[Adopted 9-4-1979 by Ord. No. 760]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
DOG LITTER
All fecal matter or excrement issuing from dogs.
OWNER
The person to whom the dog belongs and any other person having possession or control of the animal, either with or without the consent of the person to whom such animal belongs.
PRIVATE PROPERTY
Any land, sidewalk, building, driveway, garden or roadway, either residential or commercial, which is owned by any individual, partnership, public utility, corporation, company or other business or commercial entity.
PUBLIC PROPERTY
Any land, building, sidewalk, driveway, parking lot, street, roadway or roadbed, park, playground or other recreation area which is either owned or leased by the Borough of Maywood or any other such property owned or leased by the State of New Jersey, the County of Bergen, the Maywood Board of Education or any agency thereof, which property is located within the geographic boundaries of the Borough of Maywood.
STREET
That portion of a public roadway which is between the curbs; specifically excluded from this definition is any interpretation whereby the sidewalk, grass strip or other public easement adjoining a roadway shall be included as a part of the term "street."
This article shall apply to all persons who own, possess or control a dog while such dog is physically in the Borough of Maywood, whether or not such dog is generally maintained or housed in the Borough of Maywood.
A. 
No dog owner shall permit, cause or encourage any dog to deposit dog litter on any public property other than streets.
B. 
No dog owner shall permit, cause or encourage any dog to deposit dog litter on any private property without the express consent of the owner of such private property.
C. 
No person shall remove dog litter from any place and thereafter cause it to be deposited on any public property or private property without the property owner's express consent.
D. 
No person shall place, deposit, throw or insert dog litter into any storm drain or storm sewer system in the Borough of Maywood.
E. 
No dog owner shall fail to collect and dispose of dog litter in accordance with § 161-26 of this article.
A. 
It shall be the duty and obligation of every dog owner to collect any dog litter left by the owner's dog by retrieving the same immediately following its deposit by the dog and thereafter disposing of such dog litter by placement in the sanitary sewer system or by placement in an appropriate disposal system manufactured for the purpose of dog litter disposal.
B. 
This article does not impose upon dog owners the obligation to retrieve dog litter by any special or recommended means, and this article shall not be construed as a recommendation for or endorsement of any particular retrieval product or type of product.
A. 
This article shall be published for the general knowledge of the public in the following manner:
(1) 
In addition to publication as required by law for ordinances of the Borough, the full text of this article shall be published in "Our Town," a newspaper of general circulation within the Borough, at least once during the month of November 1979 and once during the month of December 1979.
(2) 
Following the second reading of this article in accordance with law, the Borough Clerk shall post the full text hereof at or near the office of the Borough Clerk in the Borough of Maywood, where such posting shall remain in plain view until January 31, 1980.
(3) 
Each applicant for a dog license in the Borough of Maywood shall be given a separate piece of paper with the application or with the dog license, which shall state as follows:
"DOG OWNERS: TAKE NOTICE! The Borough of Maywood has passed a Dog Litter Ordinance which required you to clean up after your dog. The ordinance goes into effect January 1, 1980, and it is your obligation to strictly adhere to the requirements of this new law. Copies are available from the Borough Clerk free of charge upon request."
B. 
This section of the article is intended to provide public information as a community service and is not intended to impose upon the Borough any standards for publication over and above those required by state law. It shall not be a defense to any charges of violation of this article that the Borough failed to publish notice thereof under one or more of the subsections of this article.
[Amended 12-29-1987 by Ord. No. 15-87]
Any person found to be in violation of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both.
This article shall be enforced upon the filing of a sworn complaint duly executed in accordance with law by any person or by any police officer in whose presence any offense hereunder is committed, and such police officer may issue process by summons rather than sworn complaint, or by any other law enforcement official of the Borough in accordance with the law, rules and regulations governing each official, but not necessarily by sworn complaint.