[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Municipality of Kingston 10-18-1976.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Dogs in parks — See Ch. 129.
[Amended 2-11-1985]
It shall be unlawful for any person who owns or keeps any dog to permit
such dog to run at large in violation of the provisions of the Dog Law of
1982 (3 P.S. § 459-101 et seq.). Any dog running at large in violation
of said law shall be subject to seizure, detention and disposal as provided
therein.
It shall be unlawful to own, harbor or keep in custody any dog which
disturbs the peace by barking, howling or making other loud noises to the
annoyance and discomfort of any person in the Municipality of Kingston. Continuous
barking, howling or the making of other loud noises by such dog for more than
any one hour or continuous barking for periods of less than one hour but more
than 1/2 hour, which periods occur on two or more consecutive days, shall
be deemed to disturb the peace and to cause the annoyance and discomfort of
persons in the Municipality of Kingston.
[Amended 2-4-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-4]
A.
Any person may request the Municipal Police Department
to warn any person who shall own, harbor or keep in custody any dog which
disturbs the peace by barking, howling or making other loud noise to the annoyance
and discomfort of persons in the municipality.
B.
If, upon investigation by the municipal police, a warning
is found to be warranted, said warning by the municipal police shall consist
of delivery of a full and complete copy of this chapter at the residence in
the Municipality of Kingston of such owner, keeper or custodian.
C.
Any such request shall be in writing and shall identify
and specify the residence of the owner, keeper or custodian of the dog or
other animal and shall identify and specify the residence of the person making
the request. Upon receipt of such request, a copy of this chapter will be
mailed to the person identified as the owner, keeper or custodian of the dog
or other animal.
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog to permit said dog to
injure any human being by biting, jumping on, knocking down or attacking said
human being.
No person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of any dog shall cause,
suffer or allow such dog to soil, defile, defecate on or commit any nuisance
on any common thoroughfare, sidewalk, passageway, bypath, play area, park
or any place where people congregate or walk, or on any public property whatsoever,
nor on any private property without the permission of the owner of said property.
The restriction in this section shall not apply to that portion of street
lying between the curblines which shall be used to curb such dog under the
following conditions:
A.
The person who so curbs such dog or whose dog shall soil,
defile or defecate in a prohibited area shall immediately remove all feces
deposited by such dog from the site in a sanitary manner.
[Amended 5-6-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-2]
B.
The feces removed from the aforementioned designated
areas shall be disposed of by the person owning, harboring, keeping or in
charge of any dog curbed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter
in a sanitary manner. It shall be unlawful for any person to dispose of dog
feces in the municipal storm water collection system.
[Amended 5-6-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-2]
C.
Manner of removing dog waste.
[Amended 5-6-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-2]
(1)
Any person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of
a dog on any common thoroughfare, sidewalk, passageway, bypath, play area,
park or any place where people congregate or walk, or on any public property
whatsoever, or on any private property without the permission of the owner
of said property shall carry with him or her some mechanism, device, enclosure,
bag, toweling or some other manner of removing dog waste from the area should
the dog defecate.
(2)
It shall be unlawful to fail to carry such a mechanism, device, enclosure, bag, toweling or other manner of removing dog waste. The aforementioned mechanism, device, enclosure, bag, toweling or other manner of removing dog waste shall be displayed upon request of a law enforcement officer of the Municipality of Kingston. Failure to carry such a device or display such a device upon request of a law enforcement officer shall be subject to the penalties of § 80-7 of this chapter.
D.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this section of the chapter
shall not apply to those persons and dogs within 100 yards of their residence.
[Added 5-6-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-2]
[Amended 2-11-1985]
It shall be unlawful to keep more than three dogs, six months of age
or older, on any premises, regardless of the number of owners; provided, however,
that this section shall not apply to any premises for which a kennel license
has been obtained pursuant to the Dog Law of 1982 (3 P.S. § 459-101
et seq.).
Any person who shall be convicted of violating or failing to comply
with the provisions of this chapter before any District Magistrate shall be
punishable by a fine of not more than $300, together with costs of prosecution,
and in default of payment of such fine and costs, the violator shall be subject
to imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed 30 days. The continuation
of such violation for each successive day shall constitute a separate offense,
and the person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation of a violation
may be punished as provided above for each separate offense.
