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NORTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP, LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Notice is hereby provided pursuant to Subsection 1601(a) of The Second Class Township Code, Act of May 1, 1933, P.L. 103, No. 69, as amended and reenacted (the "SCTC"), 53 P.S. § 66601(a), that the Board of Supervisors of North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (the "Board") intends to consider for adoption at its regularly scheduled public meeting commencing at 7:00 P.M. on MONDAY, MAY 11, 2026, at the North Whitehall Township Municipal Building located at 2356 Levans Road, Coplay, Pennsylvania 18037, proposed Ordinance No. 2026-8 (the "Ordinance"). The purpose of the Ordinance is to establish animal control regulations, establish the position of Township Animal Control Officer, authorize the Township to contract with organizations to facilitate a Township-sponsored trap-neuter-return program for the sterilization and vaccination of stray cats, to prohibit the running at large of animals within the Township, and to prohibit the keeping of exotic or wild animals within the Township. The Ordinance will be incorporated into the codified Code of the Township of North Whitehall (the "Code") in a new chapter, Chapter 131, titled, "Animal Control." The following constitutes the title and a brief summary of the Ordinance, prepared by the Township Solicitor, setting forth all the provisions of the Ordinance in reasonable detail in accordance with Subsection 1601(a) of the SCTC, 53 P.S. § 66601(a). THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE IS: "AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING ANIMAL CONTROL PARAMETERS, AUTHORIZING CONTRACTED ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES, REGULATING AND PROHIBITING THE RUNNING AT LARGE OF ANIMALS WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP AND THE KEEPING OF EXOTIC OR WILD ANIMALS, AND CREATING A COMMUNITY CAT TRAP-NEUTER-RETURN (TNR) PROGRAM." The Ordinance contains a statement of legislative findings identifying the Ordinance's purposes and setting forth the statutory authority of the Board to adopt the Ordinance. Section 2 of the Ordinance contains the substantive text that will be incorporated into Chapter 131 of the Code. Subsection 2.4. identifies how terms contained within the Ordinance are to be interpreted. Subsection 2.5. provides definitions for the terms "Animal Control Officer (ACO)," "At Large," "Caregiver," "Colony," "Community Cat," "Ear-Tipped," "Exotic or Wild Animal," "Owner," "Pet," "TNR Organization," and "Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR)." Subsection 2.6. establishes the position of Township Animal Control Officer—i.e., a person or entity appointed by the Board to enforce the provisions of the Ordinance. Subsection 2.7. identifies the Animal Control Officer's authority, including investigating animal-related complaints and violations, issuance of notices of violations and warnings, abatement of animal-related nuisances, and coordination with appropriate law enforcement agencies and humane officers. Subsection 2.8. prohibits the keeping of exotic or wild animals within the Township unless done by a licensed veterinarian and also prohibits the release or abandonment of any animal within the Township. Subsection 2.9. prohibits the owner or guardian of an animal to permit such animal to roam free without control or supervision. Subsection 2.10. provides that the owner of an animal may be subject to enforcement actions for maintaining an animal that attacks or threatens a person or other animal, and that dangerous dogs will be reported to appropriate agencies in accordance with Pennsylvania's Dog Law. Subsection 2.11. limits the combined number of dogs and cats that may be kept on a property to a maximum of six (6), except on a property containing three (3) or more acres, where that number is increased to ten (10). These numerical limits do not apply to dogs and cats less than three (3) months of age. Subsection 2.12. authorizes the Animal Control Officer to seize or impound animals that pose a threat to public safety, are sick, injured, or suffering and the owner thereof has not responded to a directive by the Animal Control Officer, the animal is subject to an animal cruelty investigation, or roaming at large with no identifiable owner or guardian. Subsection 2.13. establishes parameters for the Animal Control Officer's entry onto private property. Subsection 2.14. establishes a Township-sponsored community cat trap-neuter-return program encouraging the humane trapping, vaccination, and sterilization of stray cats, and also authorizes the Township to contract with an organization to facilitate such program. Subsection 2.15. requires that stray cats that have been sterilized must be ear-tipped to identify their sterile status. Subsection 2.16. encourages persons providing nourishment, care, or support to a colony of stray cats with the Township's trap-neuter-return program to facilitate tracking of the colony, and identifies that only such persons registering with the Township will be eligible to receive assistance or resources through the Township's trap-neuter-return program. Subsection 2.17. encourages persons providing nourishment, care, or support to make reasonable efforts to sterilize and vaccinate all cats within said colony, and requires that the provision of such nourishment, care, or support be performed in a safe and sanitary manner. Subsection 2.18. clarifies that stray cats shall not be considered stray, abandoned, or roaming at large solely due to their free-roaming behavior, and by providing care to a colony of stray cats, a person is not deemed legally responsible for such cats. Subsection 2.19. prohibits the caring for stray cats on property not owned by the person providing such care unless authorized by the property owner. Subsection 2.20. clarifies that existing cat colonies are subject to the provisions of the Ordinance. Subsection 2.21. prohibits persons from intentionally harming, poisoning, killing, removing, or relocating stray cats, and from interfering with lawful animal control or trap-neuter-return activities. Subsection 2.22. provides that a violation of the Ordinance shall be a summary offense punishable by up to a Five Hundred Dollar ($500.00) fine and/or imprisonment to the extent permitted by law for summary offenses. The Ordinance also contains a savings clause and will become effective immediately after adoption by the Board. Copies of the full text of the Ordinance may be examined, without charge, or obtained at the North Whitehall Township Municipal Building located at 3256 Levans Road, Coplay, Pennsylvania 18037, during normal business hours, Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. In accordance with Subsection 1601(a) of the SCTC, 53 P.S. § 66601(a), a complete copy of the Ordinance has been supplied to the Times News newspaper. NORTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DENNIS KLUSARTIZ, CHAIRMAN Apr 22-23

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NORTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP, LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Notice is hereby provided pursuant to Subsection 1601(a) of Pennsylvania's Second Class Township Code, Act of May 1, 1933, P.L. 103, No. 69, that the Board of Supervisors of North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (the "Township") intends to consider adoption of proposed Ordinance No. 2026-4 (the "Ordinance"), during the Board's regularly-scheduled public meeting commencing at 7:00 P.M. on MONDAY, MAY 11, 2026, at the Township's Administrative Building located at 3256 Levans Road, Coplay, Pennsylvania 18037. The following constitutes the full text of Ordinance No. 2026-4: ORDINANCE NO. 2026-4 NORTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA AN ORDINANCE OF NORTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP PROVIDING FOR A QUESTION TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORS OF NORTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP BY REFERENDUM AT THE GENERAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 3, 2026, ASKING WHETHER THE ELECTORS FAVOR THE IMPOSITION OF AN ADDITIONAL EARNED INCOME TAX AT THE RATE OF 0.15% TO BE USED FOR FINANCING THE PRESERVATION OF OPEN SPACE AS AUTHORIZED BY THE ACT OF JAN. 19, (1968) 1967, P.L. 992, NO. 442, AS AMENDED SECTION 1 – LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. WHEREAS, North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (the "Township") is a township of the second class organized and existing under and pursuant to the Second Class Township Code and various other laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and governed by a three (3) member Board of Supervisors (the "Board"); and WHEREAS, the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has adopted an Act authorizing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and local government units thereof to preserve, acquire, or hold land for open space uses, Act of Jan. 19, (1968) 1967, P.L. 992, No. 442, as amended, 32 P.S. § 5001 et seq. (the "Open Space Act"); and WHEREAS, it is the purpose of the Open Space Act to authorize local government units, including the Township, to preserve land in, or acquire land for, open space uses; and WHEREAS, the Open Space Act provides for the acquisition of certain interests in real property including, without limitation, fee simple interests, easements, leases, and restrictive covenants; and WHEREAS, Section 7.1 of the Open Space Act (32 P.S. § 5007.1) authorizes the Township to enact an ordinance authorizing a referendum on the question of the imposition of a specific rate of additional earned income tax to, inter alia, retire debt or otherwise pay for interests in real property acquired for purposes authorized by the Open Space Act; and WHEREAS, the Board concurs with the legislative intent and findings contained in Section 1 of the Open Space Act (53 P.S. § 5001); and WHEREAS, the Board desires to submit to the electors of North Whitehall Township a referendum on the question of the imposition of a 0.15% additional earned income tax to generate funds to be used in accordance with the purposes authorized by the Open Space Act; which tax shall remain in effect unless repealed in accordance with the Open Space Act no earlier than five (5) years from the date of imposition of the tax. SECTION 2 – AUTHORIZATION OF REFERENDUM. 1. In accordance with Subsection 7.1(a.3) of the Open Space Act (32 P.S. § 5007.1(a.3)), the following ballot question shall be placed upon the ballot for the November 3, 2026, General Election: "Do you favor the imposition of an additional earned income tax at the rate of 0.15% by North Whitehall Township to be used to finance the acquisition of interests in real property to preserve open space?" 2. The Township Manager or his or her designee shall file an attested copy of this Ordinance with the Lehigh County Board of Elections no later than Monday, August 3, 2026. SECTION 3 – SEVERABILITY. If any sentence, clause, section, or part of this Ordinance is for any reason found to be unconstitutional, illegal, or invalid, then such unconstitutionality, illegality, or invalidity shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, sections, or parts thereof. It is hereby declared as the intent of the North Whitehall Township Board of Supervisors that this Ordinance would have been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal, or invalid sentence, clause, section, or part thereof not been included herein. SECTION 4 – EFFECTIVE DATE. In accordance with Subsection 1601(a.1) of the Second Class Township Code, Act of May 1, 1933, P.L. 103, No. 69, § 1601(a.1), as reenacted and amended, 53 P.S. § 66601(a.1), this Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon enactment by the Board of Supervisors of North Whitehall Township. DULY ENACTED AND ORDAINED, this 13th day of April, 2026, by the Board of Supervisors of North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in lawful session duly assembled. NORTH WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DENNIS KLUSARITZ, CHAIRMAN Apr 22-23 Show more »

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