A. The Board of Animal Regulation shall consist of the members of the Board of Health. This Board shall have the power to review or cause to be reviewed each application for a permit, and may either approve or reject such application, or require modification of the application. When the Board has approved the application, the Township Health Enforcement Officer shall issue the permit. The permit shall be personal and not transferable and shall be issued for a calendar year or part thereof. The Health Enforcement Officer, on advice of the Board, shall also have the power to revoke a permit.
B. [Amended 1-10-1995 by Ord. No. 879; 5-13-1997 by Ord. No. 943] The Board shall also have the power, with the consent of the Township Commissioners, to make such rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary to carry out the purpose of this article and, on request of the Township Health Enforcement Officer, to determine whether any person is violating any provisions of this article or the rules and regulations adopted hereunder. No regulations of the Board of Animal Regulation shall take effect until approved by the Board of Commissioners. In making such determination, the Board shall consider the following standards:
(1) All animals and animal quarters shall be kept in clean and sanitary condition. Adequate ventilation shall be maintained.
(2) The permittee shall use every reasonable precaution to ensure that animals are not teased, abused, mistreated, annoyed, tormented or in any manner made to suffer by any person or by any means.
(3) Animals which are enemies by nature, or are temperamentally unsuited, shall not be quartered together or so near each other as to cause animals fear, or to be abused, tormented or annoyed.
(4) The permittee shall maintain premises so as to eliminate offensive odors or excessive noise. The existence of offensive odors and/or excessive noise shall be determined in accordance with Chapter 158 of this Code.
(5) The permittee shall not permit any condition causing disturbance of peace and quiet of his neighbors.
(6) Animals must be maintained in quarters so constructed as to prevent their escape. The permittee assumes full responsibility for recapturing any animal that escapes from his premises. The permittee shall make adequate provisions and safeguards to protect the public from the animals.
(7) Every person shall conform to all present and future laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States of America, the ordinances of the township and the rules and regulations of the Board in any way connected with animals, including specifically anti-cruelty laws.