Leash Law - Ordinance Chapter 85
Posted August 29, 2024BOROUGH OF RIVERDALE
ORDINANCE Chapter 85 – Dogs
Ordinance will be enforced
No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog, whether of licensing age or not, and whether licensed or not, shall suffer or permit such dog to run at large anywhere within the limits of the Borough of Riverdale. Any dog not secured by a leash, not confined or not under control of the owner, keeper or harborer, shall be considered to have been suffered or permitted by its owner, keeper or harborer to run at large and the owner, keeper or harborer of such dog shall be prima facie guilty of a violation of this section. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any dogs running at large on the premises of the person owning, keeping or harboring any such dog, nor to running dogs while hunting or training for hunting.
Chapter 89-7 Violations and penalties.
[Amended 9-21-1992 by Ord. No. 4-92]
Any person found guilty of violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 for each violation or imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days, or both.