[Ord. 313, 7/14/1997]
For the purposes of this Part, the definitions set forth in
§ 102 of the Dog Law, 3 P.S. § 459-102, are adopted
by reference as fully as though said definitions were set forth herein
at length.
[Ord. 313, 7/14/1997]
An Animal Control Officer, to be designated from time to time
by the Council of the Borough of Thornburg, together with all police
officers of the Borough of Thornburg, shall be authorized to enforce
the provisions of the Dog Law, 3 P.S. § 459-101 et seq.,
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and this Part.
[Ord. 313, 7/14/1997]
No person shall cruelly treat any dog in the Borough. The term
"cruelly treat" shall include any beating, intentional infliction
of injury or wound, underfeeding or the abandonment of any dog.
[Ord. 313, 7/14/1997]
All dogs shall be kept under restraint either by a leash, not
to exceed eight feet in length held by a responsible person or his
agent, or by being kept within the exclusive premises of the owner.
The violation of the provisions of this section shall be deemed, in
addition to a violation of the provisions of the Dog Law, 3 P.S. § 459-101
et seq., of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a public nuisance of
the Borough of Thornburg when such dog is not under the restraints
required by the provisions of this section.
[Ord. 313, 7/14/1997]
Excessive, continuous or untimely barking, molesting passersby,
chasing motor vehicles or bicycles, habitually attacking other domestic
animals or trespassing upon public or private property shall be deemed
a public nuisance and a violation of the provisions of this Part.
[Ord. 313, 7/14/1997]
It shall be the duty of the owner of any dog in the Borough
of Thornburg to have the dog inoculated against rabies and to provide,
upon request of an enforcement officer of the Borough of Thornburg,
a certificate of effective current inoculation by a veterinarian.
The failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall be
deemed a violation of this Part.
[Ord. 313, 7/14/1997; as amended by Ord. 389, 2/14/2011, § I]
[Ord. 313, 7/14/1997]
It shall be the duty of the owner of a dog to promptly remove
the dog's excrement from any property beyond the premises of
the owner and to clean such affected area immediately. For the enforcement
of the provisions of this section, an owner or agent accompanying
a dog under proper restraints as required under the provisions of
this Part shall carry on his person materials necessary to comply
with the prior provisions of this section. Any owner of a dog who
fails to so remove or clean the dog's excrement or to have available
materials for this purpose shall be deemed in violation of this Part.
[Ord. 313, 7/14/1997; as amended by Ord. 387, 12/14/2009]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a
fine of not less than $20 nor more than $1,000 plus costs and, in
default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. 363, 6/11/2001, § I]
No more than four animals shall be simultaneously kept or maintained
or be in custody as pets for more than 90 days in any residential
dwelling unit or its grounds. As to those persons who have simultaneously
kept or maintained in custody in any residential dwelling unit or
its ground more than four animals at the time of the adoption of this
section, those particular animals being kept or maintained in custody
at the time of adoption of this section may continue to be kept or
maintained in custody at such residential dwelling unit or on its
grounds without violation of this Part. For purposes of this Part
the term "animals" shall include dogs, cats, rodents, birds and reptiles.
[Ord. 363, 6/11/2001, § I; as amended by Ord. 387, 12/14/2009]
1.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of
this Part, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine
of not more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said
fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 30 days. Each
day that a violation of this Part continues shall constitute a separate
offense.
2.
In addition to any other remedy available under this Part or under
law, the Borough may enforce this Part by an action in equity or by
seizure of such animals as may be necessary to bring the number of
animals within the numerical limitation set forth in this Part.
3.
In the case of dwelling units not occupied by the owner of record,
both the occupant and the owner of record shall be liable and subject
to penalty for any violation of this Part occurring within such dwelling
unit or on its grounds.
4.
Each day that a violation of any provision of this Part is continued
shall constitute a separate offense for purposes of enforcement and
imposition of penalties. Each animal kept in violation of the provisions
of this Part shall constitute a separate offense for purposes of enforcement
and imposition of penalties.
