1. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog/or dogs to allow or permit such dog/or dogs to run at large in the Borough of East McKeesport.
2. Any police officer or constable may seize any dog found at large in the Borough of East McKeesport. Such dogs are to be impounded in a licensed kennel.
3. The Chief of Police and/or Constable shall notify the owner of a licensed dog by registered or certified mail with return receipt that the dog is impounded and will be disposed of in 5 days if not claimed. Five days after the return receipt has been received, and the dog has not been claimed, the dog may be sold or destroyed in accordance with §302 of the Dog Law, 3 P.S. §459-302.
4. Unlicensed dogs that are seized shall be held in such kennel for 48 hours and if not claimed may be destroyed in accordance with §302 of the Dog Law, 3 P.S. §459-303.
5. A dog determined to be dangerous under §502-A of the Dog Law, 3 P.S. §459-502-A, shall be restrained or otherwise kept in accordance with Article VI-A of the Dog Law, 3 P.S. §459-501-A et seq.
A. Dogs may be killed only in accordance with the requirements of §501 of the Dog Law, 3 P.S. §459-501, and otherwise said dogs must be detained and delivered to the police or said dog warden while detained, said dog must be treated in a humane manner.
6. The first two times a dog is seized, the owner shall pay a fine of $25 to the Borough of East McKeesport as well as reasonable fees for keeping the animal in a kennel in an amount as established from time to time as a resolution of the Borough of East McKeesport.
A. Any person allowing a dog to run at large a third time in violation of this Part, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to the penalties as outlined at §2-207.
(Ord. 892, 9/8/2011, §3)