The owner, keeper or harborer of any dog or
other such animal which bites any person, regardless of whether or
not such animal has been vaccinated for rabies protection, shall be
and is hereby required and directed to report the occurrence of the
bite to the Dravosburg Police Department and to confine the animal
for a period of 15 days upon the premises of such owner, keeper or
harborer, or in a duly established veterinary hospital or clinic.
If any such animal shall die within the fifteen-day quarantine period,
its head shall be removed and delivered within 12 hours following
the death to a qualified official laboratory for examination and diagnosis.
All information reasonably required by such laboratory shall be given
same by the owner, keeper or harborer of such animal.
No person shall keep or allow to remain within
the Borough of Dravosburg any dog or other animal which by frequent
and continued howling, barking, crying, baying, yelping or other naturally
produced sound shall disturb the peace, quiet and enjoyment of the
neighborhood residents. The keeping of any such animal shall be and
the same is hereby declared to be a nuisance, as well as a violation
of the provisions hereof.
No person shall keep or allow to remain on any
premises within the Borough of Dravosburg, owned, leased, occupied
or otherwise controlled by him, her or it, a total of more than two
animals, dogs or otherwise.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions hereof shall, upon conviction thereof before the
Mayor or District Justice, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more
than $600, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of
such fine and costs, to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days.