No person shall own, keep or harbor a dog in
the Township, except in compliance with the provisions of this chapter
and the following regulations.
All dogs for which licenses are required by
the provisions of this chapter to be licensed shall wear a collar
or harness with the registration tag for such dog securely fastened
thereto.
No person, except an officer in the performance
of his duties, shall remove a registration tag from the collar of
any dog without the consent of the owner, nor shall any person attach
a registration tag to a dog for which it was not issued.
No person shall hinder, molest or interfere
with anyone authorized or empowered to perform any duty under this
chapter.
No person shall own, keep, harbor or maintain
any dog which habitually barks or cries.
[Amended 4-8-1992 by Ord. No. 13-1992; 7-24-1996 by Ord. No. 23-1996]
No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog
or any other animal shall suffer or permit it to run at large upon
the public streets or in any public park or in any public building
or in any other public place or on any private property.
No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog
shall suffer or permit it to be upon the public streets or in any
of the public places of the Town unless such dog is accompanied by
a person over the age of 12 years and is securely confined and controlled
by an adequate leash not more than six feet long.
No person owning, keeping or harboring an animal
shall permit or suffer it to do any injury or to do any damage to
any lawn, shrubbery, flowers, grounds or property.
[Amended 4-8-1992 by Ord. No. 13-1992]
No person owning or having a care or custody
of a dog shall knowingly or negligently permit any dog to commit any
nuisance upon any sidewalk or crosswalk of any public street or other
thoroughfare; nor in or upon any public building or any paved approach
to such building from the street; nor in or upon any public park or
public playground; nor shall any such person omit to do any reasonable
and proper act nor omit to take any reasonable and proper precaution
to prevent any such dog from committing a nuisance in, on or upon
any of the places or premises herein specified nor upon plants, shrubbery
or flowers or upon any private property.
