[Ord. 470, 9/14/1998]
As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meaning indicated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
OWNER
Any person having a right of property in any dog or having custody of any dog, or any person who harbors or permits a dog to remain on or around his or her property.
RUNNING AT LARGE
Being upon any public highway, street, alley, park, or any other public land, or upon property of another person other than the owner, and not being accompanied by or under the control of the owner or any other person having custody of said dog.
[Ord. 470, 9/14/1998]
1. 
A Dog Warden may be appointed by Borough Council to serve during its pleasure. Such dog warden along with the Police Department shall have concurrent responsibility for the enforcement of this ordinance and of the Dog Law of 1982, (3 P.S. § 459-101 et seq., as hereafter amended, supplemented, modified or reenacted by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania); provided, that he shall not have the power to make arrests under this Act of Assembly or any other Act of Assembly or ordinance of the Borough.
2. 
The owner shall be responsible for controlling their pet(s) so they are not allowed to create a public nuisance from lack of sanitation, inadequate housing, inhumane treatment, indiscriminate breeding, noise control, number of animals, etc., and the pets shall not create or become a threat to the health of persons. The Dog Warden or Borough Police Department shall determine when a situation becomes a public nuisance or a threat to the health of a person based on their own observations, investigation or public complaints.
3. 
The Pennsylvania Dog Law, 3 Pa.C.S.A. § 459-101 et seq., governs, among other things, dogs running at large, seizing of dogs, licensed, unlicensed and threatening dogs. Refer to the Dog Law and Ord. 248, 1/6/1969, as amended [Chapter 10, Part 2] regarding noise disturbances.
[Ord. 470, 9/14/1998]
The dog warden or any police officer or constable may seize any dog found at large in the Borough. Such dogs are to be impounded in a licensed kennel, SPCA or Humane Society facility.