§ 6.04.070. Regulations.

No person shall own, keep or harbor a dog in the borough except in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the following regulations:

A.

Wearing of Registration Tag. All dogs which are required by the provisions of this chapter to be licensed shall wear a collar or harness with the registration tag for such dog securely fastened thereto.

B.

Use of Registration Tags. No person, except an officer in the performance of his or her 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.

C.

Interference with Official Duties. No person shall hinder, molest or interfere with anyone authorized or empowered to perform any duty under this chapter.

D.

Disturbing the Peace. No person shall own, keep or harbor or maintain any dog which habitually barks or cries.

E.

Running-at-Large. No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog shall suffer or permit it to run at large upon the public streets, in any public park, in any public building, or in any other public place within the borough.

F.

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 borough unless such dog is accompanied by a person over the age of twelve (12) years, and is securely confined and controlled by an adequate leash not more than six feet long.

G.

Property Damage. No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog shall permit or suffer it to do any injury, or to do any damage to any lawn, shrubbery, flowers, grounds or property.

H.

Removal of Dog Feces. No person owning, harboring, keeping, walking or in charge of any dog shall cause, suffer, permit or allow such dog to soil, defile, defecate on or commit any nuisance on any common thoroughfare, street, sidewalk, passageway, road, bypass, play area, park or any place where people congregate or walk, or upon any boardwalk, beaches or beach front in this borough 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. If any such person shall permit such dog to soil, defile, defecate on or commit any nuisance on the areas listed in this subsection, he or she shall immediately remove all feces and droppings deposited by such dog, which removal shall be in the sanitary manner by a shovel, container, disposal bag, etc., and the feces and droppings shall be removed by the person from the previously stated designated areas listed in this subsection, and disposed of by the person in a sanitary manner.

(Ord. 91-22 § 1, 1991; Ord. 83-11 § 1, 1983: prior code § 9-8)