property of any other person or upon any property other than property belonging to the owner of such animal or to a person under whose supervision or control of such animal is being kept. An animal must be firmly secured by means of a collar and chain or other device so that it cannot stray or must be accompanied by or under the reasonable control of some person.
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Any police officer or law enforcement officer is hereby authorized and empowered to seize and detain any animal which is found running at large in the Borough, or upon any property other than the property of the owner of such animal, and unaccompanied by the owner when such police officer or law enforcement office is in immediate pursuit of such animal.
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The provisions of this section shall apply to all animals found running at large in violation of this section, irrespective of payment for or issuance of any license in respect to the animal involved.
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The Borough Council is hereby empowered and authorized to engage the services of a qualified and suitable person to enforce the provisions of this section.
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:
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Neutered or spayed to prevent procreating;
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Immunized against rabies in compliance with Pennsylvania law;
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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:
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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.
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Record and report to the Borough, on an annual basis, the intake and disposition of each feral cat brought to their facility.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be charged with a summary offense and shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 and all costs of prosecution for the first offense, or be imprisoned for not more than 90 days, or both.
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For any subsequent offense that occurs within one year of sentencing for the prior violation, a person shall be charged with a misdemeanor of the third degree, and upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, or to imprisonment of not more than one year, or both.
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Each day there is a violation may count as a separate violation.