[Adopted 6-27-2023 by Ord. No. 23-1]
For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings unless otherwise indicated:
Both male and female horses.
A device designed to attach to the rear end of the horse
to catch manure to prevent dropping and accumulating onto roadways.
The Code Enforcement Officer of Hanover Township, Northampton
County, Pennsylvania, or an officer of the Colonial Regional Police
Department who shall be authorized and directed to enforce this article.
Any person having lawful possession of a horse while riding
said animal, or by virtue of willfully and voluntarily taking control
of the horse in some other manner, with or without a carriage, while
the animal is on a roadway within the limits of the Township of Hanover,
Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
Hanover Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
On or after the effective date of this article, it shall be
unlawful for any rider of a horse, with or without a carriage, on
a Township roadway, street or throughfare to be ridden or walked without
a manure bag affixed to the animal for the purposes of catching manure.
Interference with an Ordinance Enforcement Officer in the enforcement
of this article shall constitute a violation of the same.
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 $100 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.
