It shall be unlawful for any person to own,
keep or harbor any dogs within the Borough of Longport without first
obtaining from the proper official a license therefor and paying the
fee hereinafter provided for.
Every dog thus licensed shall wear at all times
a license tag, to be furnished by the proper Borough official, attached
to its collar.
[Amended 5-4-1983]
Every license issued hereunder shall expire
on the last day of January in each year following the date of its
issue. All licenses shall be renewable annually on or before their
expiration date.
[Amended 11-4-1981; 5-4-1983; 1-17-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-01; 1-17-2007 by Ord. No.
2007-01]
Every person applying for a license hereunder
shall pay to the proper officials for use of the Borough the sum of
$7 for each dog to be licensed, which sum shall include a tag fee
of $1.20 payable to the state; provided, however, that no license
shall be issued by said official unless the applicant for such license
shall present to said official satisfactory evidence showing that
the dog for which the license is so sought has, within 24 months prior
to the commencement date of the license applied for, been inoculated
with an antirabic vaccine; satisfactory evidence may be submitted
by a certificate of a licensed veterinarian of the State of New Jersey
or such other evidence as may be established by order of the Board
of Health of the Borough of Longport.
[Amended 5-4-1983]
A new license tag shall be furnished by the
Borough official for each year.
[Amended 10-18-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-13; 1-16-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-01]
A. Summer rule: Commencing on, and to include May 1, and continuing
to and including September 30, dogs are permitted on Longport beaches
fronting the Atlantic Ocean from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and from 7:00
p.m. until 8:30 p.m., provided that the dog is securely fastened to
a leash and accompanied by and under control of some person.
[Amended 6-15-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-09; 6-21-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-17]
B. Winter rule: Commencing October 1 and continuing through April 30,
dogs are permitted on Longport beaches, provided that the dog is securely
fastened to a leash and accompanied by and under control of some person.
No person owning or in charge of any dog shall
cause or allow such dog to soil, defile, defecate on or commit any
nuisance on any common thoroughfare, sidewalk, 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.
Any person owning or in charge of any dog which
soils, defiles, defecates on or commits any nuisance on any common
thoroughfare, sidewalk, 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 shall immediately remove all feces deposited
by any such dog by any sanitary method approved by the local health
authority.
The feces removed from the aforementioned designated
areas shall be disposed of by the person owning or in charge of any
such dog in accordance with the provisions of this article.
[Amended 5-4-1983]
Blind persons who may use dogs as guides shall
be exempt from all except statutory provisions.
It shall be unlawful for any dog, whether licensed
or not, to run at large in the Borough of Longport. A dog shall be
deemed to be running at large when off the premises of its owner or
of the person keeping or harboring such dog and not on a leash or
the like, the overall length of which, including the hand grip, shall
not exceed six feet, held by its owner or other person able to control
such dog.
Sanitary methods for removing all feces approved
by the local health authority are mechanical devices such as pooch
scoops, small shovels, etc. All feces removed by the person owning,
harboring, keeping or in charge of any such dog shall be disposed
of in a sealed nonabsorbent, leakproof container.
The Chief of Police of the Borough of Longport
is hereby designated as the proper official of the Borough to issue
dog licenses under this article.
[Amended 8-19-1992 by Ord. No. 92-08]
Any person who violates the provisions of this
article or the rules and regulations of the State Department of Health
shall be subject to a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for
a term not to exceed 10 days, or both.