A reminder of the regulations below:
No person shall own, keep or harbor a dog in
the Township except in compliance with the provisions of this article
and the following regulations:
Wearing of registration. All dogs which are required
by the provisions of this article to be licensed shall wear a collar
or harness with the registration tag for such dog securely fastened
thereto.
Use of registration tags. 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.
Interference with official duties. No person shall
hinder, molest or interfere with anyone authorized or empowered to
perform any duty under this article.
No person shall own, keep, harbor or maintain any
dog which habitually barks or cries continuously at any hour of the
day or night.
No person owning, keeping, harboring, walking or in
charge of any dog shall cause, suffer, permit or allow such dog to
soil, defile or defecate on any common thoroughfare, street, sidewalk, passageway, road, bypath, play area, park or place where people congregate
or walk, or upon any public property whatsoever or upon any private
property without the permission of the owner of the private property
in the last instance. When the dog shall defecate on the areas aforesaid,
it shall not be considered a violation of this article if, and only
if, the person owning or in charge or control shall immediately remove
and dispose of all feces thus deposited in a sanitary manner. The
provisions of this section shall not apply to blind persons who may
use dogs as guides.
[Amended 10-7-1980 by Ord. No. 1564]
Running at large. No person owning, keeping or harboring
any dog shall suffer or permit it to run at large upon the public
streets or in any public park, public building or other public place
within the Township.
Leashing of dogs. 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 Township unless such dog is securely
confined and controlled by an adequate leash not more than six feet
long.
Property damage. No person owning, keeping or harboring
a dog shall permit or suffer it to do any injury or to do any damage
to any lawn, shrubbery, flower, grounds or property.
[Added 6-15-1976 by Ord. No. 1465; amended 9-21-1982 by Ord. No.
1616]
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