The following words and terms shall have the meanings herein
indicated for the purposes of this chapter:
DOG
Any dog, bitch or spayed bitch.
DOG OF LICENSING AGE
Any dog which has attained the age of seven months or which
possesses a set of permanent teeth.
KEEPER
Any person exercising control over a dog or permitting a
dog to remain on premises under his/her control.
KENNEL
Any establishment wherein or whereon the business of boarding
or selling dogs or breeding dogs for sale is carried on, except a
pet shop.
OWNER
When applied to the proprietorship, every person having a
right of property in a dog and every person who has such dog in his/her
keeping.
PET SHOP
Any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition pen, not part
of a kennel, wherein dogs for sale are kept or displayed.
POUND
An establishment for the confinement of dogs seized either
under the provisions of this chapter or otherwise.
SHELTER
Any establishment where dogs are received, housed and distributed
without charge.
VICIOUS DOG
Any dog which has been declared by judicial authority to
be a vicious dog, which has attacked or bitten any human being, or
which habitually attacks other dogs or domestic animals.
License fees and other monies collected or received under the
provisions of this chapter, except the registration tag fees, shall
be forwarded to the Borough Treasurer within 30 days after collection
or receipt, shall be placed in a special account separate from any
of the other accounts of the Borough and shall be used for the following
purposes only: collecting, keeping and disposing of dogs liable to
seizure under this chapter; local prevention and control of rabies;
providing antirabies treatment under the direction of the Borough
Board of Health for any person known or suspected to have been exposed
to rabies; all other purposes prescribed by the statutes of New Jersey
governing the subject, and for administering the provisions of this
chapter. Any unexpended balance remaining in such special account
shall be retained therein until the end of the third fiscal year following
and may be used for any of the purposes set forth in this section.
At the end of the third fiscal year following, and at the end of each
fiscal year thereafter, there shall be transferred from such special
account to the general funds of the Borough any amount then in such
account which is in excess of the total amount paid into the special
account during the last two fiscal years next preceding.
The registration tag fee for each dog, as set forth in subsection
4-3.1 of this revision, shall be forwarded within 30 days after collection
by the Clerk to the State Department of Health.
The Chief of Police shall annually cause a canvass to be made
of all dogs owned, kept or harbored within the limits of the Borough
and shall report to the Clerk, the Board of Health and to the State
Department of Health the results thereof, setting forth in separate
columns the names and addresses of persons owning, keeping or harboring
dogs; the number of licensed dogs owned, kept or harbored by each
person, together with the registration number of each dog; the number
of unlicensed dogs owned, kept or harbored by each person, together
with a complete description of each unlicensed dog.
No person shall own, keep or harbor a dog in the Borough except
in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the following
regulations.
11-8.1. Wearing of Registration Tags. All dogs for which licenses are required
by the provisions of this chapter shall wear a collar or harness with
the registration tag for such dog securely fastened thereto.
11-8.2. Use of Registration Tags. No person, except an officer in the performance
of his/her duties, shall remove a registration tag from the collar
of any dog without the consent of the owner, nor shall any person
attach a registration tag to a dog for which it was not issued.
11-8.3. Interference with Officer's Duties. No person shall hinder,
molest or interfere with anyone authorized or empowered to perform
any duty under this chapter.
11-8.4. Disturbing the Peace. No person shall own, keep, harbor or maintain
any dog which habitually barks or cries between the hours of 9:00
p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
11-8.5. Running at Large. No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog
shall suffer or permit it to run at large upon the public streets
or in any public park, public building or other public place within
the Borough.
11-8.6. Leashing of Dogs. No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog
shall suffer or permit it to be upon the public streets or in any
of the public places of the Borough unless such dog is accompanied
by a person over the age of 12 years and is securely confined and
controlled by an adequate leash not more than six feet long.
11-8.7. Property Damage. No person owning, keeping or harboring a dog shall
permit or suffer it to do any injury, or to do any damage to any lawn,
shrubbery, flowers, grounds or property.
In addition to any fine levied as a result of violations of
this chapter, the owner of any animal which causes damage to another's
property shall be responsible for the damage caused.
11-8.8. Nuisance by Dogs; Supervision by Owners. No person owning, harboring,
keeping or in charge of any dog shall cause, suffer or allow such
dog to soil, defile, defecate on or commit any nuisance on any common
thoroughfare, sidewalk, passageway, bypath, play area, park, school
ground or any space where the public congregates or walks, upon any
public property or place whatsoever or upon any private property without
the permission of the owner of the property. This restriction shall
not apply to that portion of the street lying between the curblines,
which shall be used to curb such dog.
The Borough Council shall designate the appropriate official
to enforce the provisions of this chapter. The Borough Council shall
also have the power to appoint one or more persons, to be known as
dog catchers, who may impound unlicensed dogs running at large in
violation of the provisions of this chapter.
Any person who violates or who fails or refuses to comply with
Sections 11-2, 11-3 or Subsection 11-8.3 of this chapter shall be
liable for a penalty of $50 for each offense. For any other violation
of this chapter, the general penalty clause in Section 1-7 shall apply.