No dog, licensed or unlicensed, shall be permitted
to run at large in the streets or public places or on any property
not that of the owner or person harboring said dog at any time in
the Borough of Tuckerton.
[Amended 11-7-1977; 9-9-1992 by Ord. No. 20-1992]
The owner or person harboring any dog in violation
of any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof,
be subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 90 days, or both, in the discretion of the court. Each
and every day that such violation shall continue shall be a further
and separate offense under the terms of this article, subject to the
penalties herein prescribed.
In order that the owner or person harboring
any dog, licensed or unlicensed, who shall suffer such dog to run
at large in violation of this article shall be guilty of the violation
of this article, it is necessary that the owner, lessee or any persons
having a legal interest in any property on which any dog, licensed
or unlicensed, shall stray, whether causing damage or not, shall file
a written complaint with the proper court having jurisdiction to accept
such complaint setting forth in the said written complaint that the
owner or person harboring any dog, licensed or unlicensed, suffered
such dog to run at large on the streets or public places or on any
property not that of the owner or the person harboring said dog.
[Amended 12-18-1995 by Ord. No. 19-1995]
The police officers, Chief of Police, Animal
Control Officer, Code Enforcement Officer, Mayor and members of the
Borough Council or any other police enforcement officer having jurisdiction
in the Borough of Tuckerton shall also have the right to file a complaint
with the proper court having jurisdiction to accept such complaint
concerning any violation of any of the terms of this article, and
this section shall pertain to any property of which any dog, licensed
or unlicensed, shall be permitted to run at large.
Any dog, licensed or unlicensed, which shall
run at large on the streets or public places or on the property not
that of the owner or person harboring such dog in the Borough of Tuckerton,
shall be deemed a stray dog and may be seized by the local authorities
under the provisions set forth in the Laws of 1941 of the State of
New Jersey, Chapter 151, and all amendments thereto.
[Amended 4-21-1958 by Ord. No. 118; 10-1865; 8-1-1977; 7-18-1983 by Ord. No.
11-1983; 12-15-2003 by Ord. No. 18-2003]
A. The license fee to be paid annually for a dog license
and each renewal thereof shall be and is set at the sum of $6 for
each dog that has been altered or spayed. The license fee for any
unspayed or unaltered dog shall be $9.
B. The license fee for a dog license and each renewal
shall be paid by January 31 of each year.
C. Any annual dog license fee or renewal not paid by
January 31 shall be subject to the following late fees:
(1) After January 31 and up to and including May 31: $5.
(2) After May 31 and thereafter: $10.
Any person who owns, keeps or harbors a dog
shall, in the month of January and annually thereafter, apply for
and procure from the Borough Clerk of the Borough of Tuckerton a license
and official metal registration tag for each such dog so owned, kept
or harbored and shall place upon each such dog a collar or harness
with the registration tag securely fastened thereto.
Only one license and registration tag shall
be required in any licensing year.
The owner of any newly acquired dog of licensing
age or of any dog which attains licensing age shall make application
for a license and registration tag for such dog within 10 days after
such acquisition or age attainment. A "dog of licensing age" shall
mean any dog which has attained the age of seven months or which possesses
a set of permanent teeth.
[Added 12-18-1995 by Ord. No. 19-1995]
A. No person keeping, harboring or in charge of any dog,
cat or other domesticated animal shall cause, suffer or allow such
dog, cat or animal to soil, defile, deface on or defecate or commit
any nuisance on any public property, including but not limited to
any common thoroughfare, sidewalk, passageway, play area, park or
any place where people congregate or walk. The aforesaid restrictions
shall not apply to those persons who shall comply with the following:
(1) The person in charge of such dog, cat or animal shall
immediately remove all feces deposited by such animal in a sanitary
manner.
(2) The feces removed from the aforementioned designated
area shall be disposed of by the person owning, harboring, keeping
or in charge of any such dog, cat or animal in accordance with the
provisions of this section in a sanitary manner.
B. No person keeping, harboring or in charge of any dog,
cat or other domesticated animal shall cause, suffer or allow such
dog, cat or other animal to soil, defile, deface on or defecate or
commit any nuisance upon any private property, without the express
permission of the property owner.
C. Disposition shall be made of animal wastes or excrement
in such a manner as to prevent insect breeding or rodent infestation
or pollution of the air, ground or body of water or the creation of
any other unhealthy or unsanitary condition.
D. This section shall be enforceable in the same manner
and subject to the same penalties as all other sections of this article.