[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Brookville
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-27-1974 by Ord.
No. 733]
The following words and terms, as used in this article, shall have the
meanings hereby respectively ascribed thereto, except where the context clearly
indicates a different meaning:
Any domestic animal or fowl, any wild animal or any household pet.
Any animal as hereinafter defined as a “household pet,”
a “large animal” or a “small animal.”
Any dog, cat or other domestic animal normally and ordinarily kept
in or permitted to be at large in the dwelling of its owner.
Any domestic animal of the bovine, equine, sheep or hog family.
Any natural person, partnership, association, firm or corporation.
In this article, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include
the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
Any domestic animal such as a rabbit, hamster, guinea pig, rat, mouse,
or chinchilla; and any domestic fowl such as a chicken, turkey, goose, duck
or pigeon (except homing pigeons).
Any animal, bird, fowl or reptile, not normally or ordinarily domesticated;
not normally or ordinarily raised in this area and climate as livestock or
for work or breeding purposes; or not normally or ordinarily kept as a household
pet.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any wild animal at any place within the Borough, except where the same shall be permitted under Chapter 230, Zoning, in a park, zoological garden, or similar establishment for exhibit to the public or to any portion thereof.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any domestic animal, except
household pets, except as provided in this section.
A.
Large animals shall be kept confined in quarters no part
of which shall be closer than 100 feet from the exterior limits of any dwelling
or of any property line.
B.
Small animals shall be kept confined in quarters no part
of which shall be closer than 25 feet from the exterior limits of any dwelling
or of any property line.
C.
The keeper of every such domestic animal shall confine
the same in an enclosure sufficient to prevent such animal from running at
large, and such enclosure shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition
at all times. Such enclosure shall be of a size conducive to good sanitation
practices and adequate and sanitary drainage facilities shall be provided.
D.
Every keeper of a domestic animal shall cause the litter
and droppings therefrom to be collected daily in a container or receptacle
of such a type that, when closed, it shall be ratproof and flytight, and every
such collection shall cause each such container or receptacle to be kept closed.
At least twice a week, every such keeper shall cause all litter and droppings
so collected to be disposed of in such a manner as not to permit the presence
of fly larvae.
E.
Every keeper of a domestic animal shall cause all feed
provided therefor to be stored and kept in a ratproof and flytight building,
box, container or receptacle.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any household pet, except
as provided in this section.
A.
If any such pet shall be kept in a dwelling owned or
occupied by its owner, such owner shall be required to follow such procedures
and practices as to the number of such pets to be kept there, and as to sanitation,
to insure that no public nuisance shall be created and maintained and no threat
to the health of persons living elsewhere than in such dwelling shall be created.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall, for
each and every such violation, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not more than $600, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of
payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for not more than 30 days;
provided that each day on which any such violation shall take place shall
constitute a separate violation.
No person, firm or corporation shall keep any pig or hog or maintain
any pig pen or hog pen at any place within the Borough of Brookville, under
penalty, upon conviction thereof, for each and every violation, of a fine
of not more than $600, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment
of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for not more than 30 days; provided
that each day's continuance of a violation of this section shall constitute
a separate violation.
[Adopted 12-27-1988 by Ord.
No. 928]
No person having possession, custody or control of any animals shall
knowingly or negligently permit any dog or other animal to commit any nuisance,
i.e., defecation or urination, upon any gutter, street, driveway, alley, curb
or sidewalk in the Borough of Brookville, or upon the floors or stairways
of any building or place frequented by the public or used in common by the
tenants, or upon the outside walls, walkways, driveways, alleys, curbs or
stairways of any building abutting on a public street or park, or upon the
grounds of any public park or public area, or upon any private property other
than the property of the owner of such animal.
Any person having possession, custody and control of any dog or other animal which commits a nuisance, i.e., defecation or urination, in any area other than the private property of the owner of such dog or other animal, as prohibited in § 67-7, must have in his/her possession while walking the animal the facilities (plastic bag, etc.) to pick up and remove the animal feces, and shall be required to immediately remove any feces from such surface. Said person shall then dispose of the feces in a trash or litter receptacle on the owner's premises. Deposit in public trash receptacles is prohibited.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this
article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a
fine of not more than $600, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of
payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30
days.
