It shall be unlawful for any owner of any dogs
or cats licensed or unlicensed, to permit such dogs or cats to run
at large unaccompanied by the owner or keeper.
No owner or occupant of property shall keep
or house more than three dogs or three cats on the premises at any
given time. There shall be excepted from this requirement litters
of dogs or cats kept on the premises for a period not in excess of
six months from the time of birth as well as those premises for which
a kennel license has been obtained.
It shall be the duty of every police officer
to seize any dog which does not bear a proper license tag and which
is found running at large and turn such dog over to the Dog Law Enforcement
Officer.
Any dog or dogs bearing a proper license tag
and seized by a police officer of the Borough shall be detained, properly
kept and fed, and immediate notice, either personal or by registered
mail, shall be given to the person in whose name the license was procured,
or his agent, to claim such dog within 10 days. The owner of a dog
so detained shall pay $5 a day to cover expenses incurred by reason
of its detention before the dog is returned.
Any dog or dogs not claimed in accordance with
the provisions of this Article shall be disposed of in accordance
with the Acts of Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in such
case made and provided.
It is the intent that this Article shall be
supplemental to any laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania herebefore
or hereafter adopted covering dogs within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Should any of the provisions of this Article be contrary to the provision
of any Act of Assembly, it is the intent that the Act of Assembly
shall control.
The proper officers of the Borough are authorized
to enter into such agreements or contracts with any individual, individuals
or corporations as may be reasonably necessary to implement the provisions
of this Article in regard, to the care and custody of such dogs detained
by the Borough pursuant to the provisions of this Article and to provide
for the reasonable compensation of such person, persons or corporations
for such services.