[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Jackson as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-5-1985 by Ord. No. 34-85]
[Amended 12-5-1995 by Ord. No. 83-95; 8-13-1996
by Ord. No. 91-96]
No person, partnership, firm, corporation nor association, whether as
landowner, tenant, possessor or occupier, shall cause or permit dogs to bark
or otherwise make noise upon land owned, leased, possessed or occupied by
them in Jackson Township, which noise or barking shall in fact be a nuisance
if proven to be a nuisance in a civil enforcement proceeding as hereinafter
set forth.
[Amended 12-5-1995 by Ord. No. 83-95]
The nuisance contemplated in this article is the unreasonable barking
of dogs which cause injury, damage, hurt, inconvenience, annoyance or discomfort
to others in the legitimate enjoyment of their reasonable right of person
and property after prior written warning by a police officer.
[Amended 12-5-1995 by Ord. No. 83-95; 8-13-1996
by Ord. No. 91-96]
A.Â
Any person, partnership, firm or corporation who or which
has violated or permitted the violation of the provisions of this article
shall, upon being found liable therefor in a civil enforcement proceeding
commenced by the Township, pay a judgment of not more than $600 plus all court
costs, including reasonable attorney fees incurred by the Township as a result
thereof. If the defendant neither pays nor timely appeals the judgment, the
Township may enforce the judgment pursuant to the applicable rules of civil
procedure. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate
violation.
B.Â
All judgments, costs and reasonable attorney fees collected
for the violation of this article shall be paid over to the Township.
