[Adopted 4-15-1980 by Ord. No. 80-12 as
Art. I of Ch. 76 of the 1979 Code]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any member of the species Canis familiaris.
[Amended 12-20-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-26]
Any dog which has attained the age of seven months or which
possesses a set of permanent teeth.
Any establishment wherein or whereon the business of boarding
dogs is carried on.
[Amended 12-20-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-26]
Includes every person having a right of property in such
dog and every person who has such dog in his or her keeping.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "pet shop," which
immediately followed this definition, was repealed 12-20-2022 by Ord. No.
O-22-26.
A.Â
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of
licensing age in the Township shall annually apply for and procure
from the Health Department 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.
[Amended 9-10-2013 by Ord. No. O-13-46]
[Amended 5-12-1981 by Ord. No. 81-23; 9-29-1981 by Ord. No.
81-49; 11-29-1983 by Ord. No. 83-47]
A.Â
The person applying for the license and registration
tag or for an annual renewal thereof shall pay to the Health Department
a fee of $12 (spayed/neutered), $15 (unspayed/unneutered) for each
dog license. Persons who fail to obtain a license as required within
the time period specified in this section (by March 1) will be subject
to a delinquent fee of $10.
[Amended 10-17-1989 by Ord. No. 89-36; 12-8-1992 by Ord. No.
92-55; 9-10-2013 by Ord. No. O-13-46]
B.Â
In addition to the above municipal fee, each person,
at the time of application for license and registration, shall pay
any and all additional surcharges required by the New Jersey State
Department of Health.
C.Â
Loss of license. If a license has been misplaced or lost, the Health
Department may issue a duplicate license and/or registration sleeve
for that particular dog at a fee of $1.
[Added 9-10-2013 by Ord. No. O-13-46]
[Amended 5-23-2000 by Ord. No. 00-19]
Service dogs assisting the handicapped and hearing
dogs assisting the hearing impaired shall be licensed and registered
as provided in this article; provided, however, that the owner or
keeper of such dog shall not be required to pay any fee therefor.
License forms and uniform official registration
tags designed by the State Department of Health shall be furnished
by the Township, shall be numbered serially and shall bear the year
of issuance and the name of the Township.
The owner of any newly acquired dog of licensing
age or of any dog which attains licensing age shall make application
for license and registration tag for such dog within 10 days after
such acquisition or age attainment.
A.Â
The application shall state the breed, sex, age, color
and markings of the dog for which license and registration are sought
and whether it is of a long- or short-haired variety; also the name,
street and post office address of the owner and the person who shall
keep or harbor such dog.
B.Â
The information on said application and the registration
number issued for the dog shall be preserved for a period of three
years by the Municipal Clerk. In addition, he or she shall forward
to the State Department of Health each month, on forms furnished by
said Department, an accurate account of registration numbers issued
or otherwise disposed of. Registration numbers shall be issued in
the order of the applications.
A.Â
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Township any dog licensed in another state for the current year and bearing a registration tag and shall keep or permit the same to be kept within the Township for a period of more than 90 days shall immediately apply for a license and registration tag for each such dog, unless such dog is licensed under § 82-10.
B.Â
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Township any unlicensed dog and shall keep or permit the same to be kept within the Township for a period of more than 10 days shall immediately apply for a license and registration tag for each such dog, unless such dog is licensed under § 82-10.
No person, except an officer in the performance
of his or her 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.
[Amended 12-20-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-26]
A.Â
Any person who keeps or operates or proposes to establish
a kennel shall apply to the Municipal Clerk for a license entitling
him or her to keep or operate such establishment.
B.Â
The application shall describe the premises where
the establishment is located or is proposed to be located and the
purpose or purposes for which it is to be maintained, and shall be
accompanied by the written approval of the Health Officer of the Township,
showing compliance with the local and state rules and regulations
governing location of and sanitation at such establishments.
C.Â
Any license issued for a kennel shall state the purpose
for which the establishment is maintained. Such license shall expire
on the last day of January of each year and shall be subject to revocation
by the Township on recommendation of the State Department of Health
or of the Township Department of Health for failure to comply with
the rules and regulations of the State Department or of the Township
Department of Health governing them. No license shall be revoked unless
the owner has been afforded a hearing by the State Department or by
the Health Officer of the Township.
D.Â
No person holding such license shall be required to
secure individual licenses for dogs owned by him or her and kept at
such establishment. Such license shall not be transferable to another
owner or different premises.
[Amended 12-20-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-26]
The annual license fee for a kennel providing accommodations
for 10 or fewer dogs shall be $10, and for more than 10 dogs, $25.
[Amended 12-20-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-26]
No dog kept in a kennel shall be permitted off
such premises except on a leash or in a crate or under other safe
control.
No person owning or having the control, custody
or possession of a dog shall permit or suffer such dog to run at large
or to go or be upon the public streets, sidewalks or other public
places within the Township unless said dog shall be on a leash and
in the custody of some person or persons capable of controlling such
dog.
The Chief of Police or any person appointed
for the purpose by the Township Council of the Township shall, promptly
after February 1 of each year, cause a canvass to be made of all dogs
owned, kept or harbored within the limits of the Township, and shall
report, on or before May 1 of each year, to the Municipal Clerk, to
the Department of Health of the Township and to the State Department
of Health the result thereof, setting forth in separate columns the
names and addresses of persons owning, keeping or harboring such dogs,
the number of licensed dogs owned, kept or harbored, together with
the registration numbers of each of said dogs, and the number of unlicensed
dogs owned, kept or harbored by each of said persons, together with
a complete description of each of said unlicensed dogs.
A.Â
The Animal Warden of the Township shall take into
custody and impound or cause to be taken and impounded and thereafter
destroyed or disposed of, as provided in this section and in accordance
with P.L. 1941, c. 151, Section 16 (N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.16), and the
amendments thereof and supplements thereto:
(1)Â
Any dog off the premises of the owner or of the person
keeping or harboring said dog, which said Animal Warden or his or
her agent has reason to believe is a stray dog; provided, however,
that any dog handled on a leash shall not be considered a stray dog.
(2)Â
Any dog off the premises of the owner or of the person
keeping or harboring said dog without a current registration tag on
the collar.
(3)Â
Any female dog in season off the premises of the owner
or of the person keeping or harboring said dog.
B.Â
If any dog so seized wears a collar or harness having
inscribed thereon or attached thereto the name and address of any
person or a registration tag, or the owner or person keeping or harboring
said dog is known, the Animal Warden shall forthwith serve on the
person whose address is given on the collar, or on the owner or the
person keeping or harboring said dog, if known, a notice in writing
stating that the dog has been seized and will be liable to be disposed
of or destroyed if not claimed within seven days after service of
the notice. A notice under this section may be served either by delivering
it to the person on whom it is to be served or by leaving it at the
person's usual or last known place of abode or at the address given
on the collar, or by forwarding it by mail in a prepaid letter addressed
to that person at his or her usual or last known place of abode or
to the address given on the collar or to the address set forth on
the application for the license.
C.Â
When any dog so seized has been detained for seven
days after notice, when notice can be given as above set forth, or
has been detained for seven days after seizure when no notice has
been given, and if the owner or person keeping or harboring said dog
has not claimed said dog and paid all expenses incurred by reason
of its detention, including maintenance not exceeding $1 per day and
a fee of $1 to the Animal Warden for expense of seizure, and further,
if the dog be unlicensed at the time of the seizure and the owner
or person keeping or harboring said dog has not produced a license
and registration tag for said dog, the Animal Warden may cause the
dog to be destroyed in a manner causing as little pain as possible.
The Animal Warden is authorized to go upon any
premises to seize for impounding any dog or dogs which he or she or
she may lawfully seize and impound, when he or she is in immediate
pursuit of such dog or dogs, except upon the premises of the owner
of the dog if such owner is present and forbids the same.
No person shall hinder, molest or interfere
with anyone authorized or empowered to perform any duty under this
article.
[Added 5-12-1981 by Ord. No. 81-24]
No person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge
of any dog shall permit, cause or suffer such dog to soil, defile
or defecate on any common thoroughfare, sidewalk, street, passageway,
bypath, play area, park or any place where people congregate or walk,
or upon any public property whatsoever, or upon any private property
without the permission of the owner of said property. The foregoing
restriction shall not apply to that portion of the street lying between
the curblines, or the sides of the street bed if there are no curblines,
provided that:
A.Â
The person with and in charge of such dog shall immediately
remove all feces deposited by such dog by any sanitary means approved
by the Township Health Department.
B.Â
The feces removed from the aforementioned designated
area shall be disposed of by the person owning, harboring, keeping
or in charge of such dog in a sanitary manner approved by the Township
Health Department.
A.Â
Any person who violates or fails or refuses to comply with § 82-2, 82-6, 82-8, 82-9, 82-10, 82-12 or 82-17 or with the rules and regulations promulgated by the State Department of Health governing the sanitary conduct and operation of kennels, to preserve sanitation therein and to prevent the spread of rabies and other diseases of dogs within and from such establishments shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $50 for each offense, to be recovered by and in the name of the Director of Health of the State of New Jersey or by and in the name of the Township, as the case may be, except that for the first offense in case of violations of §§ 82-2, 82-6 and 82-8, the penalty shall not be less than $1 nor more than $50, to be recovered in the same manner. A person who refuses or neglects to pay forthwith the amount of a judgment rendered against him or her and the costs and charges incident thereto may be committed by the Judge to the county jail for a period not exceeding 10 days in the case of the first conviction, and in the case of a second, subsequent or continuing violation, for a term not exceeding 30 days.
[Amended 12-20-2022 by Ord. No. O-22-26]
B.Â
Any person who violates any provision of § 82-13 or 82-18 shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment in the county/municipal jail for a term not exceeding 90 days, or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof as determined by the Municipal Court Judge. Each day on which a violation of an ordinance exists shall be considered a separate and distinct violation and shall be subject to imposition of a separate penalty for each day of the violation as the Municipal Court Judge may determine.
[Amended 5-12-1981 by Ord. No. 81-24; 11-29-1983 by Ord. No.
83-47; 5-23-2000 by Ord. No. 00-19; 4-10-2007 by Ord. No. 07-17]
