[Adopted 3-4-1981 as part of the Sanitary Code of the Board
of Health of the Borough of Fanwood, Revision of 1980]
No person shall own, harbor or keep any dog
within the municipal limits of the Borough of Fanwood which is not
inoculated against rabies; provided, however, that dogs which have
not attained the age of six months shall not be required to be inoculated,
and further provided that any dog may be exempt from the requirements
of such inoculation for a specified period of time by the Board of
Health upon the presentation of a certificate from a veterinarian
stating that, because of infirmity or other physical condition, the
inoculation of such dog for said specified period of time shall be
deemed inadvisable by said veterinarian.
The inoculation against rabies shall be performed
each year and shall be performed prior to the procurement of the dog
license required under the Dog Ordinance of the Borough of Fanwood, or evidence shall be presented
at the time of procurement of the dog license by the dog owner that
a three-year inoculation has been performed and that the inoculation
has not expired.
[Adopted 4-6-1994 by Ord. No. 94-01]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
BOARD OF HEALTH
The agency of the Borough of Fanwood ("Borough") charged with enforcing the requirements of Title 26 of the New Jersey Statutes and created pursuant to Chapter
41 of the Borough Code.
CAT
Any member of the domestic feline species: male, female or
neutered.
CAT OF LICENSING AGE
Any cat which has attained the age of seven months, or which
possesses a set of permanent teeth.
CATTERY
Any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition pen, not part
of a kennel, where cats for sale are kept or displayed.
CONTROL AUTHORITY
Any person or agency designated or certified by the State
of New Jersey to enforce provisions relating to licensing and vaccination
of cats.
[Amended 3-3-2003 by Ord. No. 03-01]
FEED
To give, place, expose, deposit, distribute or scatter any
edible material with the intention of feeding, attracting or enticing
wildlife, including purposely or knowingly leaving or storing any
refuse, garbage, food product, pet food, forage product or supplement,
salt seed or birdseed, fruit, or grain in a manner that would constitute
an attractant to any wild animal or waterfowl. Feeding does not include
baiting in the legal taking of fish and/or game.
[Added 8-6-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-05-03 (Board of Health)]
LICENSING YEAR
The period from February 1 to January 31 of the following
year during which time the license required by this article shall
be in effect.
NEUTERED
Rendered permanently incapable of reproduction as certified
by a licensed veterinarian.
OWNER
Every person having custody of a cat and every person who
has such cat in his or her keeping or who harbors or maintains a cat
or knowingly permits a cat to remain on or about any premises occupied
by that person. The owner of a cat shall be considered the initial
owner of its kittens. A person who continually feeds a stray cat shall
also be considered its owner.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
[Amended 8-6-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-05-03 (Board of Health)]
WILDLIFE
All animals that are neither human nor domesticated.
[Added 8-6-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-05-03 (Board of Health)]
[Added 12-1-2011 by Ord.
No. 11-09-02 (Board of Health)]
A. No person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of any cat shall
cause, suffer or allow such animal to soil, defile or defecate upon
any private and/or public property.
B. Any person who causes, suffers or allows any such animal to defecate
anywhere, except in an area as permitted, shall remove all feces deposited
by such animal by a sanitary method. All pet owners/keepers are required
to dispose immediately and properly of their pet's solid waste
deposited on any property, public or private.
C. The sanitary manner for removal of feces shall be by the placement
of the removed feces in a sealed plastic bag and then further placed
in said person's own garbage or waste removal container and shall
not be by placement of the feces, whether in a sealed plastic bag
or not, in any garbage or waste container owned or maintained by the
Borough of Fanwood or any garbage or waste container of any other
person or entity or storm sewer.
[Added 12-1-2011 by Ord.
No. 11-09-02 (Board of Health)]
A. The keeping, maintenance and/or feeding of stray cats or wild animals
is prohibited. The maintenance and/or feeding of privately owned cats
and/or dogs in such a manner as to create unsanitary conditions, attract
vermin, or be potentially detrimental to health or create a public
health nuisance is hereby prohibited.
B. No person shall feed on any private property or in any public park,
or any other property owned or operated by the Borough of Fanwood,
any wildlife, excluding confined wildlife.
[Added 8-6-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-05-03 (Board of Health)]
(1) No person shall feed on any public or private property deer or any
other wildlife.
(2) Feeding of other songbirds and backyard birds shall be permitted
outdoors at such times and in such numbers that:
(a)
Such feeding does not create an unreasonable disturbance that
affects the rights of the surrounding property owners and renders
other persons insecure in the use of their property; and
(b)
Does not create an accumulation of droppings on the property
and surrounding properties; and
(c)
Does not become an attractant for rodents or other wildlife
animals; and
(d)
Bird feeders are placed at least five feet above the ground.
[Added 8-6-2015 by Ord.
No. 15-05-03 (Board of Health)]
This article shall be enforced by the Health Department and/or
other municipal official of the Borough of Fanwood.
[Amended 12-1-2011 by Ord. No. 11-09-02 (Board of Health); 8-6-2015 by Ord. No. 15-05-03 (Board of Health)]
Any person violating any provision of this article shall be
punished by a fine of not less than $100 for the first offense. Each
day the violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct
offense not to exceed $2,000.