[Amended 12-23-1997 by Ord. No. 97-13]
A. No person owning or keeping any dog or dogs shall
permit any dog or dogs to be present at any time in any public park
within the Village of Ridgefield Park which is owned or operated by
the Village.
B. No person owning or keeping any dog or dogs shall
permit the dog or dogs to run at large in any other public place within
the Village. All dogs must be on a leash no more than six feet in
length.
[Amended 10-27-2009 by Ord. No. 09-11]
No person shall keep in the Village any dog
which habitually barks or cries between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and
6:00 a.m. "Habitually" shall mean frequent barking, howling, whining
or crying which disturbs the peace, comfort or quiet of the neighborhood,
thereby creating or maintaining a nuisance.
No person owning or keeping a dog shall permit
it to do any injury or damage to any lawn, shrubbery, flowers, grounds
or property of another.
[Amended 9-26-2006 by Ord. No. 06-15]
A. All dogs must have a license number displayed. Any
person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing age shall
apply for and procure from the Village Clerk a license and official
registration tag with a license number for each dog owned, kept or
harbored, and shall place upon such dog a collar or other device with
the license number securely fastened or displayed thereto. Acceptable
methods of displaying license numbers shall include, but are not limited
to, breakaway or elastic collars. Neither licenses nor registration
tags are transferable.
B. Time for applying for license. A dog which has attained
the age of seven months or possesses a set of permanent teeth shall
be licensed by the owner or any person who has the dog in keeping.
The owner of a newly acquired dog shall apply for a license within
10 days after acquisition. Application for a license shall be made
annually to the Village Clerk or to a municipal officer or employee
designated by the Board of Commissioners. The license and registration
tag shall expire December 31 of the year stated on the license, and
the application for a license and registration tag, or renewal thereof,
shall be made no later than on that date.
C. Dogs brought into this jurisdiction. A person who
brings into this Village a dog licensed by another state for the current
year and keeps the dog in this Village for more than 90 days shall
immediately apply for a license and receive a registration tag for
such dog. An unlicensed dog brought into this Village from another
state and remaining for more than 10 days shall be licensed immediately.
D. Application; contents; preservation of information.
The application shall state the breed, sex, age, color and markings
of the dog for which license is sought; the date on which such dog
was last vaccinated against rabies and the expiration date of such
vaccination; the name, state, post office address and telephone number
of the owner, the person who shall keep or harbor such dog and any
tattoo which shall be used to uniquely identity the dog. The information
on said application and the license number issued for the dog shall
be preserved for a period of three years by the Village Department
of Health or other official designated to license dogs.
E. License forms and tags. License forms and registration
tags shall be furnished by the Village and shall be numbered serially
and shall bear the year of issuance and the name of the Village of
Ridgefield Park.
F. Evidence of inoculation with rabies vaccine or certification of exemption; requirement for license. The Village Clerk shall not grant such license and registration tag for any dog unless the owner thereof provides evidence that the dog to be licensed has been inoculated with a rabies vaccine of a type approved and administered in accordance with the recommendations of the United States Department of Human Services or has been certified as exempt, as provided by §
123-13C of this article. The rabies inoculation shall be administered by a duly licensed veterinarian or by such other veterinarian permitted by law to do the same.
G. Renewals; expiration of license.
(1) If the person applying for a license and registration
tag presents a valid license from another municipality that has not
yet expired, that license shall be accepted by the Village, and no
fee shall be charged to the person applying for that license and registration
tag.
(2) Only one license and registration tag shall be required
in the licensing year for any dog in the Village. Any valid New Jersey
license tag issued by a New Jersey municipality shall be accepted
by the Village as evidence of compliance.
H. Loss of license. If a license or registration tag
has been misplaced or lost, the Village may issue a duplicate license
or registration tag for that particular dog for a fee of $5.
I. Proof of licensing. Proof of licensing shall be produced
by any person owning, keeping, maintaining or harboring a dog, upon
request by any health official, police officer, animal control officer
or other authorized person.
J. Interfering with persons performing duties under this
article. No person shall hinder, molest or interfere with anyone authorized
or empowered to perform any duty under this article.
K. Disposition of fees collected. License fees and other moneys collected or received under the provisions of this article, together with all license fees and moneys collected or received under the provisions of Article
III, shall be forwarded to the Treasurer of the Village and shall be placed in a special account separate from any of the other accounts of the Village and shall be used for the following purposes only: collecting, keeping and disposing of dogs liable to seizure, for local prevention and control of rabies, for providing anti-rabies treatment under the direction of the Village's Department of Health for any person known or suspected to have been exposed to rabies and for administering the provisions of this article. 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 section. At the end of said 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 Village 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 proceeding.
[Amended 1-22-1974; 3-26-1985 by Ord. No. 85-6; 9-26-2006 by Ord. No.
06-15]
A. No household shall own, keep or harbor more than three
dogs.
B. No household shall be entitled to apply for more than three licenses in order to license dogs under this article, except for instances covered under Subsection
C below.
C. A family shall include all residents using a particular
premises, related or not related, who are considered as either the
owner of the premises or a tenant paying rent to a landlord. Under
no circumstances shall there be more than six dogs licensed to one
premises which is a two-, three- or four-family dwelling or three
dogs per apartment, condominium or co-op unit.
[Amended 10-27-1981 by Ord. No. 15-81; 12-23-1995 by Ord. No. 97-13]
A. The annual fee for a dog license and renewal thereof
shall be $9 for a neutered dog and $14 for a nonneutered dog. In addition,
there shall be a fee of $1 for registration with the New Jersey Department
of Health, for a total of $10 for a neutered dog and $15 for a nonneutered
dog.
[Amended 11-27-2007 by Ord. No. 07-10]
B. In the event that a dog license is not obtained by
April 30th of each year or within 30 days of the dog reaching the
age of seven months or the dog possessing a set of permanent teeth
or within 90 days of the date the dog resides in the Village of Ridgefield
Park, there shall be a late penalty fee of $10 in addition to the
initial licensing fee for each dog.
[Amended 11-27-2007 by Ord. No. 07-10]
C. Upon payment of the required license fee and the fee
for obtaining a registration tag, plus any additional fees imposed
by statute, the Village Clerk or other duly authorized municipal officer
or employee shall issue a dog license and a registration tag.
[Added 9-26-2006 by Ord. No. 06-15]
[Amended 3-26-1985 by Ord. No. 85-6; 9-26-2006 by Ord. No.
06-15]
A. Vaccination and license requirements. No person shall
be the owner of a dog of licensing age within the Village unless such
dog is licensed and has a valid vaccination certificate indicating
an expiration date occurring in the future. The provisions of this
section do not apply to dogs held in a veterinary establishment or
licensed animal shelters, pounds, kennels or pet shops, where dogs
are received or kept for diagnostic, medical, surgical or other treatments.
B. Vaccination certificate. A certificate of vaccination
shall be issued to the owner of each dog which has been administered
a vaccination in a form recommended by the state.
C. Exemptions. Any dog may be exempted from the requirements
of such vaccination for a specified period of time by the Village
Clerk, or other duly authorized agent of the Village, upon presentation
of a veterinarian's certification stating that because of an infirmity
or other physical condition, or regimen of therapy, the vaccination
of such dog shall be deemed inadvisable.