Whenever the following terms are used in this ordinance they shall be deemed to have the meanings set forth in this Section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(A) Animal: Any live, vertebrate creature, domestic or wild;

(B) Animal Shelter: Any facility operated by a humane society or municipal agency, or its authorized agents for the purpose of impounding or caring for animals held under the authority of this ordinance or state law;

(C) Auctions: Any place or facility where animals are regularly bought, sold, or traded, except for those facilities otherwise defined in this ordinance. This section does not apply to individual sales of animals by owners;

(D) Circus: A commercial variety show featuring animal acts for public entertainment;

(E) Commercial Animal Establishment: Any pet shop, grooming shop, auction, riding school or stable, zoological park, circus, performing animal exhibition, or kennel;

(F) Humane Officer: Any person designated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a municipal government, or a humane society, including the Crawford County Humane Society, as a law enforcement officer who is qualified to perform such duties under the laws of this State;

(G) Kennel: Any premises wherein any person engages in the business of boarding, breeding, buying, letting for hire, training for a fee, or selling dogs or cats;

(H) Owner: Any person, partnership, or corporation owning, keeping, or harboring one or more animals. An animal shall be deemed to be harbored, if it is fed or sheltered for three (3) consecutive days or more;

(I) Performing Animal Exhibition: Any spectacle, display, act or event other than circuses, in which performing animals are used;

(J) Pet: Any animal kept for pleasure or utility;

(K) Pet Shop: Any person, partnership, or corporation, whether operated separately or in connection with another business enterprise except for a licensed kennel, that buys, sells, or boards any species of animal;

(L) Public Nuisance:

(1) Any animal or animals which:

(a) molests passersby or passing vehicles,

(b) attacks other animals,

(c) trespasses on school grounds,

(d) is repeatedly not under restraint,

(e) damages private or public property,

(f) barks, cries, whines, or howls in an excessive, continuous, or untimely fashion;

(2) The maintenance of any animal in a manner which subjects others to offensive odors.

(M) Restraint: Any animal secured by a leash or lead, or within the real property limits of its owner;

(N) Vicious Animal: Any animal or animals that constitute a physical threat to human beings or other animals;

(O) Wild Animal: Any live monkey (non-human primate), raccoon, skunk, fox, poisonous snake, leopard, panther, tiger, lion, lynx, or any other warm blooded animal which can normally be found in the wild state.

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