[Derived from Ch. V, Sec. 5-1 and 5-2, of
the 1978 Code]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any dog, bitch or spayed bitch.
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
or selling dogs or breeding dogs for sale is carried on, except a
pet shop.
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, or harbors the same.
Any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition pen, not part
of a kennel, wherein dogs for sale are kept or displayed.
An establishment for the confinement of dogs seized either
under the provisions of this article or otherwise.
Any establishment where dogs are received, housed or distributed
without charge.
The following regulations are hereby established
for keeping dogs in the borough pursuant to the provisions of Chapter
151 of the Public Laws of 1941 of the State of New Jersey.[1]
A.
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of
licensing age shall annually, in the month of January, apply for and
procure from the Secretary of the Board of Health of the borough a
license and official metal registration tag for each such dog so owned,
kept or harbored and shall place upon such dog a collar or harness
with the registration tag securely fastened thereto.
B.
The annual fee to be paid by the owner of any dog
for its license shall be $3.50 and also the sum of $0.50 for the registration
tag of each dog; and for each annual renewal the fee for the license
and for the registration tag shall be the same as for the original
license and tag; and the licenses, registration tags and renewals
thereof shall expire on January 31 in each year.
C.
License forms and uniform official metal registration
tags designed by the State Department of Health shall be issued and
shall be numbered serially and shall bear the year of issuance and
the name of the Borough of Fort Lee.
D.
The owner of any newly acquired dog of licensing age
or of any dog which attains the licensing age, as in the Act provided,
shall make application for a license and registration tag for such
dog within 10 days after such acquisition or age attainment. The application
shall contain the information as in the Act required.
E.
The Secretary of the Board of Health shall forward
to the State Department of Health each month, on forms furnished by
the State Department, the information contained in the application.
F.
Registration numbers shall be issued in the order
of the applications.
G.
Any person who keeps or operates or proposes to establish
a kennel, pet shop, shelter or a pound shall apply to the Secretary
of the Board of Health for a license entitling him to keep or operate
such establishment. Such application shall describe the premises where
the establishment is located or is proposed to be located, the purpose
or purposes for which it is to be maintained, and shall be accompanied
by the written approval of the local municipal and health authorities
of the borough, showing compliance with the local and state regulations
governing the location of and sanitation of such establishment.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.1 et seq.
A.
All licenses issued for a kennel, pet shop, shelter
or a pound shall state the purpose for which the establishment is
maintained and all such licenses shall expire on January 31 of each
year and be subject to revocation on recommendations of the State
Department of Health or the local Board of Health for failure to comply
with the rules and regulations of the State Department of Health or
the local Board of Health of the borough after the owner has been
afforded a hearing by either the State Department or the local Board.
B.
The annual license fee for a kennel providing accommodations
for dogs shall be $20. The annual license fee for a pet shop shall
be $20. No fee shall be charged for a shelter or pound.
License fees collected or received under the
provisions of this chapter, except registration tag fees, shall be
received and disposed of in the manner provided in the Act.
The Chief of Police of the borough or any member
of the Police Department, or such other person appointed for the purpose
by the borough or by the local Board of Health of the borough, shall
annually, in February, cause a canvass to be made of all dogs owned,
kept or harbored within the limits of the borough and shall cause
a report of the result thereof to be filed with the Secretary of the
local Board of Health and the State Department of Health in the manner
and form required by the Act.
The Police Department of the borough or such
other person under contract, or otherwise, designated by the borough
or by the local Board of Health shall cause the provisions of c.,
P.L. 1941,[1] to be enforced as therein provided.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.1 et seq.
The Chief of Police of the borough or any member
of the Police Department or the designated agent of any humane society
or such other person appointed for the purpose by the borough or by
the local Board of Health of the borough shall take into custody and
impound and thereafter destroy or dispose of, as provided in the statute:
No person owning, keeping or harboring a dog
shall permit or suffer it to do any injury or damage to any lawns,
shrubbery, flowers, grounds or property.
All rules and regulations promulgated by the
State Department of Health, shall be enforced by the local Board of
Health or its designated agent. The provisions of this article or
of the statute herein referred to shall be enforced by the local Board
of Health or its designated agent or agents, or by the Police Department
or any member thereof, or by the designated agent of any humane society
under contract with the borough or with the local Board of Health
or any such other person designated by the Mayor and Council of the
borough by resolution duly adopted.
Any person who violates any provisions of this
article or who fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of the
statute herein referred to or any rules and regulations promulgated
by the State Department of Health, pursuant to said statute, shall
be liable to a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $50 for each
offense in the discretion of the Municipal Judge. A person who refuses
or neglects to pay a fine imposed hereunder and costs incident thereto
may be committed to the county jail for a period not exceeding 10
days in the case of a first conviction, and in the case of a conviction
for a second, subsequent or continuing violation, for a period not
exceeding 30 days in the discretion of the Municipal Judge.
