[Adopted 9-9-1991 by Section 2
of Ord. No. 1022, approved 9-9-1991]
No owner, custodian or keeper of any animal shall suffer or
permit such animal to run at large in the Borough of Middletown, either
upon the public streets and highways of the Borough or upon the property
of another.
Animals are not permitted on any Borough park or recreational
property. No owner, custodian or keeper of any animal shall suffer
or permit such animal to enter or remain on any Borough park or recreational
property.
No owner, custodian or keeper of any animal shall suffer or
permit such animal to make any loud or harsh noise or disturbance
which shall interfere with or deprive the peace, quiet, rest or sleep
of any person.
A.
No owner, custodian or keeper of any animal shall suffer or permit
such animal to defile, befoul, corrupt or otherwise desecrate any
sidewalk, walkway or other property of another.
B.
Every owner, custodian or keeper of any animal which defecates on
any sidewalk, public street, any highway or property of another shall
promptly clean up and remove all feces discharged and dispose of such
feces in a lawful and sanitary manner.
A.
No owner, custodian or keeper of any cat shall permit such cat to
enter or remain in the Borough of Middletown unless such cat has been
inoculated with rabies shots.
B.
Proof of such inoculation shall be presented to any police officer
or Borough Health Officer upon demand. No person shall be convicted
of violation of this subsection if he or she produces proof that the
cat was inoculated at the time of the demand, to the office of the
Borough or the issuing authority, within five days after the demand.
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article
shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine for the
first offense of $25; for the second offense, of $50; for the third
offense, of $100; and for the fourth offense, of $200; and for the
fifth and each subsequent offense, of $400, plus costs of prosecution.
Each calendar day of 24 hours that such violation is observed shall
constitute a separate offense, but each calendar year shall constitute
a separate unit for determining the number of offenses and the appropriate
penalty, which shall in no event be less than $25, and, in the event
that successive proceedings are pending before the District Justice
at the time of imposing sentence in any given proceeding, he may treat
each notice of violation or further notice as prima facia evidence
that, with respect thereto, an offense has been committed, for the
purpose of determining an appropriate penalty designed to effectuate
the intent and purpose of this article. In default of payment of such
fine and costs, such person shall be committed, as said sentence shall
duly provide, to the Dauphin County Jail for a period of imprisonment
not to exceed 30 days.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this
article are hereby repealed.
