ORDINANCE 616.02 RESTRAINT OF ANIMALS
(a) It shall be the duty of the owner, custodian or keeper, or the parent or guardian of any minor owner, custodian or keeper, of any dog, to keep the dog secured on a leash or chain not more than six feet in length any time the dog is on Township property or parks, playgrounds, recreation areas, mini-malls, school grounds, sidewalks, roadways, alleys or planted areas of the Township.
(b) On private property it shall be the duty of the owner of an animal to control or restrain said animal in such a way as to prevent the animal from attacking or threatening any person legitimately coming onto the property or being on any sidewalk, street, or lot adjacent to the property.
616.03 FOULING ON PROPERTY OF OTHERS
It shall be the duty of the owner, custodian or keeper, or the parent or guardian of any minor owner, custodian or keeper, of any dog, except seeing-eye dogs, to keep the dog from fouling any property in the Township of Lawrence Park, other than that property of the owner or custodian. In the event a dog defecates on any property other than the property of the owner or custodian, it shall be the responsibility of the owner or custodian to remove such matter from the property immediately.
616.04 ANIMALS DISTURBING THE PEACE
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to own, harbor, or keep in their custody any animal which, by harsh noise or disturbance, disturbs, interferes or otherwise deprives the peace, quiet, rest and peaceful enjoyment of the public.
(b) Barking, howling, or the making of loud or harsh noise by any animal for a period of fifteen minutes or more on two or more occasions in 48-hour period, shall constitute a disturbance of the peace, quiet, rest, sleep and enjoyment of the public and shall constitute a violation of this section.
616.05 WARNINGS; NOTICES; VIOLATIONS
(a) Any Township resident may request the Township Police Department to warn any person who owns, harbors, or keeps in custody any animal which disturbs the peace, quiet, rest or sleep of any person within the Township by barking, howling, or making loud noises, or which soils, defiles, defecates on or commits any nuisance on any common thoroughfare, sidewalk, passageway, by-pass, play area, park, or any place where people congregate or walk, or on any public property whatsoever, or on any private property without permission of the owner of such property.
(b) Any such request shall identify and specify the residence of the owner, keeper, or custodian of the animal. Upon receipt of such request, the police shall mail, by certified mail, a copy of this section to the person identified as the owner, keeper, or custodian of the animal.
(c) A violation of this section shall be deemed to occur after delivery of the first warning and upon a second or subsequent violation of this section.
616.06 COMPLAINTS; PROSECUTION OF VIOLATORS
Upon receiving complaints or information that an owner, custodian, or keeper, or a parent or guardian of any minor owner, custodian, or keeper, of any dog, has permitted said dog to violate this chapter, the Township Police Department, if the facts so warrant, shall prosecute the said owner, custodian, or keeper, or the parent or guardian of any minor owner, custodian, or keeper, of said dog, under the terms of this chapter.