[Amended 12-28-2009 by Ord. No. 57-2009]
A. In addition to any other remedies provided in this Part, an Animal Control Officer or a police officer may seize, impound and humanely confine any of the following animals in accordance with Pennsylvania [P.S.] Title 3, Agriculture, Chapter 8, Dog Law, [3 P.S. § 459-101 et seq.]:
(1) Any animal at large.
(2) Any public nuisance animal or other animal considered to be a danger to the public.
(3) Any animal that is in violation of any quarantine or confinement order of a City Official.
(4) Any unattended animal that is ill, injured or otherwise in need of care.
(5) Any animal that is charged with dangerous, vicious, or aggressive activity or displays aggressive behavior where an Animal Control Officer, Property Maintenance Inspector or Police Officer determines that there is a threat to public health and safety. [Amended 6-23-2014 by Ord. No. 48-2014]
(6) Any animal that a court of competent jurisdiction has ordered impounded or destroyed.
(7) Any animal that is considered unattended or abandoned, as in situations where the owner is deceased, has been arrested or evicted from his regular place of residence.
(8) Any exotic animal, domestic agricultural animal, or native wildlife animal without a valid permit.
B. An Animal Control Officer, Property Maintenance Inspector or Police Officer may, in lieu of impoundment, issue to the owner a Notice of Violation and/or citation. [Amended 6-23-2014 by Ord. No. 48-2014]