Borough of Baden, PA
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2018-07-18
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 78 Dogs and Other Animals
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Article III Reporting of Bites
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Boards and Commissions
- Ch 5 Code and Sanitation Enforcement Officer
- Ch 7 Committees
- Ch 12 Educational Service Agency
- Ch 15 Fire Department
- Ch 25 Pensions
- Ch 27 Personnel
- Ch 29 Police Department
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 43 Alarm Systems
- Ch 44 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 50 Bicycles
- Ch 55 Building Construction
- Ch 57 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 59 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 62 Burning, Open
- Ch 70 Communications Systems, Private
- Ch 71 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 73 Curfew
- Ch 78 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 78 Art III Reporting of Bites
- § 78-8 Reporting requirements.
- § 78-9 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 86 Fees
- Ch 89 Fire Lanes
- Ch 90 Fire Prevention
- Ch 93 Fireworks
- Ch 95 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 102 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 103 Grading, Excavations and Fills
- Ch 105 Grass, Weeds and Other Vegetation
- Ch 108 Hawking and Peddling
- Ch 109 Hazardous Wastes
- Ch 110 Health Standards
- Ch 113 Housing Standards
- Ch 114 Insurance
- Ch 116 Junk Dealers
- Ch 124 Mobile Homes
- Ch 126 Neighborhood Blight Reclamation and Revitalization
- Ch 129 Obscenity and Pornography
- Ch 135 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 137 Plumbing
- Ch 139 Poles and Wires
- Ch 141 Property Maintenance
- Ch 143 Recycling
- Ch 144 Rental Property
- Ch 146 Restitution for Injuries
- Ch 152 Sewers
- Ch 154 Sex Offenders
- Ch 156 Soliciting and Canvassing
- Ch 161 Storage, Open
- Ch 162 Stormwater Management
- Ch 163 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 166 Swimming Pools
- Ch 168 Taxation
- Ch 170 Tenants, Registration of
- Ch 174 Trees
- Ch 178 Vehicles, Nuisance
- Ch 180 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 185 Waste Disposal
- Ch 187 Water
- Ch 193 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 4-17-2002 by Ord. No. 865]
A.
Any person who has been bitten by a dog or some other
animal and suffers a significant injury within the physical boundaries
of the Borough must report that incident to the Borough by filling
out an incident report at the Borough building within 10 days of the
occurrence.
B.
Any person who is the owner of or in charge of or
in control of a dog or other animal which inflicts a significant injury
to a person must also report that incident to the Borough by filling
out an incident report at the Borough building within 10 days of the
occurrence.
C.
Any and all medical providers within the Borough's
boundaries must report treatment of all animal bites to the Borough
within 10 days of the occurrence.
D.
A "significant injury," as a minimum, will be any
breaking of the skin for which medical treatment is required. The
Borough shall maintain these incident reports for five years and utilize
them to remove "dangerous animals" from the Borough of Baden.
Any person who shall violate any provision of
this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine
of not more than $1,000 and costs of such proceedings or, upon default
of payment of such fine and costs, by imprisonment in the county jail
for a term of not more than 30 days.
