[Added 12-9-2002 by Ord. No. A-957;
amended 5-12-2003 by Ord. No. A-960]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A feline libyca domestics, kept as a pet and/or for rodent
control.
Any person owning, keeping, feeding, harboring or having
custody of a cat, or who allows a cat to reside or remain about his
premises, shall be considered a "cat owner."
The practice of inoculations with a vaccine to afford protection
from rabies, as requested by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Resources.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any owner to have any cat
that becomes a nuisance in the Borough. Acts of nuisance shall include,
but are expressly not restricted to, the following:
(1)
The frequent raising of any disturbance.
(2)
Viciousness.
(3)
Frequent digging into flower beds, lawns, children's
sandboxes, gardens or the depositing of feces or urine, and/or otherwise
damaging shrubbery, trees or lawns, on premises, personal property
or other property not belonging to the owner of the cat.
(4)
Unlawful to allow cats to run at large. It shall be
unlawful for the owner of any cat or cats to allow or permit such
cat or cats to run at large in the Borough.
B.
No owner shall permit a cat to enter upon any area
designated as a tot lot in any publicly owned park or playground.
C.
Any owner of a cat shall comply with and be current
with rabies vaccination requirements of the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania with regard to cats.
No more than four cats shall be kept, maintained,
or harbored for more than 90 days in any residential housing unit
or on its grounds. This provision shall not apply to cats which have
been owned prior to the effective date of this article.
The Animal Enforcement Officer or the inspector
or authorized agent or any municipal officer or agent authorized and
empowered to perform any duty under this article is hereby authorized
to enter upon any premises to enforce the provisions of this article.
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Editor's Note: Former § 78-15, Licensing and registration
of cats, was repealed 7-12-2023 by Ord. No. A-1068.
Any person who shall violate any provision of
this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a
fine not exceeding $300, together with the costs of prosecution, provided
that each violation of any provision of this article, and each day
the same continues, shall be deemed a separate offense.
