[Adopted 12-21-1998 by Ord. No. 404]
This article shall be known and cited as the "Tobyhanna Township Dog
Ordinance."
Any police officer or dog warden may seize any dog found at large in
the township. Such dogs are to be impounded and/or can be picked up at the
impoundment by the State Dog Warden.
Owners of licensed dogs are to be notified by registered or certified
mail, with return receipt, that the dog is impounded and will be disposed
of in five days if not claimed. Five days after the return receipt has been
received, and the dog has not been claimed, the dog may be sold or destroyed
in accordance with the 1982 Dog Law.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall,
upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought in the name of the township
before a District Justice in the same manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be
sentenced to pay a fine of not less that $100 and not more than $1,000 and
costs of prosecution and restitution, and shall be subject to imprisonment
in the county jail for not more than 90 days, provided that each day's
violation of any of the provisions of this article shall constitute a separate
offense.
In addition to any of the remedies provided above, any continual violations
of this article shall be considered a nuisance, and Tobyhanna Township may
seek to abate said nuisance by instituting appropriate legal proceedings.