[Adopted 12-19-2006 by Ord No. 725-2006]
A.
No person owning, harboring, keeping, or otherwise responsible for,
or in charge of, any dog shall cause, suffer, or allow such dog to
soil, defile, defecate or commit any nuisance on any common thoroughfare,
sidewalk, passageway, right-of-way, bypath, play area, park, or any
other public place where people walk or congregate or on any private
property other than property owned or leased by the person owning
or otherwise responsible for said dog.
B.
Each person in control of such dog must have appropriate equipment
and/or materials to remove excrement left by his or her dog.
C.
Each person in control of such dog must immediately remove and dispose
of, in a sanitary manner, any excrement created by his or her dog.
D.
The following are specific defenses to a charge of violating this
section:
(1)
The person charged immediately removed the excrement and properly
disposed of it in a sanitary manner.
(2)
The dog involved is a dog certified to assist disabled individuals,
and the person charged has a disability which prevents the individual
from removing the excrement and properly disposing of it in a sanitary
manner.
E.
A complaint under this section may be brought by an individual or
entity authorized by the Borough or by any private complainant.
Violation of § 53-47 is punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not less than $75 nor more than $500. Each violation of this section is a separate offense.
