[Adopted 9-1-1981 as Ch. III,
Part 2, of the 1981 Code.]
For the purpose of this article, the following
terms shall be construed in this article to have the following meanings,
except in those instances where the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Any person having a right of property in any dog or having
custody of any dog, or any person who harbors or permits a dog to
remain on or around his or her property.
Being upon any public highway, street, alley, park or any
other public land, or upon property of another person other than the
owner; and not being accompanied by or under the control of the owner
or any other person having custody of said dog.
From and after the passage of this article,
it shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog or dogs to allow or
permit such dog or dogs to run at large in the Borough of Clarion,
Clarion County, Pennsylvania.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 53, which
immediately followed this section and regulated noise disturbance,
was repealed 9-1-1981 by Ord. No. 81-604. Former § 62-5,
which immediately followed this section and regulated pet waste, was
repealed 12-20-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-798.
[Added 10-13-1998 by Ord. No. 98-687; amended 12-20-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-798]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 and all costs of
prosecution, for each and every offense, and, in default of payment
of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for not more than 10 days
in the Clarion County Jail, provided that each day's violation of
any of the provisions of this article shall constitute a separate
offense.
