Township of Elk, NJ
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2023-05-16
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Part II General Legislation
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Chapter 60 Animal Control
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Article II Livestock
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administrator
- Ch 3 (Reserved)
- Ch 3A Agricultural Advisory Committee
- Ch 4 (Reserved)
- Ch 6 Claims Approval
- Ch 8 Contracts
- Ch 10 Court
- Ch 12 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 13 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 Economic Development Committee
- Ch 17 Environmental Commission
- Ch 18 Farmland Preservation and Open Space Trust Fund
- Ch 19 Fire Assistance, Intermunicipal
- Ch 20 Fire Department
- Ch 22 Housing Authority
- Ch 24 Municipal Alliance Committee
- Ch 25 (Reserved)
- Ch 26 Personnel Policies
- Ch 27 Police Assistance Agreement
- Ch 28 Police Department
- Ch 30 (Reserved)
- Ch 30A Qualified Purchasing Agent
- Ch 31 Recreation Committee
- Ch 32 Retirement
- Ch 34 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 38 (Reserved)
- General Legislation
- Ch 40 Affordable Housing
- Ch 40A Alarm Systems
- Ch 41 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 42 Amusement Devices
- Ch 44 Body Art Facilities
- Ch 45 Brush, Grass and Weeds Near Roadways
- Ch 46 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 47 Buildings, Unfit and Dangerous
- Ch 50 Campgrounds
- Ch 51 Cannabis
- Ch 52 Change of Occupancy or Use Certificate
- Ch 54 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 56 Curfew
- Ch 60 Animal Control
- Ch 60 Art II Livestock
- § 60-23 Definitions.
- § 60-24 Running at large prohibited.
- § 60-25 Fencing required.
- Ch 62 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 62A Environmental Site Assessment
- Ch 63 Farmland Preservation
- Ch 63A Fees
- Ch 64 Fire Prevention
- Ch 65 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 67 Hazardous Materials and Substances
- Ch 69 Junkyards
- Ch 70 Land Development Fees
- Ch 71 (Reserved)
- Ch 72 Littering; Projectiles
- Ch 73 (Reserved)
- Ch 73A Mobile Homes
- Ch 74 Motor-Propelled Vehicles, Unregistered
- Ch 74A Noise
- Ch 75 (Reserved)
- Ch 76 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 76A Peace and Good Order
- Ch 77 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 79 Property Maintenance
- Ch 79A Rental Property and Landlord Registration
- Ch 80 Refuse Containers and Dumpsters
- Ch 81 Sewers
- Ch 82 Smoke Detectors and Carbon Monoxide Alarms
- Ch 83 Smoking
- Ch 84 Solid Waste and Recycling
- Ch 86 Stormwater Management
- Ch 87 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 90 (Reserved)
- Ch 91 (Reserved)
- Ch 92 Swimming Pools, Private
- Ch 93 Taxicabs
- Ch 95 Towing
- Ch 96 Unified Development
- Ch 97 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 98 Water
- Ch 99 Yard and Lawn Sales
- Ch 100 (Reserved)
- Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 101 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 103 Dwellings, Unfit
- Ch 107 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 110 Property Maintenance
- Ch 112 Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual
- Ch 113 Swimming Pools
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
All horses, ponies, donkeys, mules, miniature breeds and
all other equine; all domestic and exotic pigs, hogs, and other swine;
all cattle, goats, sheep, and all other bovine; all llamas, alpacas,
camels, and all other camelids; all chickens, ducks, geese, guinea
hens, peacocks, turkeys, emus, rheas, and all other poultry and fowl;
and all other animals traditionally raised for food, fiber, fur, or
production means.
Any livestock situated upon any public street, park, or any
other public place, while unrestrained; or situated upon any private
property, including the property of the livestock owner, while not
restrained by a sufficient fence, enclosure or tether.
No person owning or in control of livestock shall permit livestock
to run at large.
A fence, measuring at least four feet high from the surface
of the earth and sufficiently enclosed and strong enough to prevent
livestock from escaping, is hereby required wherever livestock is
kept. If any livestock escapes from within the confines of any fence
it shall be presumed that such fence has not met the provisions of
this article. Any owner or lessee of the land on which such fence
is located is subject to the requirements of this section.
