[Adopted 7-9-1982 by Ord. No. 9-1982]
The words hereinafter defined shall have the
meaning herein indicated for the purposes of this article as follows:
Any dog, bitch or spayed bitch.
Any dog whose owner has previously been warned, in writing,
by the enforcement official that his or her dog's barking, crying
or other like activity has or does create a nuisance within the area
of the township in which it is located and who, after such a warning,
continues to bark, cry or otherwise engage in like activity.
When applied to the proprietorship of a dog, shall mean and
include every person having a right of property in such dog or every
person who has such dog in his or her keeping.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "Vicious
Dogs," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 1-19-1998
by Ord. No. 1-1998. Regulations for vicious dogs can be found in N.J.S.A.
4:19-16 et seq.
A.
Habitually barking or crying. No person shall keep,
harbor or maintain any dog which habitually barks or cries between
the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. prevailing time.
[Amended 1-19-1998 by Ord. No. 1-1998]
B.
Running at large; prohibition. No person owning, keeping
or harboring any dog shall suffer or permit it to run at large upon
the public streets, in any public parks or in any public place within
the Township of Delanco.
C.
Female dog in heat. A female dog in heat must be confined
by its owner to the house or other shelter sufficient to prohibit
access from other dogs. During this period in heat, said dog shall
not be chained in an open yard or area at any time.
D.
Leash required; streets. No person owning, keeping
or harboring any dog shall suffer or permit it to be upon the public
streets or in any of the public places of the Township of Delanco
unless such dog is accompanied by a person over the age of 12 years
and is securely confined and controlled by adequate leash not more
than six feet long.
E.
Injury to private property. No person owning, keeping
or harboring a dog shall permit or suffer it to do any injury or to
do any damage to any lawn, shrubbery, flowers, grounds or property.
F.
Muzzling. The Township Committee may, by resolution,
designate any time during which dogs outside the premises upon which
they are kept shall be muzzled. Such designation shall be published
at least three times in a newspaper in which legal notices of the
township may be published, and after such publication, no person owning,
keeping or harboring a dog shall permit it to be upon a public highway,
public place or outside the premises in which said dog is kept, during
the period designated, unless such dog wears a muzzle securely fastened
over its jaws in such a manner as it cannot bite.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection G, Vicious
Dogs, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 1-19-1998
by Ord. No. 1-1998. Regulations for vicious dogs are provided under
N.J.S.A. 4:19-16 et seq.
G.
Sanitary nuisances prohibited. An owner, harborer
or keeper of a dog shall not cause, suffer, permit or allow such dog
to soil, defile, defecate on or commit any nuisance on any common
thoroughfare, street, sidewalk, passageway, road, bypass, play area,
park or any place where people congregate or walk, or upon any private
property without the permission of the owner of the private property
in the last instance. If any such person shall permit such dog to
soil, defile, defecate on or commit any nuisance on the aforesaid
area, he or she shall immediately remove and dispose of all feces
and droppings deposited by such dog, which removal shall be in a sanitary
manner by a shovel, container, disposal or bag.
[Added 11-5-1990 by Ord. No. 13-1990]
The Enforcement Official of this article shall
be the person or company employed by the Township of Delanco under
its Joint Animal Control Service Agreement, the Police Department
of the Township of Delanco or the Township Committee.
[Amended 11-5-1990 by Ord. No. 13-1990; 1-19-1998 by Ord. No. 1-1998]
