As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
DOG
Any 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.
KEEPER
Any person exercising control over a dog or permitting a
dog to remain on premises under his control.
KENNEL
Any establishment wherein or whereon the business of boarding
or selling dogs or breeding dogs for sale is carried on, except a
pet shop.
OWNER
When applied to the proprietorship of a dog, includes every
person having a right of property in such dog and every person who
has such dog in his keeping.
PET SHOP
Any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition pen, not part
of a kennel, wherein dogs for sale are kept or displayed.
POUND
An establishment for the confinement of dogs seized either
under the provisions of this article or otherwise.
RUN AT LARGE
Any dog off the premises of the owner, with or without a
leash or muzzle and not under the direct control of the owner capable
of handling the animal.
SECURE LEASH
A leash or chain which the dog cannot break or sever and
which is not over six feet in length.
SHELTER
Any establishment where dogs are received, housed and distributed
without charge.
VICIOUS DOG
Any dog which has been declared by a Municipal Judge to be
a "vicious dog" which has attacked or bitten any human being or which
habitually attacks other dogs or domestic animals.
The Chief of Police of the Borough shall annually
cause a canvass to be made of all dogs owned, kept or harbored within
the limits of the Borough and shall report to the Clerk, the Board
of Health and the State Department of Health the results thereof,
setting forth in separate columns the names and addresses of persons
owning, keeping or harboring dogs; the number of licensed dogs owned,
kept or harbored by each person, together with the registration number
of each dog; and the number of licensed dogs owned, kept or harbored
by each person, together with a complete description of each unlicensed
dog.
No person shall own, keep or harbor a dog in
the Borough except in compliance with the provisions of this article
and the following regulations.
A. Wearing of registration. All dogs which are required
by the provisions of this article to be licensed shall wear a collar
or harness with the registration tag for such dog securely fastened
thereto.
B. Use of registration tags. 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.
C. Interference with official duties. No person shall
hinder, molest or interfere with anyone authorized or empowered to
perform any duty under this article.
D. Disturbing the peace. No person shall own, keep, harbor
or maintain any dog which habitually barks or cries between the hours
of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
E. Running at large. No person owning, keeping or harboring
any dog shall permit it to run at large upon the public streets or
in any public park, public building or other public place within the
Borough.
F. Leashing of dogs. No person owning, keeping or harboring
any dog shall permit it to be upon the public streets or in any of
the public places of the Borough unless such dog is accompanied by
a person over the age of 12 years and is securely confined and controlled
by an adequate leash not more than six feet long.
G. Property damage. No person owning, keeping or harboring
a dog shall permit it to do any injury or to do any damage to any
lawn, shrubbery, flowers, grounds or property.
Where it has been determined by a physician
that a person has been bitten by a dog, such individual, or his parent
or guardian if he is a minor, shall immediately notify the police.
When the owner or keeper of any dog is notified by the police that
the dog has bitten any individual or individuals, the owner or keeper
of the dog must comply with the following procedures:
A. Have the dog examined by a licensed veterinarian within
12 hours.
B. Have the dog kept in quarantine in the owner's home
or at a kennel for a period of 10 days.
C. At the end of 10 days, have the dog reexamined by
a veterinarian and a written report of the dog's state of health sent
to the Board of Health.
The Council may, by proclamation, require all
dogs and cats to be quarantined during such period in each year as
may seem advisable to the Council.
The Council shall have the power to appoint
a Poundmaster, whose duty it shall be to enforce the provisions of
this article. The Council shall also have the power to appoint one
or more persons to be known as "dog catchers," who may impound unlicensed
dogs running at large in violation of the provisions of this article
and who shall make a monthly and annual report to the Council.
[Added 7-17-1979 by Ord. No. 79-8]
A. No person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge
of any dog shall cause, suffer or allow such dog to soil, defile,
defecate on or commit any nuisance on any common thoroughfare, sidewalk,
passageway, bypath, play area, park, school ground or any space where
the public congregates or walks or upon any public property or place
whatsoever or upon any private property without the permission of
the owner of said property. The restriction in this section shall
not apply to that portion of the street lying between the curblines,
which shall be used to curb such dog under the following conditions:
(1) The person who so curbs such dog shall immediately
remove all feces deposited by such dog by any sanitary method approved
by the Department of Health.
(2) The feces removed from the aforementioned designated
area shall be disposed of by the person owning, harboring, keeping
or in charge of any dog curbed in accordance with the provisions of
this section in a sanitary method approved by the Department of Health.
B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to
blind persons who may use dogs as guides.
C. Any person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge
of any dog not curbed in accordance with the provisions of this section
shall be deemed to be in violation of this section and subject to
a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100.
[Added 4-19-1990 by Ord. No. 90-16]
Unless otherwise specifically provided in N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.19 or this article, any person who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties set forth in §
1-17 of this Code.