The relevant statutory provisions are found in N.J.S.A. 4:19-15 et seq.
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.
11-2.1. 
License, When Required. Licenses shall be required for the following dogs of licensing age:
a. 
Any dog owned or kept within the Borough by a resident of the Borough on January 1 of any calendar year.
b. 
Any dog acquired by any person during the course of any calendar year and kept within the Borough for more than 10 days after acquisition.
c. 
Any dog attaining licensing age during the course of the calendar year.
d. 
Any unlicensed dog brought into the Borough by any person and kept within the Borough for more than 10 days.
e. 
Any dog licensed by another state brought into the Borough by any person and kept within the Borough for more than 90 days.
Any person harboring more than five dogs shall be deemed to be operating a kennel and shall apply for a kennel license.
Only one license and registration tag shall be required in any licensing year for any dog owned in New Jersey and the license and tag issued by any other municipality of this state shall be accepted by the Borough as evidence of compliance with this chapter.
11-2.2. 
Application for License. Each application for a license under this chapter shall give the following information:
a. 
A general description of the dog sought to be licensed, including breed, sex, age, color and markings, and whether such dog is of a long or short haired variety.
b. 
Name, street and post office address of the owner of, and the person who shall keep or harbor, such dog.
Registration numbers shall be issued in the order in which applications are received.
11-2.3. 
Date of Application. Applications for licenses for dogs which are required to be licensed by the provisions of paragraph 11-2.1a, shall be made before February 1 of each calendar year. In all other cases, the application for a license shall be made within 10 days of the day upon which the dog in question first becomes subject to the provisions of this section.
11-2.4. 
License Record. The information on all applications under this chapter and the registration number issued to each licensed dog shall be preserved for a period of three years by the Borough Clerk. In addition, (s)he shall forward similar information to the State Department of Health each month on forms furnished by the Department.
11-2.5. 
Fees. The person applying for a license shall pay a license fee for each dog for the registration tag for each dog. Such fee shall be as set forth in subsection 4-3.1 of this revision. The same fees shall be charged for the annual renewal of each license and registration tag.
11-2.6. 
Expiration Date. Each dog license and registration tag shall expire on January 31 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which it was issued.
11-2.7. 
Rabies Inoculation. Each application for a dog license shall be accompanied by a certificate of inoculation against rabies pursuant to the provisions contained in section 11-10, otherwise no license and registration tag for the dog in question shall be issued.
11-2.8. 
Exceptions. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any dog licensed under section 11-3 of this chapter. Dogs used as guides for blind persons and commonly known as "seeing eye dogs" shall be licensed in the same manner as other dogs, except that the owner or keeper shall not be required to pay any fee.
11-3.1. 
License Required. Any person who keeps or operates, or proposes to establish a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall apply to the Borough Clerk for a license entitling him/her to keep or operate such establishment. Any person holding such license shall not be required to secure individual licenses for dogs owned by such licensee and kept at such establishments. A kennel license shall not be transferable to another owner or different premises.
11-3.2. 
Application Information. The application shall contain the following information:
a. 
The name and permanent and local address of the applicant.
b. 
The street address where the establishment is located, or proposed to be located, together with a general description of the premises.
c. 
The purposes for which it is to be maintained.
d. 
The maximum number of dogs to be accommodated by such establishment at any one time.
11-3.3. 
Approval of Health Officer. No license shall be issued until the proposed licensee submits a written statement from the health officer that the establishment or proposed establishment complies with the local and state rules governing the location of and sanitation at such establishment.
11-3.4. 
License Term. All licenses issued for a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall state the purpose for which the establishment is maintained and all such licenses shall expire on June 30 of each year.
11-3.5. 
License Fees. The annual license fees for kennel and pet shop licenses shall be as set forth in subsection 4-3.1 of this revision.
11-3.6. 
Compliance with State Regulations. All licenses issued for a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall be subject to revocation by the Borough Council on recommendation of the State Department of Health or the Borough Board of Health for failure to comply with the rules and regulations of the State Department of Health or the Borough Board of Health, after the owner has been afforded a hearing by either the State Department of Health or the Borough Board of Health.
Any person holding a license to establish, keep or operate a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall comply with all Borough ordinances and the rules and regulations promulgated by the State Department of Health governing the sanitary conduct and operation of kennels, pet shops, shelters and pounds, the preservation of sanitation therein and the prevention of the spread of rabies and other diseases of dogs within and from such establishments.
11-3.7. 
Report to State Health Department. The Borough Clerk shall forward to the State Department of Health a list of all kennels, pet shops, shelters and pounds licensed within 30 days after the licenses therefor are issued, which list shall include the name and address of the licensee and the kind of license issued.
11-3.8. 
Control of Dogs Off Premises. No dog kept in a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall be permitted off such premises, except on leash or in a crate or other safe control.
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.
11-6.1. 
Complaint, Investigation, Report. It shall be the duty of the Police Department and the Dog Warden to receive and investigate complaints against dogs. If they deem any dog complained of to be a vicious dog, as defined in section 11-1, they shall report their findings, in writing, to the municipal judge.
11-6.2. 
Notice, Hearing. The municipal judge shall notify, in writing, the owner or keeper of an allegedly vicious dog that a complaint has been made and require such person to appear before him/her at a stated time and place for a hearing. The municipal judge shall conduct the hearing in the same manner as (s)he would conduct the trial of a criminal case. If the municipal judge decides that the dog complained of is a vicious dog, (s)he shall so notify the owner or keeper of the dog.
11-6.3. 
Control of Vicious Dogs. No person owning or keeping a dog which has been determined to be a vicious dog shall permit such dog to be off the property of the owner or keeper without being securely muzzled.
11-7.1. 
Causes for Impounding. The Dog Warden of the Borough shall take into custody and impound, or cause to be taken into custody and impounded, any of the following dogs:
a. 
Any unlicensed dog running at large in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
b. 
Any dog off the premises of the owner of or the person keeping or harboring such dog, which the pound master or his/her agent has reason to believe is a stray dog.
c. 
Any dog off the premises of the owner of or the person keeping or harboring such dog without a current registration tag on its collar.
d. 
Any female dog in season off the premises of the owner of or the person keeping or harboring such dog.
e. 
Any dog which has been determined to be a vicious dog, as provided in section 11-6, provided that such dog may also be seized by any police officer, and provided further that if such dog cannot be seized with safety, (s)he may be killed.
11-7.2. 
Access to Premises. Any officer or agent authorized or empowered to perform any duty under this chapter is hereby authorized to go upon any premises, but not into a private dwelling, to seize for impounding any dog which (s)he may lawfully seize and impound when such officer is in immediate pursuit of such dog, except upon the dog owner's premises if the owner is present and forbids same.
11-7.3. 
Notice of Seizure. If any dog so impounded or seized wears a registration tag, collar or harness having inscribed thereon or attached thereto the name and address of any person, or the owner of or the person keeping or harboring the dog is known, the Dog Warden shall immediately serve on the person whose address is given on the collar, or on the person owning, keeping or harboring the dog, a notice, in writing, stating that the dog has been seized and will be liable to be disposed of or destroyed if not claimed within seven days after the service of the notice.
A notice under this subsection may be served either by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served, or by leaving it at the person's usual or last known place of abode, or at the address given on the collar, or by forwarding it by mail in a prepaid letter addressed to that person at his/her usual or last known place of abode, or to the address given on the collar.
11-7.4. 
Disposition of Unclaimed Dogs. The Dog Warden of the Borough is authorized and empowered to cause the destruction of any unclaimed dog, in as humane a manner as possible, under any of the following contingencies:
a. 
When any dog so seized has not been claimed by the person owning, keeping or harboring such dog within seven days after notice or within seven days of the dog's detention when notice has not been or cannot be given, as set forth in the previous subsection.
b. 
If the person owning, keeping or harboring any dog so seized has not claimed the dog and has not paid all expenses incurred by reason of its detention, including maintenance, not to exceed $3.50 for the first day, and $1 per day for each additional day.
c. 
If the seized dog is unlicensed at the time of its seizure and the person owning, keeping or harboring such dog has not produced a license and registration tag as provided in this chapter.
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.
11-10.1. 
Mandatory Inoculation. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 11-10.4 hereof, no person shall own, harbor or keep any dog within the municipal limits of the Borough which is not inoculated against rabies.
11-10.2. 
Periods of Inoculation.
a. 
All dogs shall be vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian in accordance with the latest Compendium of Animal Rabies Vaccines and Recommendations for Immunization published by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, except as provided for in paragraph d, below.
b. 
Any person applying for a dog license and registration tag must provide evidence to the Borough that the dog has been inoculated with a rabies vaccine of type approved by and administered in accordance with the recommendations of the United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Human Services or has been certified exempt as provided for by paragraph d, below. The rabies inoculation shall be administered by a duly licensed veterinarian or by such other veterinarian permitted by law to do the same. Such vaccine shall be repeated at intervals as provided by regulations of the New Jersey State Department of Health.
c. 
A current year license will not be issued unless the dog's rabies vaccination is valid through October 31 of the current year. If the dog's rabies vaccination expires any time prior to October 31 of the current year, you must have your dog vaccinated prior to licensing, unless certified as exempt as provided for by paragraph d, below. A certificate of vaccination shall be issued to the owner of each dog vaccinated on a form recommended by the State of New Jersey.
d. 
Any dog may be exempt from the requirement of such vaccination for a specified period of time upon presentation of a veterinarian's certificate stating that because of an infirmity or other physical condition or regime of therapy, the inoculation of such animal shall be deemed inadvisable. See Subsection 11-10.4 Exceptions, below.
11-10.3. 
Rabies Tag and Certificate. Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog within the municipal limits of the Borough shall possess a certificate indicating that such dog has been inoculated against rabies and setting forth the date of such inoculation. The certificate of inoculation shall be exhibited to the health officer when application for a dog license is made. The certificate shall also be produced by any person owning, keeping, or harboring a dog within the municipal limits of the Borough upon the request of any Department of Health Official or member of the Police Department.
11-10.4. 
Exceptions. This section shall not apply to:
a. 
Dogs which have not attained the age of seven months;
b. 
Dogs which do not possess a permanent set of teeth;
c. 
Any dog which the Department of Health, for a specified period of time, declares exempt upon presentation of a certificate from a veterinarian stating that because of an infirmity or other physical condition, the inoculation of such dog shall be deemed inadvisable for a specified period of time;
d. 
Dogs in veterinarian hospitals or pet shows, dogs in transient or dogs brought into the Borough temporarily for the sole purpose of showing in dog shows or exhibitions; or
e. 
Any dog inoculated at the Health Department animal rabies clinic.
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.