Township of Dallas, PA Animals

Any person who resides in an area of the Township of Dallas designated as a residential district (S-1, R-1, R-2 and R-3) on the Zoning Map of Dallas Township, adopted by the Supervisors of Dallas Township in August 1965, as amended, and who owns or keeps or otherwise maintains a dog shall prevent any noise whatsoever created by the dog from interfering with or otherwise disturbing in any manner whatsoever the peace and quiet of any reasonable person residing within 200 feet of the boundaries of the lot of land upon which the owner or keeper of the dog resides.

§ 34-2 Violations and penalties.

Any person who violates or permits a violation of this article shall, upon conviction in a summary proceeding brought before a District Justice under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, be guilty of a summary offense and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, plus costs of prosecution. In default of payment thereof, the defendant may be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days. Each day or portion thereof that such violation continues or is permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense, and each section of this article that is violated shall also constitute a separate offense.

Article II Control of Animals

[Adopted 10-20-1998 by Ord. No. 1998-1]

§ 34-3 Running at large prohibited.

The running at large of dogs in Dallas Township is prohibited.

§ 34-4 Scratching, digging and defecation upon property deemed nuisance.

Any animal which scratches, digs or defecates upon any lawn, tree, shrub, plant, building or other public or private property, other than the property of the owner or person in charge or control of such animal, is hereby declared to be a nuisance.

§ 34-5 Nuisances prohibited.

No person having possession, custody or control of any animal shall knowingly or negligently permit any dog or other animal to commit any nuisance upon any gutter, street, driveway, curb or sidewalk in the Township, or upon the floors or stairways of any building or place frequented by the public, or used in common by the tenants, or upon the outside walls, walkways, driveways, curbs or stairways of any building abutting on a public street or park, or upon the grounds of any public park or public area, or upon any private property other than the property of the owner of such animal.

§ 34-6 Removal of feces.

Any person having possession, custody or control of any dog or other animal which commits a nuisance in any area other than the private property of the owner of such dog or other animal, as prohibited in § 34-5, shall be required to immediately remove the said feces from such surface and carry the feces in a nonleaking container.

§ 34-7 Violations and penalties.