Township of Bernards, NJ
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2023-10-24
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General and Land Use Ordinances
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Chapter 5 Animal Control
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SECTION 5-6 Vicious Dogs
- General and Land Use Ordinances
- Ch 1 General
- Ch 2 Administration
- Ch 3 Police Regulations
- Ch 4 General Licensing
- Ch 5 Animal Control
- Ch 5 § 6 Vicious Dogs
- § 5-6.1 Complaint; Investigation; Report.
- § 5-6.2 Notice; Hearing.
- § 5-6.3 Control of Vicious Dogs.
- Ch 6 Alcoholic Beverage Control
- Ch 7 Traffic
- Ch 8 Municipal Parking Lots
- Ch 8A Regulation of Parking in Nonmunicipal Parking Lots
- Ch 8B Parking Regulations
- Ch 9 (Reserved)
- Ch 10 Municipal Parks, Playgrounds and Pools
- Ch 11 (Reserved)
- Ch 12 Building and Housing
- Ch 13 Sewer and Water
- Ch 14 Fire Prevention
- Ch 15 (Reserved)
- Ch 16 Shade Tree Protection
- Ch 17 Stormwater Management
- Ch 18 Streets, Sidewalks and Sanitation
- Ch 19 Soil and Soil Removal
- Ch 20 Taxation
- Ch 21 Land Development
- Ch 25 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 26 (Reserved)
- Ch 27 Open Space
- Ch 28 Emergency Management
- Ch 29 Right to Farm
- Ch 30 Cannabis Regulations
- Board of Health Legislation
- Ch BH:1 General
- Ch BH:2 Public Health Nuisance Code
- Ch BH:3 Sanitation in Retail Food Establishments and Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch BH:4 Individual and Semipublic Water Supply Code
- Ch BH:5 Coin-Operated Dry-Cleaning Establishment Code of New Jersey
- Ch BH:6 Weed Control Code of New Jersey
- Ch BH:7 Solid Waste Code of New Jersey
- Ch BH:8 Individual Sewage Disposal System Code of New Jersey
- Ch BH:9 Air Pollution Control Code
- Ch BH:10 Domestic Animals
- Ch BH:11 Recreational Bathing Code
- Ch BH:12 Public Health Housing Code
- Ch BH:13 Sanitary Sewer Connections
- Ch BH:14 Miscellaneous Health and Sanitary Regulations
- Ch BH:15 Fees
- Ch BH:16 Sale of Tobacco and Electronic Smoking Devices
- Ch BH:17 Personnel Committee
- Ch BH:18 Body Art Establishments
- Ch BH:19 Youth Camps
- Ch BH:20 Communicable Disease, Control of
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Ord. 8-20-68; Ord. #2236, 5-28-2013, added]
It shall be the duty of the Animal Control Officer
to receive and investigate complaints against dogs. If he deems any
dog complained of to be a vicious dog, as defined in Section 5-1,
he shall report his findings in writing to the Municipal Judge.
[Ord. 8-20-68; Ord. #2236, 5-28-2013, added]
The municipal judge shall notify in writing
the owner of an allegedly vicious dog that a complaint has been made
and require such person to appear before him at a stated time and
place for a hearing. The municipal judge shall conduct the hearing
in the same manner as he would conduct the trial of a criminal case.
If the municipal judge decides that the dog complained of is a vicious
dog, he shall so notify the owner of the dog.
[Ord. #137, § 6; Ord. #2236, 5-28-2013,
added]
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
and leashed.
