(a) All police officers of the Township and the official Animal Warden, Animal Control Officer and/or Dog Catcher, as well as the Board of Health and any other person designated by the Board of Commissioners of the Township, shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Any police officer, official Animal Warden, Animal Control Officer and/or Dog Catcher or other person may be a proper party complainant for any violation of this chapter.
(c) In order to facilitate the intent and enforcement of this chapter, a police officer or official Animal Warden, Animal Control Officer and/or Dog Catcher may issue a citation to an owner and/or keeper of a dog and/or other animal advising him or her of said violation and permitting said owner and/or keeper of said dog and/or other animal to pay a fine of twenty dollars ($20.00) to the Township without the necessity of filing a complaint. Pursuant to such citation procedure, the penalty for household trash disturbance shall be ten dollars ($10.00) and the penalty for other violations shall be twenty dollars ($20.00). Second offenses for any violation shall be thirty-five dollars ($35.00) and third offenses shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00). The prevailing expense for the S.P.C.A. shall be ten dollars ($10.00).
(d) If the penalty set forth in subsection (c) hereof is paid to the Township within a period of ten days from the date of the violation, then such penalty shall apply, rather than the increased penalties levied by a District Justice. If said penalty is not paid by said owner and/or keeper of said dog and/or other animal, and it is necessary to bring a complaint before the District Justice, any person violating this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(e) Pursuant to the citation procedure, a proof of current rabies vaccination must accompany payment of the fine called for in the citation.
(Ord. 88-4. Passed 11-21-88.)