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PA Nesquehonign exotic ban on venomous turtles
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by tigers9 on May 30, 2008
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<<Venomous frogs, toads and turtles>
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b5_1badpets.6431391may30,0,6967516.story
There's no weaseling out of this pet ordinance
Nesquehoning looks to specify banned animals, regulate others that could cause concern.
By Lisa Price
Special to The Morning Call
May 30, 2008
Wolves, bobcats, boa constrictors, monkeys and raccoons: Stay out of Nesquehoning.
Weasels, some of you are welcome. So are some pigs.
Borough Council on Wednesday voted to advertise an ordinance regulating the keeping of wild and exotic animals that lists those and other animals.
People who own or possess one of the species banned in the new ordinance would be allowed to keep the animal if they file a permit and nonconforming use application with the borough's zoning officer within 45 days of the effective date of the ordinance, council President Don DeMarco said.
The guidelines would allow Vietnamese potbellied pigs and domestic ferrets to be kept as pets, but not swine or some other members of the weasel family, such as mink and mongoose. And to keep them, owners would have to meet requirements such as having the animals spayed or neutered and vaccinated, and not let them run free outside.
The idea for the legislation began when Elizabeth and Mark Yanoski in November moved from Weatherly to the borough with their two pet pigs. They were cited for violating Nesquehoning's zoning ordinance because they kept the potbelly pigs in the half-double home they rented on Rhume Street.
The Yanoskis pleaded guilty and were fined $91, but said they hoped to persuade Nesquehoning leaders to change their zoning to allow the animals.
DeMarco said council was spurred to act after another person moved into the borough with a pet pig. He said the animal was a different type than a potbelly pig and the borough didn't have an ordinance to address that situation.
That person has since moved from the borough, he said.
In related matters, council is reviewing ordinances passed by Weatherly and Summit Hill to regulate ownership of domestic cats, and a dog waste pick-up ordinance from the state Borough Solicitors Association.
Also Wednesday, three representatives from Turkey Hill convenience store responded to the family of Tim Black, who lives next to the store and complained of odors and leaks from trash pick-up from the store's trash bins. The three also met with the family before the meeting.
Keystone Sanitation picks up the trash once a week, and it was explained that the leak doesn't come from the bins, but from the truck as the trash is compacted.
''We recognize that there is a problem there that we want to resolve,'' said Mike Cukauskas, help desk supervisor for Turkey Hill. ''We thought they were compacting on our property, but they were compacting on the street. We will solve this problem.''
In other action Wednesday, council voted to:
Advertise an ordinance prohibiting the discharge of firearms in the borough.
''We had received some complaints that people were target-shooting near an area where people were fishing,'' said Councilman Frank DiMiceli, who co-chairs the police and public safety committee. ''There is an approved firing range on state gamelands near the borough where people can go.''
Advertise an ordinance requiring contractors working in the borough to file proof they have required permits and proper insurances; and a residential rental ordinance requiring absentee landlords to identify a contact person within 10 miles of the property to respond to problems.
Tabled awarding a contract for chemicals for its sewer plant after opening bids from five companies for a variety of supplies. A contract will be awarded at the next meeting.
Voted to remove the burning ban in the borough, but reminded residents they still must get a permit to burn.
LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS, OH MY!
Other animals that Nesquehoning's proposed exotic pet ordinance would outlaw from homes in the borough:
All wild cats, such as bobcats and mountain lions
Bears
Venomous frogs, toads and turtles
Alligators and crocodiles
Wolves, dingoes and wild dog hybrids
Porcupines, raccoons and civets
Venomous and constricting snakes, venomous spiders and scorpions
Lisa Price is a freelance writer.
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RE: PA Nesquehonign exotic ban on venomous turtles
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by SerpenXotics on May 30, 2008
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Darn that is going to suck for everyone who keeps those venomous turtles. I know what it really said but it could be easily misinturpreted.
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RE: PA Nesquehonign exotic ban on venomous turtles
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by Cro on May 30, 2008
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The only real solution is for herpers to run for these neighborhood covanants commitee positions, city council positions, and county legislative positions, and state fish and game positions, and federal fish and game advisory commissions.
Once on the commission, it is way easier to stop the nit-whits.
Best Regards John Z
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by SouthernWolf on June 1, 2008
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wow....whats next. Are they gonna ban horses too.
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"Venomous and constricting snakes, venomous spiders and scorpions".... last time I checked all spiders were venomous. Most just aren't harmfull to humans.
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