No poultry shall be kept or permitted to be
kept in the Borough.
No person shall keep, raise, breed or sell any
small animals, including pigeons, rabbits, guinea pigs, hares or similar
animals, in the Borough.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Sections 3 and 4,
which immediately followed this section and dealt with permits for
slaughterhouses, were deleted 4-11-1996 by Ord. No. 96-1.
No more than three dogs of licensing age shall
be kept, maintained or harbored at one time in any residential housing
unit or on its grounds or in any business establishment or on its
grounds. This restriction shall not apply to properly licensed pet
shops, kennels, shelters or pounds.
No person, firm or corporation shall raise,
keep or harbor any bees for commercial or noncommercial purposes within
the Borough.
No person shall keep, harbor or maintain any
dog which habitually barks or cries.
A.Â
Inclusion of regulations. Board of Health Ordinance
Nos. 15 and 18, adopted June 1975 and March 1981, regulating the discharge
of animal excreta upon public or private property and the prohibiting
of animals running at large, are hereby included in this code.
B.Â
Regulations.
(1)Â
It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any owner,
keeper or walker of any dog, cat or other animal to permit his or
her dog, cat or other animal to discharge such animal's excreta upon
any public or private property, other than the property of the owner
of said animal, within the Borough if such owner, keeper or walker
does not immediately thereafter remove and clean up such animal's
excreta from the public or private property. Any owner or keeper who
requires the use of a disability assistance animal shall be exempt
from the provisions of this section while such animal is being used
for that purpose.
[Amended 9-20-2005 by Ord. No. 1455]
(2)Â
It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any owner
or keeper of any dog, cat or other animal to permit said animal to
run at large within the municipality other than on the property of
said owner or keeper.
