[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Honesdale:
Art. I, 5-9-1983 by Ord. No. 478. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 5-9-1983 by Ord. No. 478]
No dog, cat or other domesticated animal or any nondomesticated animal
shall be suffered or permitted to run at large in this Borough 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 or any
nondomesticated animal confined on that person's premises to make any
loud or harsh noise or disturbance which interferes with or deprives the peace,
quiet, rest or sleep of any person within the Borough.
[Amended 12-11-2000 by Ord. No. 582]
No person shall allow any dog, cat or other domesticated animal or any
nondomesticated animal owned by such person or under such person's control
to defecate, defile, befoul, corrupt or otherwise desecrate any sidewalk,
walkway, public property or the property of another or destroy or damage the
property of another; provided, however, that in the event any animal shall
defecate or otherwise leave animal waste upon any such area designated above,
it shall not be a nuisance if the person in charge of said animal shall immediately
remove all animal waste deposited by the animal by any sanitary method and
the animal waste deposited in the owner's own garbage or disposed of
in some other sanitary method. The waste deposit shall be properly wrapped,
packaged and protected so as to prevent unsightly disposal, smell or interference
with the health and welfare of the residents of the Borough of Honesdale.
[Added 12-11-2000 by Ord. No. 582]
No person shall walk, transport or maintain outside that person's
own private property any dog, cat or other domesticated animal or any nondomesticated
animal owned by such person or under such person's control unless that
person shall at all times have upon his or her person the necessary utensils
to immediately remove all feces or other animal waste which is or may be deposited
by said animal while said animal is outside the private property of that person.
For purposes of this section, "utensil" shall mean, by way of illustration
and not by means of limitation, pooper-scooper, pet shovel, pet bucket and/or
any other similar devices to immediately remove any animal feces or waste
which may be deposited by said animal while said animal is upon any public
property whatsoever within the Borough of Honesdale or on any private property
within the Borough of Honesdale without the permission of the owner of said
property.
[Amended 12-8-1997 by Ord. No. 564; 12-11-2000
by Ord. No. 582]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $100
and no more than $600 and all costs of prosecution for each and every offense
and, in the default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for
not more than 30 days. Each day's violation of any of the provisions
of this article shall constitute a separate offense.
