608.01  DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE.
   (a)   No owner or keeper of any dog or other animal shall fail to keep such dog or other animal, at all times, either:
      (1)   Confined within the premises of the owner; or
      (2)   Firmly secured by means of a collar and chain or other device so that it cannot stray beyond the premises on which it is secured, or under the reasonable control of some person by means of a leash or some other control device.
   (b)   No owner of any dog or other animal shall permit such dog or other animal to injure any human being or animal or to destroy any property within the Township. Such injury or destruction of property may be caused by, but shall not be limited to, biting, jumping on, knocking down or attacking.
   (c)   No owner of any dog shall permit such dog to scatter, spill or otherwise disturb any household trash upon the premises of any other person in the Township or which has been set out for Municipal pick-up.
   (d)   It shall be the duty of the Township police and/or the official Animal Warden, Animal Control Officer or Dog Catcher of the Township to seize and detain any dog and/or other animal, whether it is licensed or unlicensed, which is found running at large either upon the public streets or highways of the Township or upon the property of a person other than the owner of such dog or other animal. The Township police and/or official Animal Warden, Animal Control Officer or Dog Catcher is hereby authorized to go upon any premises and enter any building to seize and detain any dog and/or other animal which has been found running at large unaccompanied by the owner or keeper, when such Township police and/or official Animal Warden, Animal Control Officer or Dog Catcher is in the immediate pursuit of any such dog and/or other animal.
(Ord. 88-4.  Passed 11-21-88.)