Source: https://ecode360.com/11169686
Timestamp: 2019-01-23 18:03:18
Document Index: 801107372

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 71', '§ 71', '§ 71', '§ 71', '§ 71', '§ 71', '§ 71', '§ 71', 'art 2', '§ 71']

Borough of Greencastle, PA Animals
Ch 71 Art I Keeping of Animals
§ 71-2 Keeping of pigs, hogs or swine prohibited.
§ 71-3 Regulations for keeping of domestic animals.
§ 71-4 Regulations for keeping of household pets.
§ 71-5 Prosecution under state law.
Ch 71 Art II Control of Dogs and Cats
§ 71-7 Definitions.
§ 71-8 Running at large prohibited; disposal of animal waste.
§ 71-9 Licensing required.
§ 71-10 Animal nuisances; vaccinations.
Article II Control of Dogs and Cats
[Adopted 3-5-1951 by Ord. No. 2-51; amended in its entirety 7-1-1985 (Ch. 2, Part 2, of the 1985 Code)]
Any animal, bird, fowl, or reptile not normally or ordinarily domesticated; not normally or ordinarily raised in this area and climate as livestock or for work or breeding purposes; or not capable of being kept as a household pet.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep any pigs, hogs or swine at any place within the Borough.
If any such pet shall be kept in an enclosure outside such dwelling, the provisions of § 71-3 of this article, insofar as the same applies to small animals, shall be applicable to the keeping of such household pet.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $300, and/or to undergo imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this article continues shall constitute a separate offense.
Any person having a property right in any dog or cat, or having custody of any dog or cat, or any person who harbors or permits a dog or cat to remain on or around his or her property.
Being upon any public highway, street, alley, park or any other public land, or upon property of another person other than the owner, and not being accompanied by or under the immediate control of the owner or any other person having custody of said dog and/or cat.
UNDER IMMEDIATE CONTROL
That any dog or cat being upon any public highway, street, alley, park or any other public land, or upon property of anther person other than the owner shall be on a leash.
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog and/or cat to allow or permit such dog and/or cat to run at large in the Borough. Further, any owner of a dog or cat shall immediately collect the feces or droppings from such dog or cat in a container or receptacle and dispose of the same in a safe and sanitary manner.
It shall be unlawful for the owner, custodian or keeper of any dog and/or cat to have any such animal without bearing a current license tag. The dog and cat licensing shall be performed under the rules and regulations of the County of Franklin.
It shall be unlawful for the owner to have any dog and/or cat that becomes a nuisance in the Borough. Acts of nuisance shall include, but are expressly not restricted to, the following:
The frequent creation of any disturbance between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. prevailing time, or at extended intervals at any other time of day, or both.
Frequent digging into flower beds, lawns, children's sandboxes, gardens or the depositing of feces or urine and/or otherwise damaging shrubbery, trees or lawns on premises, personal property or other property not belonging to the owner of the dog and/or cat.
Any owner of any dog and/or cat shall comply with and be current with rabies vaccination requirements of the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with regard to dogs and/or cats.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, custodian or keeper of any dog and/or cat to violate any of the provisions of this article, and said violator shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $300, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment of fine and costs, shall be subject to imprisonment for a period not to exceed 30 days. Each day that a violation of this article continues shall constitute a separate offense.