Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ
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2023-04-25
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The Code
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Chapter 10 Borough Personnel
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Article X Animal Cruelty Investigator
- The Code
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Affordable Housing
- Ch 3 Ambulance Corps
- Ch 3A Alarm Systems
- Ch 4 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 5 Animals, Prohibited
- Ch 6 Automobile and Motorcycle Racing
- Ch 7 Background Checks
- Ch 8 Board of Health
- Ch 10 Borough Personnel
- Ch 10 Art X Animal Cruelty Investigator
- § 10-50 Position created.
- § 10-51 Appointment and term of office.
- § 10-52 Duties.
- § 10-53 Qualifications.
- Ch 12 Cable Television
- Ch 13 Cats
- Ch 14 Claims Procedure
- Ch 15 Cooperative and Condominium Association Registration
- Ch 16 County Services, Contracts for
- Ch 16A Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 16B Defined Contribution Retirement Program
- Ch 17 Development Fees
- Ch 18 Dogs
- Ch 18A Dogs and Cats, Excessive Number of
- Ch 18B Donation Clothing Bins
- Ch 19 Drug-Free Zone Map
- Ch 20 Entertainment, Licensed
- Ch 21 Excavations and Dredging
- Ch 22 (Reserved)
- Ch 23 Filming
- Ch 25 Fire Department
- Ch 26 Fire Prevention
- Ch 27 Floodplain Management
- Ch 27A Curfew
- Ch 28 Hazardous Waste Materials
- Ch 29 Health Code
- Ch 31 Hunting and Firearms
- Ch 31A Illicit Connections
- Ch 32 Improper Disposal of Waste
- Ch 32A Land Use Procedures
- Ch 32B Land Subdivision and Site Plan Review
- Ch 32C Landscaper Registration
- Ch 33 Library
- Ch 33A Lightning Warning System
- Ch 34 Littering
- Ch 35 (Reserved)
- Ch 35A Mobile Telephones
- Ch 36 Municipal Court
- Ch 37 Insurance Certificate Registry
- Ch 38 Offenses, Miscellaneous
- Ch 39 Official Map
- Ch 39A Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 39B Paintball Guns and Devices
- Ch 40 Peddlers, Solicitors and Canvassers
- Ch 41 (Reserved)
- Ch 42 Personnel Rules and Regulations
- Ch 43 Pet Waste
- Ch 44 Plumbing Code
- Ch 46 Police Department
- Ch 47 Property Maintenance
- Ch 47A Public Contracting Pay-To-Play Reform
- Ch 48 Public Scavengers
- Ch 49 Public Works Department
- Ch 50 Refrigeration Equipment, Water-Cooled
- Ch 51 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 51A Recreation Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 52 Recycling
- Ch 53 Salaries
- Ch 54 School Zone Map
- Ch 55 Sewage Disposal: Individual Systems
- Ch 56 Sewers
- Ch 56A Sexual Harassment Policy
- Ch 57 Shade Tree and Beautification Committee
- Ch 57A Short-Term Rental Property
- Ch 58 Sidewalks, Curbs and Streets
- Ch 60 (Reserved)
- Ch 61 Snow, Ice, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 62 Social Media and Public Outreach Policy
- Ch 63 Soil Movement
- Ch 63A Soil Importation
- Ch 64 Solid Waste
- Ch 65 Storage Tanks, Underground
- Ch 66 (Reserved)
- Ch 66A Stormwater Control
- Ch 66B Stream Corridor Protection
- Ch 67 Swimming Pools
- Ch 69 (Reserved)
- Ch 70 Taxicabs
- Ch 71 Temporary Storage Units
- Ch 72 (Reserved)
- Ch 74 (Reserved)
- Ch 75 Towing Services
- Ch 75A Transient Merchants
- Ch 75B Trees
- Ch 76 Trees in Highways
- Ch 76B Trees, Bamboo
- Ch 76C Trees, Protection of
- Ch 77 Uniform Construction Code Department
- Ch 79 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 80 Volunteer Incentives
- Ch 81 Water and Water Rates
- Ch 82 Wildlife Feeding
- Ch 83 (Reserved)
- Ch 85 Zoning
- Ch 86 (Reserved)
- Ch 95 Education for Government Officials
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 11-27-2001 by Ord. No. 844]
There is hereby created the position of Animal Cruelty Investigator.
The Animal Cruelty Investigator shall be appointed by the Mayor,
with the advice and consent of the Borough Council, and shall serve
a term of office of three years, commencing January 1 of the year
of appointment and ending on December 31 of the third year, or until
a successor shall be appointed and qualified.
The duties of the Animal Cruelty Investigator shall include
but not be limited to the following:
A.
Enforce all laws and ordinances enacted for the protection of animals,
including, but not limited to, animal control, animal welfare and
animal cruelty laws of the state and local ordinances.
B.
Conduct investigations and initiate and prosecute complaints and/or
violations of animal cruelty control, animal welfare or animal cruelty
laws of the State of New Jersey, as well as local ordinances.
C.
Engage in the apprehension and arrest and detection of offenders
who have violated animal control, animal welfare and animal cruelty
laws of the state, as well as local ordinances.
D.
Working in consultation and cooperation with the Ho-Ho-Kus Police
Department, the Animal Control Officer and other animal cruelty investigators
under the discretion of the Animal Control Officer, as well as the
Borough Administrator, when applicable, and, when necessary, cooperatively
determining whether probable cause exists for the application and
issuance of a search or arrest warrant and implementing same.
To be appointed to the position of Animal Cruelty Investigator,
a person must hold a certified animal control officer certificate
from the State of New Jersey and have and maintain the New Jersey
State Animal Cruelty Investigators Certification pursuant to N.J.S.A.
4:19-15.16a.
