[Adopted 7-10-1990 by Ord. No. 1586 (Ch.
115, Art. I, of the 1990 Code)]
A.
No person shall, within the Township, keep or harbor
horses, cattle, goats, swine, domestic or other fowl or animals, except
in accordance with regulations established by this article; nor shall
any person permit any horses, cattle, goats, swine, domestic or other
fowl or animals owned or harbored by him to run at large on the streets,
roads, highways or public or private lands within the Township, except
in accordance with regulations established hereunder; provided, however,
that nothing contained herein shall be construed as prohibiting the
keeping or harboring of any horses, cattle, swine, goats, domestic
or other fowl or animals by any farmer in the usual course of husbandry
nor the running at large of such horses, cattle, swine, goats, domestic
or other fowl or animals upon the farmer's own lands in the usual
course of husbandry.
B.
No person shall within the Township of Franklin, purposefully
or knowingly feed deer, Canada geese or wild turkey through ground
level feeding stations, salt licks or other established and permanent
means by which to feed wildlife, except in accordance with New Jersey
Division of Fish and Wildlife provisions.
[Added 11-27-2001 by Ord. No. 3254]
[Amended 2-14-2006 by Ord. No. 3591]
All horses, cattle, swine, goats, domestic and
other fowl and animals found running at large within the Township
may be taken by any person to the public pound, whereupon it shall
be the duty of the Animal Control Officer to receive and confine any
such horses, cattle, swine, goats, domestic or other fowl and animals
until it or they shall be lawfully sold or redeemed.
[Amended 10-8-1981 by Ord. No. 1070; 2-14-2006 by Ord. No.
3591]
If the owner of any horses, cattle, swine, goats,
domestic or other fowl or animals impounded shall apply to the Animal
Control Officer for the redemption thereof and shall tender to him
the legal fee for letting out each animal impounded, in addition to
the legal fees for keeping and feeding the same,[1] then, upon the receipt of such sum or sums by the Animal
Control Officer, such animal or animals shall be surrendered and delivered
to the owner thereof.
[Amended 1-28-1986 by Ord. No. 1263; 2-14-2006 by Ord. No.
3591]
A.
All impounded livestock not redeemed by the owner
or owners within seven days after they are impounded shall be placed
for adoption.
B.
All other impounded animals not redeemed by the owner
or owners within seven days after they are impounded may be adopted
for the sum of $20, and all proceeds shall be immediately delivered
to the Chief Financial Officer of the Township of Franklin.
No person shall rescue or attempt to rescue
any horses, cattle, swine, goats, domestic or other fowl and animals
that shall have been found running at large from the custody of any
person who shall be driving or taking the same to the pound or shall
break open or attempt to break open any public pound within the Township
or shall take or let out any animal impounded therein.
The keeping of any pen or enclosure for fowl,
goats, swine or other animals or of any slaughterhouse, tannery, piggery
or factory in such a manner that offensive odors emanate therefrom
to the detriment or discomfort of persons in the neighborhood thereof
is declared to be a nuisance.
