[Adopted 12-9-1997 by Ord. No. 889]
A. 
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
ANIMAL
Any domestic animal or fowl, any wild animal or any household pet.
DOMESTIC ANIMAL
Any animal normally or ordinarily domesticated or raised in this area and climate and normally or ordinarily kept as a household pet (excepting large animals, pigs, hogs or swine).
HOUSEHOLD PET
Any dog, cat, bird, reptile or other small animal normally and ordinarily kept in the dwelling of its owner (excepting large animals, pigs, hogs and swine).
LARGE ANIMAL
Any wild or domestic animal of the bovine, equine or sheep family, or any pig, hog or swine.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation.
SMALL ANIMAL
Any wild or domestic animal such as a rabbit, hare, guinea pig, rat, mouse, chinchilla or reptile; and any wild or domestic fowl such as a chicken, turkey, goose, duck or pigeon.
WILD ANIMAL
Any animal, including bird, fowl or reptile not normally or ordinarily domesticated; not normally or ordinarily raised in this area and climate as livestock or for work or breeding purposes; or not capable of being kept as a household pet.
B. 
In this article, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular and the masculine shall include the feminine.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any large animal or any pigs, hogs or swine at any place within the Borough, whether or not such animals are regarded by their owners as pets.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any animals (except "Household Pets," § 118-26), except as provided in this section.
A. 
Large animals, pigs, hogs or swine are prohibited.
B. 
Small animals shall be kept confined in quarters no part of which shall be closer than 25 feet from any property line, except dogs, which may run upon their owner's entire property, provided said property is enclosed.
C. 
The keeper of every such animal shall confine the same in an enclosure sufficient to prevent such animal from running at large, and such enclosure shall be of a size and construction conducive to the animal's health, and adequate sanitary drainage facilities shall be provided.
D. 
Every keeper of any animal shall cause the litter and droppings therefrom to be collected daily in a container or receptacle that, when closed, shall be rat-proof and fly-tight and, after every such collection, shall cause such container or receptacle to be kept closed. At least twice a week every such keeper shall cause all litter and droppings so collected to be disposed of in such a manner as not to permit the presence of fly larvae.
E. 
Every keeper of any animal shall cause all feed provided therefor to be stored and kept in a rat-proof receptacle and fly-tight building, box, container or receptacle.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any household pet, except as provided in this section:
A. 
If any such pet shall be kept in a dwelling owned or occupied by its owner, such owner shall be required to limit the number of such pets to be kept there to ensure that no public nuisance shall be created or maintained and that no threat to the health of persons shall be created.
B. 
If any such pet shall be kept in an enclosure outside such dwelling, the provisions of § 118-25 of this article, insofar as the same applies to small animals, shall be applicable to the keeping of such household pet.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $600 plus costs of prosecution, including reasonable attorney fees and, in default of payment, to undergo imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of this article continues shall constitute a separate and additional offense.