[Amended 11-3-1986 by Ord. No. 6-1986]
A.
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of
licensing age in the township shall, in the month of January of each
year, apply for and procure from the Township Clerk a license and
official metal registration tag for each such dog so owned, kept or
harbored, and shall place upon each such dog a collar or harness with
the registration tag securely fastened thereto.
[Amended 1-19-1998 by Ord. No. 1-1998]
B.
"Dog of licensing age" shall mean any dog which has
attained the age of seven months or which possesses a set of permanent
teeth, as defined in N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.1.
C.
No license or registration shall be granted unless
the person so owning, keeping or harboring a dog provides evidence
that the dog to be licensed and registered has been inoculated with
a rabies vaccine of a type approved by and administered in accordance
with the recommendations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and
the U.S. Department of Health and Welfare, or that said dog has been
certified exempt as provided by regulations of the N.J. State Department
of Health. Anyone owning, keeping or harboring a neutered or spayed
dog shall be required to submit, at the time of licensing and registration,
a certificate issued by a licensed veterinarian of the State of New
Jersey certifying that said dog has been neutered and spayed and the
date thereof.
A.
A person applying for a dog license and registration
tag shall pay a fee of $10.80 for each dog.
[Amended 12-17-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-14]
B.
In addition to said fee, the State of New Jersey has
imposed additional fees which shall be collected by the township,
and these fees include a state registration fee of $1, which is to
be assessed on all dogs licensed in this township; $0.20 for the state
Pilot Clinic Fund, which is to be assessed on all dogs licensed in
this township, and $3 for the Animal Population Control Fund, which
shall be assessed against any dog of reproductive age which has not
been permanently sterilized to prevent reproduction.
C.
The Township Committee has interpreted N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.12
as not requiring the issuance of a three-year license; therefore,
no three-year license is authorized under this section. In the event
that a proper authority determines that a three-year license must
be provided, however, the fee for such a license shall be three times
that set for the annual license and registration tags provided for
herein.
D.
All licenses shall expire on January 31 in the year
following the year in which they were issued.
E.
Dogs used as guides for blind persons and commonly
known as "Seeing Eye" dogs, dogs used to assist handicapped persons
and commonly known as "service dogs," or dogs used to assist deaf
persons and commonly known as "hearing ear" dogs shall be licensed
and registered as other dogs hereinabove provided for, except that
the owner or keeper of such dog shall not be required to pay any fee
therefor.
[Amended 1-19-1998 by Ord. No. 1-1998]
F.
Dogs used as police dogs shall be licensed and registered
as other dogs, except that the owner or keeper of such dog shall not
be required to pay any license fee therefor.
[Amended 1-19-1998 by Ord. No. 1-1998]
A.
Any person owning, keeping, harboring or maintaining
any unlicensed dog of licensing age, or anyone permitting another
to own, keep, harbor or maintain an unlicensed dog of licensing age
within the Township of Delanco after January 31 shall be required
to pay an additional delinquency fee of $3 per month, plus the required
license fee, in addition to any other fines and penalties required
or imposed by lawful authority. Said delinquency shall not apply to
a person owning, keeping or harboring a dog acquired after January
31 of the preceding year.
[Amended 12-21-1998 by Ord. No. 17-1998]
B.
In the event that the fee for the registration tag
is increased or any other state-imposed fees are increased or implemented
to any amount greater than the present fees assessed, the fee for
a dog license shall be automatically increased to said increased amounts,
and the total sum to be paid annually for a dog license shall be increased
in like amount.
C.
The Township Committee interprets N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.12
as not requiring it to provide for three-year licenses. No three-year
license is, therefore, authorized under this article. In the event
that a proper authority determines that a three-year license must
be provided, however, the fee for such a license shall be three times
that set for the annual license and registration tag as set forth
herein, along with any late fees or other assessments herein provided
for.
[Added 1-19-1998 by Ord. No. 1-1998]
If a license tag or sleeve has been misplaced
or lost, the Township Clerk may issue a duplicate license and/or registration
sleeve for that particular dog at a fee of $1.
[Added 11-2-1987 by Ord. No. 13-1987]
There shall be a limitation of not more than
two dogs per household. No license shall be granted to any applicant
in violation of this section at the time of passage hereof.
