Borough of Palisades Park, NJ
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2023-05-22
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Part III: Board of Health Legislation
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Chapter 315 Sanitary Code
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Article VA Domestic Animals, Birds, Fowl, Stray Feral Cats and Wildlife
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administration of Government
- Ch 12 Claims, Payment of
- Ch 14 Community Affairs Committee
- Ch 16 Cooperative Pricing Agreement
- Ch 20 Court, Municipal
- Ch 26 Eminent Domain Policy
- Ch 28 Environmental Commission
- Ch 32 (Reserved)
- Ch 36 Fire Department
- Ch 40 Health, Board of
- Ch 43 Local Assistance Board
- Ch 48 Officers and Employees
- Ch 53 Parking Committee
- Ch 55 Payroll
- Ch 58 Police Department
- Ch 60 Policies and Procedures
- Ch 62 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 64 Retirement
- Ch 66 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 68 (Reserved)
- Ch 70 Emergency Medical Services
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 76 Advertising Materials
- Ch 80 Alarm Devices
- Ch 84 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 88 Amusement Devices
- Ch 90 Bamboo
- Ch 94 Bicycles
- Ch 98 Bingo
- Ch 100 Blasting
- Ch 103 Buildings, Truss-Type
- Ch 104 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 106 Business Hours
- Ch 110 Business and Rental Unit Registration and Insurance
- Ch 112 Condominium Conversions
- Ch 116 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 120 Contractors, Registration of
- Ch 121 Crane Use and Operation
- Ch 123 Development and Affordable Housing
- Ch 125 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 127 Drug-Free School Zones
- Ch 129 Dumpsters
- Ch 135 Fences
- Ch 139 Filling Stations
- Ch 143 Fire Prevention
- Ch 147 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 151 Garage Sales
- Ch 153 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 156 Generators
- Ch 159 Housing Standards
- Ch 163 Hunting and Gunning
- Ch 164 Indemnification
- Ch 167 Land Use and Development
- Ch 171 Library
- Ch 175 License Fees
- Ch 176 Lighting Nuisances
- Ch 177 Limousines
- Ch 178 Littering
- Ch 179 Loitering
- Ch 183 (Reserved)
- Ch 185 Mobile Telephones
- Ch 187 Moving Permits
- Ch 189 Multiple Dwellings
- Ch 191 Noise
- Ch 193 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 198 Occupancy, Certificates of Continuing
- Ch 203 Outdoor Dining
- Ch 206 Parking on Posted Land
- Ch 210 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 214 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 218 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 222 Poolrooms and Billiard Parlors
- Ch 226 Property Maintenance
- Ch 230 Recreation
- Ch 233 Relocation Assistance
- Ch 234 Rental Property
- Ch 235 Rent Control
- Ch 239 (Reserved)
- Ch 241 School Property
- Ch 243 Secondhand Jewelry Dealers
- Ch 247 Sewers
- Ch 251 Shopping Carts
- Ch 254 Smoking
- Ch 258 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 261 Swimming Pools
- Ch 264 Taxation
- Ch 268 Taxicabs
- Ch 274 Trees
- Ch 278 Used Car Lots
- Ch 282 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 287 Vehicles, Removal and Storage of
- Ch 292 Wedding and Civil Union Ceremonies
- Ch 295 (Reserved)
- Ch 300 Zoning
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 306 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 308 Document Fees
- Ch 310 Licensed Professions
- Ch 312 Officers and Employees
- Ch 313 Personnel Practices
- Ch 315 Sanitary Code
- Ch 315 Art VA Domestic Animals, Birds, Fowl, Stray Feral Cats and Wildlife
- § 315-25.1 Prohibited conduct on public property.
- § 315-25.2 Prohibited conduct on private property.
- § 315-25.3 Enforcement.
- § 315-25.4 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 318 Tobacco Products, Sale of
- Ch 320 Vaccinations
- Ch 321 Violations and Penalties
- Disposition Lists
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Ch BHDL Board of Health Disposition List
[Added 8-27-2019 by Ord.
No. 2019-12]
No person with the exception of certified animal control officers
shall attract, feed or attempt to attract or feed water fowl, songbirds,
pigeons and other backyard birds, feral/stray cats, any wildlife,
excluding confined wildlife (for example wildlife confined in zoos,
parks or rehabilitation centers, or unconfined wildlife at environmental
education centers), which are not the person's property by placing
throwing or providing by any means food for said birds, wildlife or
stray animals.
A.
No person with the exception of certified animal control officers
shall attract, feed or attempt to attract or feed stray and free-roaming
cats.
B.
The feeding of waterfowl, songbirds, pigeons, and other backyard
birds shall be permitted outdoor on private property only if:
(1)
Such a feeding does not create an unreasonable disturbance or
nuisance that intrudes on the rights of surrounding property owners
and renders others insecure in the use of their property;
(2)
The feeding does not become an attractant for rodents or other
wildlife;
(3)
The feeding does not create an accumulation of droppings on
the feeder's property or on the neighboring properties;
(4)
All birdfeeders are placed at least five feet above the ground;
and
(5)
The birdfeeder's capacity for seed is no more than five
pounds.
A.
Every property owner shall have the duty to remove any named materials
placed on the owner's property that is in violation of this article.
B.
Failure to remove such materials or to make such modifications within
24 hours after notice from the Borough of Palisades Park shall constitute
a violation of this article.
C.
The animal control officers and all police officers of the Borough
of Palisades Park and Licensed Health Department Staff are here by
given full power and authority to enforce this article.
Any person who violates a provision of this article shall be
liable to a fine of no less than $100 and no more than $1,000 for
the first offense, together with the cost of prosecution. A second
offense shall make a person liable for a fine of no less than $150
and no more than $2,000. Any subsequent offenses shall make a person
liable for a fine of no less than $300 and no more than $5,000. A
separate offense will be deemed committed on each day or part of each
day during which a violation occurs or continues.
