[Adopted 5-21-1968 by Ord. Ord. No. 374 (Ch. 6.04 of the 1992 Code)]
The Borough Clerk is designated, pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.2, to license dogs in the Borough.
[Amended 12-21-1982 by Ord. No. 82-472; 9-19-1989 by Ord. No. 89-554; 12-20-1994 by Ord. No. 94-636; 12-11-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-752; 12-30-2008 by Ord. No. 2008-864]
A.
Effective January 1, 2009, the sum to be paid annually
for a dog license and each renewal thereof is fixed at the sum of
$20 for spayed/neutered and $23 nonspayed/nonneutered in accordance
with N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.12. The late fee for a dog license is $10 after
March 1 of the licensing year. The fee for the issuance of a duplicate
license is $5. The penalty for a violation of this subsection shall
be $50.
[Amended 4-15-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-949]
B.
Renewal dog license applications may be mailed in,
as long as appropriate postage is included on a self-addressed envelope.
C.
All fees collected pursuant to this section are nonrefundable.
D.
The ordinances of the Council, when duly and properly
adopted, shall become and be part of this section by reference, to
the same effect and with the same force as if set forth here in full
and at length.
[Added 11-17-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-878]
Seeing Eye dogs, dogs used to assist handicapped
persons and commonly known as "service dogs" and dogs used to assist
deaf persons and commonly known as "hearing ear" dogs are exempt from
licensing fees.
[Amended 2-20-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-724; 2-19-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-738; 10-16-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-934]
A.
No dog shall be permitted to be upon any streets or roads, parks
or other public place in the Borough unless the dog is on leash held
by a responsible person.
B.
No dog shall be permitted by the owner or the person harboring or
keeping the dog to be upon the lands of any person other than the
person owning, harboring, keeping or having charge of such dog without
the consent of the owner of such lands.
C.
No dog shall be permitted by the owner or the person having charge
of such dog to be upon any school or Borough playing field.
[Amended 11-17-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-878]
No person who owns, harbors or keeps any dog shall suffer or permit such dog to annoy the persons living in his or her neighborhood by continuous barking or howling as provided in Chapter 185, Noise.
[Amended 6-20-1995 by Ord. No. 95-646; 4-15-2014 by Ord. No.
2014-949]
No person who owns, harbors or keeps any dog
shall suffer or permit the dog to damage, destroy, defecate or urinate
upon the shrubbery, trees, bushes, lawns, gardens or other property
of any other person or school within the Borough. The penalty for
a violation of this section shall be $50.
A.
The Chief of Police of the Borough, or such other person as may be appointed for the purpose by the Mayor and Council of the Borough, shall take into custody and impound or cause to be taken into custody and impounded, and thereafter disposed of or destroyed as provided in this section, any dog which the owner or person harboring or keeping the dog has permitted to run at large in violation of § 78-4 of this chapter.
B.
If any dog so seized wears a collar or harness having
inscribed thereon or attached thereto the name and address of any
person or a registration tag, or the owner or the person keeping or
harboring the dog is known, the Chief of Police or other person appointed
for that purpose shall forthwith serve on the person whose address
is given on the collar or on the owner or the person keeping or harboring
the dog, if known, a notice in writing stating that the dog has been
seized and is impounded and is liable to be disposed of or destroyed
if not claimed within seven days after the service of the notice.
[Amended 11-17-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-878]
C.
A notice under this section may be served either by
delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served or by leaving
it at the person's usual or last known place of abode, or at the address
given on the collar, or by forwarding it by certified mail, return
receipt requested, in an envelope with proper postage thereon prepaid
addressed to that person at his usual or last known place of abode,
or to the address given on the collar.
D.
When any dog so seized has been detained for seven
days after notice, when notice can be given as above set forth, or
has been detained for seven days after seizure when no notice can
be given, as above set forth, and if the owner or the person keeping
or harboring the dog has not within the period of time claimed the
dog and paid the expenses incurred by reason of its detention, which
shall be $5 for the seizure of the dog and $3 for each day that it
is impounded, the Chief of Police or such other person appointed for
that purpose may cause the dog to be destroyed in a manner causing
as little pain as possible, or may place the dog in the custody of
any person volunteering to take the dog and keep him in accordance
with the provisions of this article if the dog is to be kept in this
Borough, or with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.1 et seq. and
amendments or supplements thereto if not to be kept within this Borough,
after the person pays expenses of his seizure and impounding as set
forth in this section.
[Amended 11-17-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-878]
[Amended 4-19-1983 by Ord. No. 83-476; 12-21-1993 by Ord. No.
93-623; 3-17-1998 by Ord. No. 98-685; 11-17-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-878]
