A person having custody of a dog or other animal shall not permit
said dog or other animal to defecate on any school ground, public
street, alley, sidewalk, tree, bank, park or any private property
within the Borough other than the property owned by the person having
custody of said dog or other animal unless the defecation is removed
immediately and properly disposed of. It is also forbidden to deposit
a bag containing said defecation on any of the above-referenced property.
It is hereby prohibited for any person or other entity to permit
the running at large of any animal within the Borough and for any
animal to be running at large within the Borough.
Any animal found to be running at large within the Borough is
subject to seizure, detention, and possible destruction by the person
or agency appointed as the animal control person or agency for the
Borough or by any other Borough official, pursuant to the laws of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not more than $25 for a first offense, $50 for a second
offense, and $600 for any offense thereafter, plus costs, and in default
of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to
exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation hereof continues shall constitute
a separate offense.
Any ordinance or part thereof in conflict herewith is hereby
repealed to the extent of said conflict.