[Adopted 7-10-1990 by Ord. No. 1586 (Ch. 115, Art. I, of the 1990 Code)]
[Amended 11-27-2001 by Ord. No. 3254; 9-9-2025 by Ord. No. 4471-25]
No person shall, within the Township, keep or harbor horses, cattle, goats, swine, domestic or other fowl or animals, except in accordance with regulations established by this article; nor shall any person permit any horses, cattle, goats, swine, domestic or other fowl or animals owned or harbored by them to run at large on the streets, roads, highways or public or private lands within the Township, except in accordance with regulations established hereunder; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be construed as prohibiting the keeping or harboring of any horses, cattle, swine, goats, domestic or other fowl or animals by any farmer in the usual course of husbandry nor the running at large of such horses, cattle, swine, goats, domestic or other fowl or animals upon the farmer's own lands in the usual course of husbandry.
[Amended 2-14-2006 by Ord. No. 3591]
All horses, cattle, swine, goats, domestic and other fowl and animals found running at large within the Township may be taken by any person to the public pound, whereupon it shall be the duty of the Animal Control Officer to receive and confine any such horses, cattle, swine, goats, domestic or other fowl and animals until it or they shall be lawfully sold or redeemed.
[Amended 10-8-1981 by Ord. No. 1070; 2-14-2006 by Ord. No. 3591]
If the owner of any horses, cattle, swine, goats, domestic or other fowl or animals impounded shall apply to the Animal Control Officer for the redemption thereof and shall tender to them the legal fee for letting out each animal impounded, in addition to the legal fees for keeping and feeding the same,[1] then, upon the receipt of such sum or sums by the Animal Control Officer, such animal or animals shall be surrendered and delivered to the owner thereof.
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Editor's Note: See Art. III of this chapter for redemption fees.
[Amended 1-28-1986 by Ord. No. 1263; 2-14-2006 by Ord. No. 3591]
A. 
All impounded livestock not redeemed by the owner or owners within seven days after they are impounded shall be placed for adoption.
B. 
All other impounded animals not redeemed by the owner or owners within seven days after they are impounded may be adopted for the sum of $20, and all proceeds shall be immediately delivered to the Chief Financial Officer of the Township of Franklin.
No person shall rescue or attempt to rescue any horses, cattle, swine, goats, domestic or other fowl and animals that shall have been found running at large from the custody of any person who shall be driving or taking the same to the pound or shall break open or attempt to break open any public pound within the Township or shall take or let out any animal impounded therein.
The keeping of any pen or enclosure for fowl, goats, swine or other animals or of any slaughterhouse, tannery, piggery or factory in such a manner that offensive odors emanate therefrom to the detriment or discomfort of persons in the neighborhood thereof is declared to be a nuisance.