[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Dickinson as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-5-1983 by Ord. No. 7-1983]
No dog, cat or other domesticated animal shall be suffered or permitted
to run at large in this Township, either upon the public streets or highways
or upon property other than that of the owner of such dog, cat or other animal.
No person shall allow any dog, cat or other domesticated animal confined
on that person’s premises to make any loud or harsh noise or disturbance
which shall interfere with or deprive the peace, quiet, rest or sleep of any
person within the Township.
No person shall allow any dog, cat or other domesticated animal owned
by him, or under his control, to defile, befoul, corrupt or otherwise desecrate
any sidewalk, walkway, or the property of another, or to destroy or damage
the property of another.
The Board of Supervisors shall, by separate resolution from time to
time, authorize certain qualified persons as officers of the Township to enforce
the provisions of this article, and as “police officers” of the
Township, as that term is defined in the Dog Law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
Act No. 225 of 1982,[1] for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of said Dog Law and
for no other purposes.
[1]
Editor’s Note: See 3 P.S. § 459-101 et seq.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article shall,
upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a District Justice
under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary
offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than
$1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the defendant
may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day
or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted to continue
shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this article that
is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.
