As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
DOG
Any male or female 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.
LICENSING AUTHORITY
The Borough Clerk's Office of the Borough of Maywood
or any designated representative thereof charged with administering
the issuance and/or revocation of permits and licenses under the provisions
of this article.
NEUTERED
Rendered permanently incapable of reproduction as certified
by a licensed veterinarian.
OWNER
When applied to the proprietorship of a dog, includes every
person having a right of property in such dog and every person who
harbors or has such dog in his keeping.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, partnership, organization or
institution commonly recognized by law as a unit.
No person shall own, keep or harbor any dog within the Borough
except in compliance with the provisions of this article.
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing
age in the Borough shall, in the month of January in each year, apply
for and procure from the Borough Clerk a license and official metal
registration tag for each such dog so owned, kept or harbored, and
shall place upon each such dog a collar or harness with the registration
tag securely fastened thereto. Licenses are not transferable.
Only one license and registration tag shall be required in any
licensing year for any dog owned in New Jersey, and such license and
tag issued by any other municipality of this state shall be accepted
by the Borough as evidence of compliance this article.
No Municipal Clerk or other official designated by the governing body of any municipality to license dogs therein shall grant any such license for any dog unless the owner thereof provides evidence that the dog to be licensed and registered has been inoculated with a rabies vaccine of a 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 by §
161-3 of this article. The rabies inoculation shall be administered by a duly licensed veterinarian or by such other veterinarian permitted by law to do the same.
License forms and uniform official metal registration tags designed
by the State Department of Health shall be furnished by the Borough
Clerk and shall be numbered serially and shall bear the year of issuance
and the name of the Borough.
Proof of licensing shall be produced by any person owning, keeping,
maintaining or harboring a dog, upon the request of any health official,
police officer, animal control officer, or other authorized person.
No person, except an officer in the performance of his 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.
No person shall hinder, molest or interfere with anyone authorized
or empowered to perform any duty under this article.
Opportunity will be given from time to time to every resident
of the Borough of Maywood, New Jersey, owning or in possession of
a dog or dogs, to have said dog or dogs inoculated with antirabic
vaccine, one-injection method, as often as the Borough shall designate.
The certificate of vaccination shall be presented to the Borough Clerk
for registration immediately after vaccination. Inoculations provided
by the Borough, free of charge, shall be made by such person or persons
as the Borough shall designate. The Borough will not pay for inoculations
made by veterinarians other than those designated by the Borough.
Except as otherwise provided in this article, any person who
violates or fails or refuses to comply with this article shall be
liable to a penalty of not less than $25 nor more than $500 for each
offense, to be recovered by and in the name of the Borough.