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Borough of Stroudsburg, PA
Monroe County
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New Laws (13) Index
[Ord. 599, 12/19/1983]
1. 
As used in this Part 2, the following terms, shall have the meanings indicated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
ANIMAL
Any domestic animal or fowl, any wild animal or any household pet.
DOMESTIC ANIMAL
Any animal as hereinafter defined as a household pet, a large animal, or a small animal.
HOUSEHOLD PET
Any dog, cat, or other domestic animal normally and ordinarily kept in or permitted to be at large in the dwelling of its owner.
LARGE ANIMAL
Any domestic animal of the bovine, equine, or sheep family.
PERSON
Any person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation.
SMALL ANIMAL
Any domestic animal such as a rabbit, hare, guinea pig, rat, mouse, or chinchilla; and any domestic fowl such as a chicken, turkey, goose, duck, or pigeon (excepting homing pigeons).
WILD ANIMAL
Any animal, bird, fowl, or reptile not normally or ordinarily domesticated; not normally or ordinarily raised in this area and climate as livestock or for work or breeding purposes; or not normally or ordinarily kept as a household pet.
2. 
In this Part 2, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine.
[Ord. 599, 12/19/1983]
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any pig or hog, or wild animal at any place within the Borough of Stroudsburg except where the same shall be permitted under the Zoning Ordinance, in a park, zoological garden, or similar establishment for public exhibition.
[Ord. 599, 12/19/1983]
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any domestic animals, except household pets, except as provided in this section:
1. 
Large animals shall be confined in quarters no part of which shall be closer than 100 feet from the exterior limits of any dwelling or of any property line.
2. 
Small animals shall be kept confined in quarters no part of which shall be closer than 25 feet from the exterior limits of any dwelling or of any property line.
3. 
The keeper of every such domestic animal shall confine the same in an enclosure sufficient to prevent such animal from running at large, and such enclosure shall be of a size conducive to good sanitary practices and adequate, and sanitary drainage facilities shall be provided. Domestic fowl and birds shall be confined in such a way that the birds cannot fly beyond the setback line of the property upon which they are kept nor beyond the limits shown in Subsection 2 above. Exterior pens or coops shall provide a minimum of three square feet per chicken, four square feet per duck, and eight square feet per goose; pigeons or other small birds capable of sustained flight shall be provided with a minimum of two square feet of floor space and eight cubic feet of air space per bird.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1142, 2/21/2023]
4. 
Every keeper of a domestic animal shall cause the litter and droppings therefrom to be collected daily in a container or receptacle that when closed shall be rat-proof and fly-tight, and after every such collection shall cause such container or receptacle to be kept closed. At least twice a week, every such keeper shall cause all litter and droppings so collected to be disposed of in such manner as not to permit the presence of fly larvae.
5. 
Every keeper of a domestic animal shall cause all feed provided therefor to be stored and kept in a rat-proof and fly-tight building, box, container, or receptacle.
[Ord. 599, 12/19/1983]
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any household pet, except as provided in this section:
1. 
If any such pet shall be kept in a dwelling owned or occupied by its owner, such owner shall be required to follow such procedures and practices, as to the number of such pets to be kept there, and as to sanitation, to insure that no public nuisance shall be created or maintained and no threat to the health of persons living elsewhere than in such dwelling shall be created.
2. 
If any such pet shall be kept in an enclosure outside such dwelling, the provisions of § 2-203 of this Part 2, insofar as the same applies to small animals, shall be applicable to the keeping of such household pet.
[Ord. 599, 12/19/1983]
Any violation of this Part 2 that would also violate any state law shall be prosecuted under that state law and not under this ordinance.
[Ord. 599, 12/19/1983]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this Part 2 shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $300 together with costs of prosecution, or to undergo imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days, Each day that a violation of this ordinance continues shall constitute a separate offense.