No person shall allow any domestic animal in his keeping, custody,
control or ownership to bark, howl or cry continuously for any period
longer than 1/2 hour between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
or otherwise repeatedly at intervals of more than 1/2 hour at any
time of the day or night, in such volume or manner as to disturb the
comfort, peace and repose of persons in the vicinity.
A.
No person owning, keeping or harboring any domestic animal shall
suffer or permit such animal to run at large in, upon, or through
any public, quasi-public or private street, public park or recreation
area, public building or any other public place or place to which
the public is invited, and no person owning, keeping or harboring
any domestic animal shall suffer or permit such animal to run at large
in, upon or through any private property without the authority of
the owners of said private property.
B.
When a domestic animal has been impounded for running at large, the
Animal Control Officer may file a complaint of this violation in the
Municipal Court.
A domestic animal shall be considered a public nuisance and shall be subject to impound pursuant to § 86-13 for the following reasons:
A.
The animal damages property, or deposits fecal matter on the property
of the public or others that the owner fails to remove promptly.
B.
The animal, without provocation, chases, molests or approaches pedestrians
or bicyclists in a threatening manner upon the streets, sidewalks,
right-of-way, or any public property, or habitually chases automobiles
on the public streets or highways.
C.
The animal is kept under unsanitary and/or inhumane conditions such
that the maintenance or keeping of any animal creates odors to the
annoyance of the public in the vicinity.
D.
The animal kills or attacks another domestic animal without provocation
while off the owner's property.
E.
The owning, keeping or harboring of any animal which shall, by any
noise, unreasonably and/or excessively disturb the peace and quiet
of any person in the vicinity. The phrase "unreasonably and/or excessively
disturb the peace and quiet" shall include, but is not limited to,
the creation of any noise which can be heard by any person, including
an Animal Control Officer or law enforcement officer, from a location
off the animal owner's property where the animal is being kept, and
which noise occurs repeatedly over at least a thirty-minute period
of time with one minute or less lapse of time between each animal
noise during the thirty-minute period. This provision shall not apply
to animals that are responding to trespassers or to animals that are
teased or similarly provoked to bark.
[Amended 9-26-2023 by Ord. No. 11-2023]
A.
Defecation on private property. No person owning or in charge of
any domestic animal shall cause or allow such animal to soil, defile,
defecate upon or commit any nuisance upon any private property, without
the permission of the owner of the property. Any person owning or
in charge of a domestic animal which soils, defiles, defecates or
commits any such nuisance shall immediately remove all feces deposited
by such animal in a sanitary manner.
B.
Defecation on public property. No person owning or in charge of any
domestic animal shall allow such animal to soil, defile, defecate
upon or commit any nuisance on any place where people congregate or
walk, or upon any public property. Any person owning or in charge
of a domestic animal which soils, defiles, defecates or commits any
such nuisance shall immediately remove all feces deposited by such
animal in a sanitary manner.
C.
Defecation on owner's property. No person shall permit the accumulation
of domestic animal feces or urine upon his/her own property, or property
occupied by him/her, to the extent that the odor may be noticeable
to any adjoining property owners.
D.
Disposal of defecation. All pet owners and keepers are required to
immediately and properly dispose of their pet's solid waste deposited
on any property, public or private, not owned or possessed by that
person. Proper disposal shall mean placement in a designated waste
receptacle, or other suitable container, and discarded in a refuse
container which is regularly emptied by the municipality or some other
refuse collector; or disposal into a system designed to convey domestic
sewage for proper treatment and disposal.
E.
Exceptions to violation. The provisions of this section shall not
apply to dogs used as guides for persons who are blind, commonly known
as "Seeing Eye" dogs, dogs used to assist persons with a handicap,
commonly known as "service dogs," or dogs used to assist persons who
are deaf, commonly known as "hearing ear dogs."
[Added 9-26-2023 by Ord. No. 11-2023[1]]
No person shall feed, in any public park or on any other property
owned or operated by the Borough of Franklin, any wildlife, excluding
confined wildlife (for example, wildlife confined in zoos, parks or
rehabilitation centers, or unconfined wildlife at environmental education
centers, or feral cats as part of an approved Trap-Neuter-Release
program).
