City of Garfield, NJ
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2024-01-05
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Part II General Legislation
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Chapter 80 Animals
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Article II Animals Running at Large
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 9 Civil Service
- Ch 12 Court
- Ch 16 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 18 Elections, Municipal
- Ch 19 Employment Separation Program
- Ch 23 Fire Department
- Ch 27 Historic Preservation
- Ch 30 Housing Authority
- Ch 35 Library
- Ch 39 Officers and Employees
- Ch 41 Parking Authority
- Ch 44 Personnel Regulations
- Ch 48 Police Department
- Ch 51 Public Safety Communications
- Ch 53 Purchasing
- Ch 56 Redevelopment Agency
- Ch 58 Retirement
- Ch 60 Sick Leave Documentation
- General Legislation
- Ch 64 Adult Bookstores and Massage Parlors
- Ch 69 Alarm Systems
- Ch 73 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 77 Amusements
- Ch 80 Animals
- Ch 80 Art II Animals Running at Large
- § 80-11 Running at large prohibited.
- § 80-12 Impounding animals at large.
- § 80-13 Entry upon premises for seizure.
- § 80-14 Procedures after impounding.
- § 80-15 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 94 Builders and Contractors
- Ch 100 Cannabis
- Ch 102 Carnivals and Shows
- Ch 105 Certificates of Continued Occupancy
- Ch 109 Christmas Tree Sales
- Ch 111 Clothing Bins
- Ch 114 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 116 Criminal History Background Checks
- Ch 119 Curfew
- Ch 120 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 125 Dumping
- Ch 128 Dwelling Certificates
- Ch 131 Dwelling and Rooming Units
- Ch 134 Dwellings, Unlawful
- Ch 140 Fertilizer Application
- Ch 141 Filming
- Ch 142 Fire Prevention
- Ch 144 Flag Etiquette
- Ch 146 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 150 Food Handlers, Mobile
- Ch 151 Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 153 Fortune-Tellers
- Ch 157 Games of Chance on Sunday
- Ch 161 Garage Sales
- Ch 164 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 172 Grading of Land
- Ch 176 Graffiti
- Ch 181 Housing Standards
- Ch 185 Junkyards
- Ch 187 Landscaping
- Ch 188 Land Use
- Ch 191 Laundromats
- Ch 195 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 198 Limousines
- Ch 201 Littering
- Ch 208 Marriage and Civil Union Ceremonies
- Ch 210 Mausoleums, Public
- Ch 213 Meat Packaging
- Ch 216 Moving Permits
- Ch 218 Newsracks
- Ch 220 Noise
- Ch 221 Nuisances
- Ch 224 Parades and Special Events
- Ch 226 Parking
- Ch 230 Parking Lots
- Ch 233 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 237 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 239 Plastic Bag and Straw Regulation
- Ch 242 Property Maintenance
- Ch 243 Property, Vacant and Abandoned, Registration
- Ch 244 Public Property, Obstruction of
- Ch 246 Railroad Use
- Ch 249 Recycling
- Ch 252 Relocation Assistance
- Ch 256 Retail Business Hours
- Ch 260 Sanitation
- Ch 263 Secondhand Merchandise Dealers
- Ch 265 Sewers
- Ch 266 Sex Offenders
- Ch 268 Shopping Carts
- Ch 272 Signs
- Ch 275 Site Plan Review
- Ch 278 Smoking
- Ch 280 Snow Removal
- Ch 284 Stormwater Control
- Ch 285 Stormwater Management Regulations
- Ch 287 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 290 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 294 Tattoo Artists and Body Piercing
- Ch 298 Taxation
- Ch 301 Taxicabs
- Ch 305 Telephones, Public
- Ch 308 Tobacco Retail Establishments; Vape Shops; Retail Electronic Smoking Establishments
- Ch 310 Tow Trucks
- Ch 314 Trapping
- Ch 318 Urination in Public
- Ch 322 Vehicles, Abandoned and Unclaimed
- Ch 325 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 328 Vehicle Repair and Auto Body Repair Facilities
- Ch 329 Vehicle Sales Businesses
- Ch 333 Water
- Ch 337 Waterfront Drift and Debris
- Ch 341 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A342 Cable Television Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 3-7-1961 by Ord. No. 1269 (Ch.
115, Art. II, of the 1979 Code); amended in its entirety 1-22-2008 by Ord. No.
2519]
It shall be unlawful for any person harboring,
owning or possessing any animal to permit the same to run at large.
For the purpose of this section, "running at large" shall be defined
to be the presence of an animal at any place except upon the premises
of the owner. A dog shall not be considered to be running at large
if it is on a leash and under the control of a person physically able
to control it.
Any animal running at large and/or threatening public health and safety shall be apprehended and impounded by the Certified Animal Control Officer of the City of Garfield at the expense of the owner or in accordance with the fees established in § 80-14.
Any person or agent authorized or empowered
to perform any duty under this article is hereby authorized to go
upon any premises to seize for impounding any animal which he may
lawfully seize and impound when he is in immediate pursuit of such
animal, except upon premises of the owner of such animal if said owner
is present and forbids such entry.
After the impounding of any animal, the Animal
Control Officer shall proceed in accordance with the procedures outlined
in N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.16 concerning the impounding or taking of dogs
or animals into custody. In addition to any and all fees or costs
as authorized and provided for by the provisions of N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.16,
the Animal Control Officer shall be authorized to charge an initial
fee for the impounding of any said animal, together with a charge
of $4 per day during which said animal was boarded by the City of
Garfield. The boarding fee shall be automatically increased to the
maximum permissible level as established by appropriate statute. The
owner of any animal euthanized by the City of Garfield shall be responsible
for all costs associated with euthanasia and disposal.
Violations of the provisions of this article
shall be punishable by one or more of the following: a fine of not
to exceed $2,000, imprisonment for a period not to exceed 90 days,
and/or a period of community service not to exceed 90 days.
