City of New Castle, PA
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2023-03-24
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Part 11: Health and Sanitation Code
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Title Three - Animals and Fowl
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Article 1145 Domestic Animals
- Part 1: Administrative Code
- Title One - General Provisions
- Art 101 Codified Ordinances
- Art 102 Act 47 Recovery Plan
- Art 103 Official Standards
- Art 104 Home Rule Charter Initiative
- Title Three - Legislative
- Art 111 Council
- Art 115 Council Procedure
- Title Five - Administrative Offices and Departments
- Art 121 Administration Generally
- Art 123 Mayor
- Art 125 City Clerk
- Art 127 City Treasurer
- Art 129 City Controller
- Art 131 Fiscal Procedure
- Art 133 Department of Administration
- Art 135 Bureau of Law
- Art 137 (Reserved)
- Art 139 Bureau of Planning and Development
- Art 141 Department of Public Works
- Art 143 (Reserved)
- Art 145 Department of Police
- Art 146 Educational Service Agency
- Art 147 Auxiliary Police
- Art 149 Department of Fire
- Art 151 Department of Community and Economic Development
- Art 153 Department of Code Enforcement
- Art 155 Department of Recreation and Parks
- Art 156 Department of Parking
- Art 157 Board of Health
- Art 159 Recreation Task Force
- Title Seven - Employment Provisions; Pensions and Benefits
- Art 161 Personnel System and Board
- Art 163 Civil Service Board
- Art 165 Employment Provisions
- Art 166 Comprehensive Municipal Pension Trust Fund Board of Trustees
- Art 167 City Employees Pension Plan
- Art 169 Police Pension Plan
- Art 171 Firemen's Pension Plan
- Art 172 Plan of Administrative Improvement for the City of New Castle Pension Plans
- Title Nine - Authorities, Boards and Commissions
- Art 181 General Provisions
- Art 183 Standing Committees of Council
- Art 185 Human Relations Commission; Discrimination
- Art 186 Shade Tree Commission
- Art 187 Authorities
- Art 188 Historical Conservation/Preservation/Restoration Commission
- Art 189 Lawrence County Regional Council of Governments
- Art 190 Municipal Sexual Assault/Special Victims Task Force Agreement
- Title Eleven - Intergovernmental Cooperation
- Art 191 New Castle Municipal Fire Services Assistance
- Art 192 Shared Equipment Program
- Art 193 Central Booking Program Intergovernmental Agreement
- Art 194 Municipal Utility Alliance Cooperation Agreement
- Art 195 Centralized Answering and Dispatch Service
- Art 196 Interjurisdictional Agreement With New Castle Sanitation Authority
- Art 197 Drug Task Force Agreement
- Art 197A Lawrence County Drug Task Force Agreement
- Art 198 Municipal Police Cooperative Agreement
- Art 199 City-County Cooperative Agreements
- Art 199A Citywide Development Corporation of New Castle
- Part 2: Emergency Services Cost Recovery
- Art 201 Fire Suppression
- Art 202 Automobile Accidents
- Art 203 Specialty Rescue Services
- Art 204 Hazardous Material Response, Mitigation and Abatement
- Art 205 Unlock Service
- Art 206 Staff Training, Inspections and Fire Drills
- Part 3: Business Regulation and Taxation Code
- Title One - Real Estate
- Art 301 Assessment Law
- Art 303 Property Tax
- Art 304 Property Tax Distraints
- Art 305 Tax Collection
- Art 306 Delinquent Real Estate Taxes Fee Schedule
- Title Three - Business Regulation
- Art 311 Closed Circuit Television Systems (Catv)
- Art 313 Circuses, Carnivals and Shows
- Art 315 Coal Sales
- Art 317 Closing-Out, Damaged Goods and Defunct Business Sales
- Art 319 Dances and Dance Halls
- Art 321 Gaming Devices and Amusement Devices
- Art 323 Juke Boxes
- Art 325 Loudspeakers
- Art 329 Panhandlers, Solicitors, and Transient Vendors
- Art 333 Refuse Collectors
- Art 334 Refuse Disposal
- Art 335 (Reserved)
- Art 337 Eating and Drinking Places
- Title Five - Act 511 Taxes
- Art 341 Earned Income Tax
- Art 343 Business Privilege Tax
- Art 345 Local Services Tax
- Art 347 Mercantile License Tax
- Art 349 Realty Transfer Tax
- Title Seven - Property Tax Exemptions
- Art 361 Improvement of Deteriorated Real Property Tax Exemption
- Art 363 Deteriorated Area Improvement Tax Exemption
- Art 365 Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance (Lerta)
- Part 5: Traffic Code
- Art 501 Traffic Rules
- Art 502 Brake Retarder Prohibition - Jake Brakes
- Art 505 Vehicle Removal and Impounding
- Art 509 Parking Meters
- Art 513 Vehicle Operation and Parking
- Art 517 Streets Closed for Repair
- Art 521 Snow Emergencies and Street Cleaning
- Art 525 Loading Zones
- Art 533 Parking Commercial Vehicles
- Art 537 Snowmobiles and Mini-Bikes
- Art 538 All-Terrain Vehicles, Dirt Bikes and Other Motorized Recreational Vehicles
- Part 7: General Offenses Code
- Art 705 Advertising and Handbill Distribution
- Art 709 Curfew
- Art 713 Disorderly Conduct
- Art 714 Public Nudity
- Art 715 Disorderly Houses
- Art 716 Residential Restrictions for Registered Sexual Violent Offenders
- Art 717 Dogs
- Art 718 Offenses Endangering Public Peace and Good Order
- Art 721 False Fire Alarms
- Art 725 Firearms and Weapons
- Art 737 Parades and Assemblages
- Art 739 Tobacco Use Restrictions
- Art 741 Parks
- Art 745 Pigeons and Starlings
- Art 749 Railroads
- Art 753 Streets and Sidewalks
- Art 757 Downtown Improvement Area
- Part 9: Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code
- Title One - Streets and Sidewalk Areas
- Art 901 Street Excavations and Pavement Cuts
- Art 903 City Improvements
- Art 905 Street Acceptance
- Art 909 Unpaved Street Maintenance
- Art 911 Low Cost Street Paving
- Art 913 Manholes
- Art 915 Poles and Wires
- Art 917 Driveways
- Art 919 (Reserved)
- Art 921 Sidewalk Construction and Repair
- Title Three - Public Sewers
- Art 931 Sanitary Sewer Connections
- Art 933 Stormwater Management Program and User Fee
- Art 934 Stormwater Management
- Art 935 Septic Tanks and Holding Tanks
- Art 937 Sewer Extensions Outside the City
- Art 939 Interceptors and Separators
- Title Five - Other Public Services
- Art 950 City of New Castle Municipal Solid Waste
- Art 951 (Reserved)
- Art 952 (Reserved)
- Art 953 Hydrant Surcharge
- Part 11: Health and Sanitation Code
- Title One - Health Nuisances
- Art 1103 (Reserved)
- Art 1107 Waste and Discarded Materials
- Art 1111 Depositing and Littering
- Art 1115 Transporting Materials
- Art 1123 Weeds and Grass
- Art 1127 Trees
- Title Three - Animals and Fowl
- Art 1141 Bees
- Art 1145 Domestic Animals
- § 1145.01 Definitions.
- § 1145.02 Permit and compliance required.
- § 1145.03 Application approval; permit issuance.
- § 1145.04 Permit classification, fee and term.
- § 1145.05 Maximum number of large animals.
- § 1145.06 Limitations on proximity to dwellings.
- § 1145.07 Standards and requirements; permit revocation; appeal and inspections.
- § 1145.08 Application to dogs.
- § 1145.09 Nuisance prohibited.
- § 1145.10 Compliance by pet hospitals and pet shops.
- § 1145.99 Penalty.
- Title Five - Groundwater Use Restrictions
- Art 1160 M-2 Heavy Industrial Zoning District of the Seventh Ward Groundwater Use Restrictions
- Part 13: Planning and Zoning Code
- Title One - Subdivision Regulations
- Art 1301 Purpose and Jurisdiction
- Art 1303 Definitions
- Art 1305 Compliance, Enforcement, and Penalty
- Art 1307 Variances and Amendments
- Art 1309 Plan Requirements
- Art 1311 Plat Procedures
- Art 1313 Design Standards
- Art 1315 Improvements
- Title Three - Zoning Ordinance
- Art 1321 General Provisions
- Art 1322 Definitions
- Art 1323 Administration, Enforcement and Appeals
- Art 1324 Amendments
- Art 1325 Zoning Hearing Board
- Art 1326 Neighborhood Improvement Overlay District
- Art 1327 New Castle North Hill Historic Overlay District Standards and Guidelines
- Art 1328 (Reserved)
- Art 1329 District Regulations
- Art 1331 Supplementary Regulations
- Art 1332 Signs
- Art 1333 Mobile Home Court and Development Guidelines
- Art 1335 Group Homes
- Art 1336 Adult Entertainment Establishments
- Ttl Three Map Zoning Map
- Part 15: Fire Prevention Code
- Art 1501 Standard Adopted
- Art 1505 Explosives Storage and Transportation
- Art 1509 Gasoline Filling Stations
- Art 1513 Tank and Pump Testing
- Art 1517 Fireworks
- Art 1521 Fire Insurance Escrow
- Art 1522 Payment of Delinquent Taxes From Fire Insurance Proceeds
- Part 17: Building and Housing Code
- Title One - Standards Adopted
- Art 1701 (Reserved)
- Art 1702 Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code Act
- Art 1703 (Reserved)
- Art 1705 (Reserved)
- Art 1709 Flood Plain Management
- Title Three - Local Provisions
- Art 1725 Fire Zones
- Art 1727 Numbering Buildings
- Art 1729 Moving Buildings
- Art 1731 Demolition
- Art 1733 Unsafe and Unsanitary Structures
- Art 1735 Trailers
- Art 1737 Junk and Wrecking Yards
- Art 1739 Party Walls
- Art 1741 Surface or Storm Waters
- Art 1743 Buyer Notification
- Art 1743A Zoning Classification/Occupancy Permits
- Art 1744 (Reserved)
- Art 1745 Dumpster Ordinance
- Title Five - Existing Structures
- Art 1761 International Property Maintenance Code
- Art 1783 Facilities and Services
- Art 1784 Procedures for Council Review of Repository Property Bids
- Tables
- Tbl A Franchises
- Tbl B Easements
- Tbl C1 Vacating of Streets and Alleys - 1ST Ward
- Tbl C2 Vacating of Streets and Alleys - 2ND Ward
- Tbl C3 Vacating of Streets and Alleys - 3RD Ward
- Tbl C4 Vacating of Streets and Alleys - 4TH Ward
- Tbl C5 Vacating of Streets and Alleys - 5TH Ward
- Tbl C6 Vacating of Streets and Alleys - 6TH Ward
- Tbl C7 Vacating of Streets and Alleys - 7TH Ward
- Tbl C8 Vacating of Streets and Alleys - 8TH Ward
- Tbl D Dedication, Location and Grade Levels of Streets
- Tbl E Acquisition and Disposal of Real Property
- Tbl F Lease of Real Property
- Tbl G Change of Street Name
- Tbl H Annexation and Detachment of Territory
- Tbl I Zoning Map Changes
- Tbl J Traffic Rules
- Tbl K Subdivisions
[Ord. 6648, passed 6-9-1977; Ord. 8137, passed 5-28-2015]
As used in this article, certain terms are defined as follows:
(a)
LARGE ANIMALS — All individual species of the bovine (Bovidae),
equine (Equidae), and swine (Suidae) families.
(b)
SMALL ANIMALS — Felines (Felidae), rabbits, hares, guinea pigs,
chinchillas, hamsters, pigeons (except homing pigeons), rats and mice,
except as provided in Section 1145.10.
(c)
KEEPER or PERSON — Any person, firm or corporation owning or
actually keeping, having, using or maintaining any of the animals
herein referred to.
(d)
PERSON — Any individual, firm or corporation.
(e)
PERMIT — The permit issued by the City Clerk upon approval
by the Code Enforcement Officer.
(f)
RATPROOF — A state of being constructed so as to effectively
prevent entry of rats.
(g)
SANITARY — Any condition of good order and cleanliness, which
precludes the probability of disease transmission.
(h)
CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER — The Director of the Department of
Code Enforcement or his authorized agents.
[Ord. 6648, passed 6-9-1977]
No person shall keep, own, maintain, use or have in their possession
any animals as defined in this article, within the corporate limits
of the City, except that such animals may be kept under the conditions
hereinafter set forth, provided a permit is first obtained.
[Ord. 6648, passed 6-9-1977]
A permit is required as a prerequisite to the keeping, owning,
maintaining, using or having possession of any animals as defined
in this article, and may be obtained from the City Clerk. Application
for such permit shall be filed with and approved by the Code Enforcement
Officer, who shall only approve the application after determining
that the applicant for such permit complies with all requirements
for such permit as set forth in this article.
[Ord. 6648, passed 6-9-1977; Ord. 8137, passed 5-28-2015]
There shall be two classifications of permits that may be issued
under the provisions of this article as follows which permits shall
expire December 31 of each year:
(a)
Permit for keeping of small animals, the fee for which shall be $25
per year or any fraction thereof. No permit or fee shall be required
if the small animal is housed in any dwelling, providing the total
number of small animals does not exceed three.
(b)
Permit for keeping of large animals, the fee for which shall be $100
per year or any fraction thereof.
[Ord. 8137, passed 5-28-2015]
No permit shall be issued or be valid if issued for the permitting
or keeping within the City of a total of more than two large animals.
[Ord. 8137, passed 5-28-2015]
(a)
Permits for the keeping of large animals shall be issued only to
those applicants who provide facilities for the keeping of such large
animals in quarters set out herein, which will confine such large
animals within limits not closer than 250 feet to the exterior limits
of any dwelling resided in by anyone other than the applicant, unless
such other building is owned by the applicant.
(b)
Permits for the keeping of small animals shall be issued only to
those applicants who provide facilities for keeping of such small
animals in quarters set out herein, which will confine such small
animals within limits not closer than 25 feet to the exterior limits
of any dwelling resided in by anyone other than the applicant.
[Ord. 6648, passed 6-9-1977]
(a)
Upon obtaining a permit from the City Clerk as provided in Section
1145.03, every keeper of an animal shall comply with the following
requirements:
(1)
Confine the animal in an enclosure sufficient to prevent its
running at large, maintain such enclosure in a clean and sanitary
condition at all times, and use an approved insecticide as often as
deemed necessary by the Code Enforcement Officer.
(2)
Provide a shelter or area of a size sufficient to be conducive
to good sanitation practices and provide adequate and sanitary drainage
for such shelter or area.
(3)
Cause the animal litter and droppings therefrom to be collected
daily in a container or receptacle of such type that when closed it
is ratproof and flytight, and after each such collection cause such
container or receptacle to be kept closed. At least twice a week,
cause all litter and droppings so collected to be disposed of in a
way so as to prevent the presence of fly larvae.
(4)
Cause all feed to be stored and kept in a ratproof, flytight
building, box, container or receptacle.
(b)
The failure of any keeper of any animal to comply with the provisions
of this article or the sanitation standards and requirements established
by the Code Enforcement Officer shall be cause for such Officer to
revoke or refuse to approve issuance of such permit. The decision
of the Code Enforcement Officer shall be subject to review by Council
if the applicant or permittee feels such permit refusal or revocation
to be unjustified.
(c)
The premises shall be subject to inspection by the Code Enforcement
Officer at any reasonable hour of the day.
[Ord. 6648, passed 6-9-1977]
Dogs licensed as required by other laws or ordinances are exempt
from the permit and permit fee as required by this article, but where
more than two dogs are kept, all other provisions of this article,
applicable to small animals, shall be complied with.
[Ord. 6648, passed 6-9-1977]
It shall be the duty of the permittee to maintain and operate
the housing and keeping of any animals in such a manner as not to
create a nuisance as determined by any court of competent jurisdiction.
[Ord. 6648, passed 6-9-1977]
Medical laboratories, educational institutions, veterinary hospitals,
pet shops or other similar activities shall keep and maintain animals
under the same conditions as are prescribed by this article and with
the same distance and structural requirements herein set forth. Permits
for these types of institutions shall not be issued unless full compliance
with the Zoning Ordinance has first been met.
Whoever violates any provision of this article or fails to comply
with any provision or order made thereunder, within a fixed time,
shall severally, for each and every such violation or noncompliance
respectively, be punished as provided in Section 101.99 of the Administrative
Code.
