NO DOG LEASH? COPS WILL RESPOND

A reminder you cannot run your dog without a leash in the park, scanner indicates cops just dispatched to Memorial Park to respond to free-running canines.

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.

[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.

 

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.

[Added 6-15-1976 by Ord. No. 1465; amended 9-21-1982 by Ord. No. 1616]