This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Adamstown
Borough Animal Nuisance Ordinance."
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from
the context.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Adamstown, Lancaster and Berks Counties, Pennsylvania.
CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
The person appointed by Borough Council to enforce this and/or
other police power ordinances of the Borough.
OWNER
When applied to the proprietorship of an animal, the term
includes every person having a right of property in such animal and
every person who keeps or harbors such animal or has such animal in
his or her care and every person who permits such animal to remain
on or about any premises occupied by the person.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Any municipal or regional police department providing police
protective services within the Borough.
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any animal to allow any
of the following nuisances:
A. The soiling, defiling, defecating or other similar activities by
the animal upon public property without immediately removing the same
and disposing of the same in a sanitary manner.
B. The soiling, defiling, defecating or other similar activities by
the animal upon property of a person other than the owner of the animal
without the permission of the owner or occupant of such property without
immediately removing the same and disposing of the same in a sanitary
manner.
C. Maintenance of the animal's pen or area in which the animal
is kept in unsanitary conditions or in a condition which produces
offensive, obnoxious or foul odors.
This article shall be enforced by the Code Enforcement Officer.
Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation, or
the members of such firm, partnership, association or corporation,
who or which shall violate any provisions of this article shall, upon
conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $50
nor more than $500, plus costs, for each violation. Each day that
a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.