[Adopted 11-16-1987 by Ord. No. 87-7 (Ch. 2, Part 1, of the
1983 Code of Ordinances)]
[Amended 12-9-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-15]
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to permit any
dog owned by him or them or under his or their supervision, or care,
custody or control to run at large upon any of the public streets
or public property in the Borough of Walnutport, or upon any private
property of any person, firm, corporation, or entity, other than the
property of said owner or owners of such dog or the property of the
person or persons under whose supervision or control such dog is being
kept. "At large" shall mean off the premises of the owner or the person(s)
having supervision, or care, custody or control of the dog not under
control of the owner or person having supervision care, custody or
control, either by leash, cord, chain or otherwise. Further, and notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, it shall be unlawful for any person
or persons to permit any dog owned by said person from entering upon
the Borough playground located on Lincoln Avenue.
The provisions of this article shall apply to all dogs found running at large as described in § 113-1 above, and the owner(s) or person(s) having supervision or control of such dog shall be subject to the provisions and penalties of this article, regardless of the person(s) who may have applied for or were issued any license for any dog found running at large.
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any animal or any person
having the supervision or the care, custody and control of any animal
to permit the same to defecate upon the property of another or upon
the property of the Borough of Walnutport without immediately removing
said matter and disposing of it in a sanitary manner.
It shall be unlawful for the owner, possessor, or tenant of
any real property to permit animal fecal matter to accumulate on said
property. Every owner, possessor, or tenant of any real property shall,
within 10 days of receipt of notice concerning said accumulation,
remove said fecal matter in order to prevent such accumulation from
becoming a danger to the public health.
Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article
shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a Magisterial
District Judge under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by fine of
not less than $100 not more than $1,000, plus cost of prosecution.
In default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that
such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute
a separate offense and each section of this article that is violated
shall also constitute a separate offense.
Every incident of violation of any of the provisions of this
article shall be deemed to be a separate offense.
