[HISTORY:[1] Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus 1-1-1997 by Ord. No.
768. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Ch. 5, Autobuses, adopted 10-21-1925
by Ord. No. 83, was repealed 10-24-1967 by Ord. No. 441.
This chapter is adopted in order to protect the health, safety
and well-being of persons and property by prohibiting certain animals
within the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus. The Borough Council of Ho-Ho-Kus
finds that the harboring of certain animals within the Borough may
be offensive to other residents so as to constitute a public nuisance
and may pose a threat to the safety of its inhabitants and their property.
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain or have in his
or her possession or under his or her control or to permit another
to keep, maintain or have under his or her control within the Borough
limits of the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus any poisonous or constricting reptile
or any other dangerous or carnivorous wild animal or reptile or any
other animal or reptile of wild, vicious or dangerous propensities.
B.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain or have in his
or her possession or under his or her control within the Borough limits
of the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus any of the following animals, including
but not limited to all dangerous mammals and avian; all poisonous
and constricting reptiles and animals, including vipers; boas; pythons;
apes; arachnids; chimpanzees; gibbons; gorillas; orangutans; siamangs;
baboons; bears; bison; bobcats; cheetahs; crocodilians; coyotes; elephants;
gamecocks and other fighting birds; hippopotami; hyenas; jaguars;
leopards; lions; lynx; monkeys (except those licensed for handicapped
assistance); pumas, also known as "cougars," "mountain lions" and
"panthers"; rhinoceroses; snow leopards; tigers; wolves; cattle bulls;
elk; moose; wolverines; and badgers.
Any of the animals set forth in this chapter which have been
kept, maintained, possessed or controlled by any person within the
Borough limits of the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus prior to the effective
date of this chapter shall be grandfathered and exempt from the regulations
herein. However, the owner or any person keeping, maintaining or having
possession or control of such animal(s) must nevertheless register
such animal(s) with the Animal Control Officer within 60 days from
the effective date hereof. No offspring or replacement of such exempt
animal(s) shall be entitled to a continued exemption.
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the Animal
Control Officer or any police officer of the Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus.
Any person who violates any provisions of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000
or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both. A separate
offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a
violation occurs or continues.
