[1961 Code § 27.01; Ord. No. 455; Ord. No. 628; 1972 Code
§ 90.001]
a.
No person shall keep or harbor any dog within the
Borough without first obtaining a license within 10 days after acquiring
the dog. Such license shall be issued by the Borough Clerk upon application
by the owner and payment of the prescribed fee. No person shall keep
or harbor any dog in the Borough, except in compliance with the provisions
of this chapter.
b.
Any person who owns, keeps or harbors a dog of licensing
age shall in the month of January, annually, procure from the Borough
Clerk a license and official registration tag for each such dog, and
shall place upon each such dog a collar or harness with the registration
tag securely fastened.
[1961 Code § 27.01; Ord. No. 455; Ord. No. 628; 1972 Code
§ 90.001]
As used in this chapter:
Any dog which has attained the age of seven months or which
possesses a set of permanent teeth.
When applied to the proprietorship of a dog, shall mean and
includes every person having a right of property in such dog and every
person who has such dog in his keeping or harbors the same.
Any dog which has bitten a person without provocation or
just cause.
[1961 Code § 27.02; Ord. No. 436; Ord. No. 455; Ord. No. 564; Ord. No. 870 § 1; Ord. No. 899 § 1; Ord. No. 899-A § 1; Ord. No. 899-B § 1; 12-13-1995 by Ord. No.
899-C; 11-23-2009 by Ord. No. 23-2009; 12-20-2021 by Ord. No. 15-2021]
a.
A license shall be issued after payment of the following
fees:
1.
For non-senior
citizens, the fee shall be $11 per year for each neutered/spayed dogs
and $14 per year for each unneutered/unspayed dog.
2.
For senior
citizens, the fee shall be $5 per year for each neutered/spayed dog
and $8 per year for each unneutered/unspayed dog. A "senior citizen"
is herein defined to be a person 62 years of age or older.
4.
Persons
who fail to obtain a license by the last day of February in each year
shall be subject to delinquent fees as follows:
(a)
If obtained by March 31: $10.
(b)
If obtained by April 30: $15.
(c)
If obtained by May 31: $20.
(d)
If obtained by June 30: $25.
(e)
If obtained by July 31: $30.
(f)
If obtained by August 31: $35.
(g)
If obtained by September 30: $40.
(h)
If obtained by October 31: $45.
(i)
If obtained by November 30: $50.
(j)
If obtained by December 31: $55.
(k)
If obtained by January 31: $60.
b.
Dogs used as guides for blind persons and commonly
known as "Seeing eye" dogs shall be licensed and registered as other
dogs, except that the owner or keeper of such dog shall not be required
to pay any fee.
[1961 Code § 27.03; Ord. No. 455; 1972 Code
§ 90.010]
a.
Any person who keeps or operates or proposes to establish
a kennel, a pet shop, a shelter or a pound shall procure from the
Borough Clerk a license entitling him to keep or operate such establishment.
b.
The application shall describe the premises where
the establishment is located or is proposed to be located, the purpose
or purposes for which it is to be maintained, and shall be accompanied
by the written approval of the Health Officer of the Board of Health
of the Borough, showing compliance with the local and state rules
and regulations governing location and sanitation at such establishments.
c.
All licenses issued for a kennel, pet shop, shelter
or pound shall state the purpose for which the establishment is maintained
and all such licenses shall expire on the last day of January of each
year, and be subject to revocation by the Council on recommendation
of the State Department of Health or the Board of Health of the Borough
for failure to comply with the rules and regulations of the State
Department or the Board of Health of the Borough after the owner has
been afforded a hearing by either the State Department or the Board
of Health of the Borough.
d.
Any person holding such license shall not be required
to secure individual licenses for dogs owned by such licensee and
kept at such establishments. Such licenses shall not be transferable
to another owner or different premises.
e.
The annual license fee for a kennel providing accommodations
for 10 or less dogs is $10 and for more than 10 dogs is $25. The annual
license fee for a pet shop is $10. No fee shall be charged for a shelter
or pound.
[1961 Code § 27.04; Ord. No. 455; 1972 Code
§ 90.015]
No dog kept in a kennel, pet shop, shelter or
pound shall be permitted off such premises, except on leash or in
a crate or other safe control.
[1961 Code § 27.05; Ord. No. 455; 1972 Code
§ 90.015]
a.
License fees and other moneys collected or received
under the provisions of this chapter, except registration tag fees,
shall be forwarded to the Borough Treasurer within 30 days after collection
or receipt and shall be placed in a special account separate from
any of the other accounts of the Borough. Such account shall be used
for the following purposes only: for collecting, keeping and disposing
of dogs liable to seizure under this chapter; for local prevention
and control of rabies; for providing anti-rabic treatment under the
direction of the local Board of Health for any person known or suspected
to have been exposed to rabies; for all other purposes prescribed
by the Revised Statutes of New Jersey governing the subject; and for
administering the provisions of this chapter. Any unexpended balance
remaining in such special account shall be retained therein until
the end of the third fiscal year following. At the end of the third
fiscal year following, and at the end of each fiscal year thereafter,
there shall be transferred from such special account to the general
funds of the Borough any amount then in such account which is in excess
of the total amount paid into the special account during the last
two fiscal years next preceding.
b.
The registration tag of $0.25 for each dog shall be
forwarded within 30 days after collection by the Clerk to the State
Department of Health.
[1961 Code § 27.06; Ord. No. 455; 1972 Code
§ 90.025]
The Council shall have power to appoint a Poundmaster
or Dog Warden, whose duty it shall be to enforce the provisions of
this chapter. The Council shall also have power to appoint one or
more persons to be known as Dog Catchers or Dog Wardens, who may impound
unlicensed dogs running at large in violation of the provisions of
this chapter.
[1961 Code § 27.07; Ord. No. 455; 1972 Code
§ 90.030]
a.
The Poundmaster or Dog Warden of the Borough shall
take into custody and impound and thereafter destroy or dispose of
as provided in this section:
1.
Any dog off the premises of the owner or of the person
keeping or harboring the dog which the official or his agent has reason
to believe is a stray dog.
2.
Any dog off the premises of the owner or of the person
keeping or harboring the dog without a current registration tag on
his collar.
3.
Any female dog in season off the premises of the owner
or of the person keeping or harboring the dog.
b.
If any dog so seized wears a collar or harness having
inscribed or attached thereto the name and address of any person or
registration tag, or the owner or the person keeping or harboring
the dog is known, the Poundmaster or Warden 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 will be liable to
be disposed of or destroyed if not claimed within seven days after
the service of the notice.
c.
Subject
to the terms of this section and the statutes incorporated herein,
an owner may obtain the release of the animal impounded due to emergency
calls upon payment of a recovery fee which is set forth in the contract
between the Borough and its Pound Master and/or Dog Warden.
[Added 10-27-2010 by Ord. No. 15-2010]
[1961 Code § 27.08; Ord. No. 455; 1972 Code
§ 90.035]
When any dog so seized has been detained for
seven days after notice, or has been detained for seven days after
seizure, when notice has not been and cannot be given, and if the
owner or person keeping or harboring the dog has not claimed the dog
and paid all expenses incurred by reason of its detention, including
maintenance not exceeding $1 per day, and if the dog is unlicensed
at the time of the seizure and the owner or person keeping or harboring
the dog has not produced a license and registration tag of the dog,
the Poundmaster or Warden may cause the dog to be destroyed in a manner
causing as little pain as possible.
[1961 Code § 27.09; Ord. No. 455; 1972 Code
§ 90.040]
Any officer or agent authorized or empowered
to perform any duty under this chapter or any member of the Borough
Police Force may go upon any premises to seize for impounding any
dog which he may lawfully seize and impound when such officer is in
immediate pursuit of such dog, except upon the premises of the owner
of the dog if the owner is present and forbids the same.
[1961 Code § 27.10; Ord. No. 455; 1972 Code
§ 90.045]
No person shall hinder, molest or interfere
with anyone authorized or empowered to perform any duty under this
chapter.
[Ord. No.
628; 1972 Code § 90.050]
No person shall keep, harbor or maintain any
dog which habitually barks, cries, whines or howls.
[1961 Code §§ 27.12, 27.13; Ord. No. 455; Ord. No. 628; 1972 Code
§ 90.055]
a.
No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog shall
suffer or permit it to be upon the public streets or in any of the
public places of the Borough, unless such dog is accompanied by a
person over the age of 12 years and is securely confined and controlled
by an adequate leash not more than six feet long.
b.
No person owning, keeping or harboring any vicious
dog shall allow it to be without a muzzle.
c.
No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog shall
permit such dog to wander, either at large or on a leash, in any developed
park, recreational or athletic area.
[1961 Code § 27.14; Ord. No. 455; Ord. No. 628; 1972 Code
§ 90.065]
No more than four dogs of licensing age shall
be kept, maintained or harbored at one time in any residential housing
unit or on its grounds or in any business establishment or on its
grounds. This restriction shall not apply to properly licensed pet
shops, kennel, shelters and pounds.
[1961 Code § 27.15; Ord. No. 455; Ord. No. 628; 1972 Code
§ 90.999]
a.
Any person who violates Subsection 5-1.1, 5-1.3 or 5-5.5 or fails to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated by the State Department of Health governing the sanitary conduct and operation of kennels, pet shops, shelters and pounds, to preserve sanitation therein and prevent the spread of rabies and other diseases within and from such establishments, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $50 for each offense, to be recovered by and in the name of the Borough, except that for the first offense in cases of violations of Subsection 5-1.1, the penalty shall not be less than $1 nor more than $50.
[Ord. No.
1081 § 1]
As used in this section:
Dog or cat.
Any person or agency designated or certified by the State
of New Jersey to enforce the provisions of this section.
Any member of the domestic feline species; male, female,
or altered.
Any cat which has attained the age of seven months, or which
possesses a set of permanent teeth.
Any room or group of rooms, cage, or exhibition pen, not
part of a kennel, wherein cats for sale are kept or displayed.
The agency or department of the Borough or any designated
representative thereof charged with administering the issuance and/or
revocation of permits and licenses under the provisions of this section.
Rendered permanently incapable of reproduction as certified
by a licensed veterinarian.
When applied to the proprietorship of a cat, shall mean and
include every person having a right of property (or custody) in such
cat and every person who has such cat in his/her keeping, or who harbors
or maintains a cat or knowingly permits a cat to remain on or about
any premises occupied by that person.
[Ord. No.
1081 § 1]
a.
Vaccination and license requirements. No person shall
own, keep, harbor, or maintain any cat over seven months of age within
the Borough unless such cat is vaccinated and licensed. The provisions
of this subsection do not apply to cats held in a cattery, or those
held by a state or Federal licensed research facility, or a veterinary
establishment where cats are received or kept for diagnostic, medical,
surgical, or other treatments, or licensed animal shelters, pounds,
kennels, or pet shops.
b.
Vaccination. All cats shall be vaccinated against
rabies by a licensed veterinarian in accordance with the latest "Compendium
of Animal Rabies Vaccines and Recommendations for Immunization" published
by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians,
except as provided for in Paragraph d.
c.
Vaccination certificate. A certificate of vaccination
shall be issued to the owner of each animal vaccinated on a form recommended
by the state.
d.
Exemptions. Any cat may be exempted from the requirements
of such vaccination for a specified period of time by the local Board
of Health, upon presentation of a veterinarian's certificate stating
that because of an infirmity or other physical condition, or regimen
of therapy, the inoculation of such cat shall be deemed inadvisable.
[Ord. No.
1081 § 1; Ord. No. 1081A §§ 1-2; Ord. No. 1081B § 1; Ord. No. 17-1999; 12-20-2021 by Ord. No.
15-2021]
a.
Cats must have license number displayed. Any person
who shall own, keep, or harbor a cat of licensing age shall annually
apply for and procure from the Borough Clerk or other official designated
by the governing body thereof to license cats in the municipality
in which he or she resides, a license and official registration tag
with license number, or a registration sleeve for each cat so owned,
kept, or harbored, and shall place upon such cat a collar, or other
device with the license number securely fastened or displayed thereto.
Acceptable methods of displaying license number shall include, but
are not limited to, breakaway or elastic collars. License tags or
sleeves are not transferable. In lieu of the use of a collar or other
device as aforementioned, the license number and other pertinent information
shall be tattooed in the cat's ear at the expense of the owner, keeper
or harborer of such cat. Any cat not displaying a current license
number shall be considered to be a stray cat and shall be subject
to being taken into custody by the Borough or its agents and impounded
at the Bergen County Animal Shelter for disposition in accordance
with the shelter's policies and procedures.
b.
Time for applying for license. The owner of any newly
acquired cat of licensing age, or of any cat which attains licensing
age, shall make application for license tag or sleeve for such cat
within 10 days after such acquisition or age attainment. This requirement
will not apply to a nonresident keeping a cat within the Borough for
no longer than 90 days.
c.
Cats brought into jurisdiction. Any person who shall
bring, or cause to be brought into the Borough, any cat licensed in
another state for the current year, and bearing registration tag or
sleeve, and shall keep the same or permit the same to be kept within
the Borough for a period of more than 90 days, shall immediately apply
for a license and registration tag or sleeve for each such cat.
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Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought
into the Borough any unlicensed cat, and shall keep same or permit
same to be kept within the Borough for a period of more than 10 days,
shall immediately apply for a license and registration tag or sleeve
for each such cat.
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d.
Application, contents, preservation of information.
The application shall state the breed, sex, age, color, and markings
of the cat for which license and registration are sought, and whether
it is of a long or shorthaired variety; also the name, street, and
post office address of the owner, and the person who shall keep or
harbor such cat. The information on the application and the registration
number issued for the cat shall be preserved for a period of three
years by the Clerk or other local official designated to license cats
in the municipality.
e.
License forms and tags. License forms and official
tags or sleeve shall be furnished by the municipality and shall be
numbered serially, and shall bear the year of issuance and the name
of the municipality.
f.
Evidence of inoculation with rabies vaccine or certification of exemption; requirement for license. No Borough Clerk or other official designated by the governing body of any municipality to license cats therein shall grant any such license and official registration tag or sleeve for any cat, unless the owner thereof provides evidence that the cat to be licensed and registered has been inoculated with a rabies vaccine of a type approved by and administered in accordance with the recommendations of the United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Human Services, or has been certified exempt as provided by Subsection 5-6.2 herein. The rabies inoculation shall be administered by a duly licensed veterinarian, or by such other veterinarian permitted by law to do the same.
g.
License fee schedule. A license shall be issued after
payment of the following fees:
1.
For nonsenior citizens, the fee shall be $8 per year
for each neutered/spayed cat and $11 per year for each unneutered/unspayed
cat.
2.
For senior citizens, the fee shall be a $4 flat fee
per year for a maximum of four cats and $6 per year for each neutered
or spayed cat in excess of four cats and $9 per year for each unneutered
or unspayed cat in excess of four cats. A senior citizen is herein
defined to be a person 62 years of age or older.
3.
Persons who fail to obtain a license by the last day
of February in each year shall be subject to delinquent fees as follows:
(a)
If obtained by March 31: $10.
(b)
If obtained by April 30: $15.
(c)
If obtained by May 31: $20.
(d)
If obtained by June 30: $25.
(e)
If obtained by July 31: $30.
(f)
If obtained by August 31: $35.
(g)
If obtained by September 30: $40.
(h)
If obtained by October 31: $45.
(i)
If obtained by November 30: $50.
(j)
If obtained by December 31: $55.
(k)
If obtained by January 31: $60.
h.
Fees, renewals, expiration date of license. License
from another municipality shall be accepted. The person applying for
the license and registration tag and/or sleeve shall pay the fee fixed
or authorized. The fee for the renewal of license and registration
tag or sleeve shall be the same as for the original, and the fees
shall be for one year or any fraction thereof. The licenses, registration
tags, and renewals thereof shall expire on January 31 in each year.
If the licenses, registration tags, and renewals thereof are not obtained
by February 28 in each year, a delinquent fee shall be charged as
hereinbefore stated.
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Only one license and registration tag or sleeve
shall be required in the licensing year for any cat in the Borough.
Any valid New Jersey license tag or sleeve issued by a New Jersey
municipality shall be accepted by this municipality as evidence of
compliance.
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i.
Loss of license. If a license tag or sleeve has been
misplaced or lost, the Borough Clerk may issue a duplicate license
and/or registration sleeve for that particular cat at a fee of $1.
j.
Proof of licensing. Proof of licensing shall be produced
by any person owning, keeping, maintaining, or harboring a cat, upon
the request of any Health Official, Police Officer, Animal Control
Officer, or other authorized person.
k.
Interfering with persons performing duties under this
section. No person shall hinder, molest, or interfere with anyone
authorized or empowered to perform any duty under this section.
l.
Disposition of fees collected. License fees and other
moneys collected or received under the provisions of this section
shall be forwarded to the Borough Treasurer and shall be placed in
a special account separate from any of the other accounts of the Borough
and shall be used for the following purposes only: collecting, keeping,
and disposing of cats liable to seizure, for local prevention and
control of rabies, providing antirabies treatment under the direction
of the local Board of Health for any person known or suspected to
have been exposed to rabies, and for administering the provisions
of this section. Any unexpected balance remaining in such special
account shall be retained until the end of the third fiscal year following,
and may be used for any of the purposes set forth in this subsection.
At the end of the third fiscal year following, and at the end of each
fiscal year thereafter, there shall be transferred from such special
account to the general funds of the Borough any amount then in such
account which is in excess of the total amount paid into the special
account during the last two fiscal years next preceding.
m.
Limitation of number of cats. No more than four cats
of licensing age shall be kept, maintained or harbored at one time
in any residential housing unit or on its grounds or in any business
establishment or on its grounds. This restriction shall not apply
to properly licensed pet shops, kennels, shelters and pounds. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary hereinabove stated, any person who, as of
the date of adoption of this Paragraph m, possesses more than four
cats of licensing age may continue to keep such cats until their death
provided they are licensed as of the date of adoption of this Paragraph
m. Any person who violates the provisions of this paragraph shall
upon conviction thereof be punished by imprisonment in the County
Jail for a term not exceeding 90 days or by a fine not exceeding $500,
or both, for each offense.
[Ord. No.
1081 § 1]
Except as otherwise provided in this section,
any person who violates, or who fails, or refuses to comply with this
section, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $5, nor more
than $50, for each offense, to be recovered by and in the name of
the Borough of Ramsey.
[Adopted 6-28-2006 by Ord. No. 19-2006]
The purpose of this section is to establish
requirements for the proper disposal of pet solid waste in the Borough,
so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe
penalties for failure to comply.
a.
For the purpose of this section, the following terms,
phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings stated
herein unless their use in the text of this section clearly demonstrates
a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words
use in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural
number include the singular number, and words used in the singular
number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory
and not merely directory.
b.
IMMEDIATE
OWNER/KEEPER
PERSON
PET
PET SOLID WASTE
PROPER DISPOSAL
As used in this section, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
That the pet solid waste is removed at once, without delay.
Any person who shall possess, maintain, house or harbor any
pet or otherwise have custody of any pet, whether or not the owner
of such pet.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
A domesticated animal (other than a disability assistance
animal) kept for amusement or companionship.
Waste matter expelled from the bowels of the pet; excrement.
Placement in a designated waste receptacle, or other suitable
container, and discarded in a refuse container which is regularly
emptied by the municipality or some other refuse collector; or disposal
into a system designed to convey domestic sewage for proper treatment
and disposal.
All pet owners and keepers are required to immediately
and properly dispose of their pet's solid waste deposited on any property,
public or private, not owned or possessed by that person.
Any owner or keeper who requires the use of
a disability assistance animal shall be exempt from the provisions
of this section while such animal is being used for that purpose.
The provisions of this section shall be enforced
by the Ramsey Police Department and the Board of Health of the Borough
of Ramsey.
Any person(s) who is found to be in violation
of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine not to
exceed $500.
Each section, subsection, sentence, clause and
phrase of this section is declared to be an independent section, subsection,
sentence, clause and phrase, and the finding or holding of any such
portion of this section to be unconstitutional, void, or ineffective
for any cause or reason shall not affect any other portion of this
section.
