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Borough of Tuckerton, NJ
Ocean County
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New Laws (1) Index Notes (1)
[Adopted 3-4-1957 by Ord. No. 113]
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.[1]
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Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.16.
[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.