[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of Exeter as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 8-14-2000 by Ord. No. 503]
Every person owning or occupying any property
shall be responsible for the sanitary maintenance of the premises
on which any animals or pets are housed, maintained or kenneled, exclusive
of farm animals in an agricultural zone.
The number of animals or pets housed or maintained
within a structure or upon any premises shall be limited only to those
animals or pets that can be adequately maintained in a clean and sanitary
condition as determined by the appropriate Health Officer of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania and/or any official or employee of the Township designated
for such purpose.
A.
Animal shelters, or areas in which animals are maintained shall be permitted only in accordance with the accessory structure requirements of Chapter 390, Zoning, of the Code of the Township of Exeter.
B.
Animal shelters shall be constructed in such manner
so as not to create a health hazard or nuisance to the adjoining property
owners.
All animal excreta shall be removed and disposed
of at least one time each day.
Excess animal food shall not be allowed to accumulate
in such manner so as to create a food source for bacteria, insects
or rodents.
No person shall maintain, transport or carry
any animal or pet in any eating or drinking establishment, food manufacturing
or food service facility, except trained guide dogs for the blind
and support-type service dogs for the disabled.
A.
It shall
be unlawful for any person to permit any animal owned by him/her or
under his/her supervision or control to run at large either upon the
public streets, sidewalks, alleys and property of the Township, or
upon the property of persons other than the owner of such animals,
without the property owner's consent.
Owners of leashed or unleashed animals shall
be responsible for the removal and disposal of fecal matter deposited
by their animals anywhere in the Township of Exeter.
[Amended 8-13-2007 by Ord. No. 640]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate
any provision of this article, upon conviction thereof in an action
brought before a Magisterial District Judge in the manner provided
for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules
of Criminal Procedure, 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 90 days. Each day that
a violation of this article continues or each section of this article
which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate
offense.
