No person shall allow any domestic animal in his keeping, custody,
control or ownership to bark, howl or cry continuously for any period
longer than 1/2 hour between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
or otherwise repeatedly at intervals of more than 1/2 hour at any
time of the day or night in such volume or manner as to disturb the
comfort, peace and repose of persons in the vicinity.
A domestic animal shall be considered a public nuisance and shall be subject to impound pursuant to §
66-12 for the following reasons:
A. The animal damages property, or deposits fecal matter on the property
of the public or others that the owner fails to remove promptly.
B. The animal, without provocation, chases, molests or approaches pedestrians
or bicyclists in a threatening manner upon the streets, sidewalks,
right-of-way, or any public property, or habitually chases automobiles
on the public streets or highways.
C. The animal is kept under unsanitary and/or inhumane conditions such
that the maintenance or keeping of any animal creates odors to the
annoyance of the public in the vicinity.
D. The animal kills or attacks another domestic animal without provocation
while off the owner's property.
E. The owning, keeping or harboring of any animal which shall, by any
noise, unreasonably and/or excessively disturb the peace and quiet
of any person in the vicinity. The phrase "unreasonably and/or excessively
disturb the peace and quiet" shall include, but is not limited to,
the creation of any noise which can be heard by any person, including
an Animal Control Officer or law enforcement officer, from a location
off the animal owner's property where the animal is being kept,
and which noise occurs repeatedly over at least a thirty-minute period
of time with one minute or less lapse of time between each animal
noise during the thirty-minute period after 10:00 p.m. or before 7:00
a.m. This provision shall not apply to animals that are responding
to trespassers or to animals that are teased or similarly provoked
to bark.
Trapping domestic animals is prohibited within the Borough except
by an authorized agent of the Borough who shall only use proper trapping
devices which have been inspected and provided by the Borough for
such purposes. Personal trapping equipment and other handmade trapping
devices are strictly prohibited. Any person violating the provisions
of this section shall be subject to the penalties set forth in this
chapter, plus mandatory reporting to the American Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.