[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Tredyffrin as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Nuisances — See Ch. 131.
Parks and playgrounds — See Ch. 138.
[The keeping of dogs within the township is regulated by the statutory provisions of the Dog Law (3 P.S. § 459-101 et seq.) and the Rabies Prevention and Control in Domestic Animals and Wildlife Act (3 P.S. § 455.1 et seq.). Therefore, Ch. VI, Art. 3, § 302, Dogs at Large, of the 1979 General Laws of the Municipality of Tredyffrin, is hereby repealed.]
[Adopted 1-23-1995 by Ord. No. HR-238]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for the owner, custodian or any other person caring for or controlling any dog to allow excrement from such animal to remain on any public or private street, gutter, driveway, alley, curb or sidewalk or on the floors or stairways of any building or on any other public or private property other than that of the owner of such animal; and it shall be the responsibility of such person to immediately remove and dispose of any and all excrement in a sanitary manner.
B. 
The provisions of this section shall not apply to any guide dog accompanying any blind person, nor to any log used in any township police or fire-fighting activity.
[Added 10-19-1998 by Ord. No. HR-278; amended 10-2-2000 by Ord. No. HR-290]
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article shall be guilty of a summary violation and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000, plus all court costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by the township in the enforcement of this article. Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense. In default of the payment of any fine, the defendant shall be sentenced to imprisonment to the extent allowed by law for the punishment of summary offenses. Further, the appropriate officers or agents of the township are hereby authorized to seek any other available relief at law or equity, including injunction, to enforce compliance with this article.