[Amended 4-13-1971; 11-10-1992 by Ord. No. 410-92]
A. All persons applying for a license and registration tag shall pay
an annual license fee of $8 for each dog which is spayed or neutered
and $11 for each dog which is not spayed or neutered. Said fee includes
the following:
[Amended 12-22-2009 by Ord. No. 110-09]
(1) New
Jersey state registration fee: $1 per license.
(2) New
Jersey state pilot clinic fund fee: $0.20 per license.
(3) New
Jersey state pet population control for all nonspayed and nonneutered
animals: $3.
B. Said license and registration tag will be due during the month of
January of every calendar year. Any dog not registered during the
month of January is subject thereafter to a late fee of $5 per month
beginning February 1 to be collected by the dog licensing agent. After
February 1 of every calendar year any person found in possession of
or to be the owner of an unlicensed and unregistered dog is subject
to a fine of $100 per dog.
[Amended 5-14-1996 by Ord. No. 802-96]
[Amended 10-23-2012 by Ord. No. 106-12]
A. Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into said Borough
of Bloomsbury any dog licensed by any agency within the State of New
Jersey for the current year and bearing the registration tag and shall
keep the same or permit the same to be kept within the Borough of
Bloomsbury for a period of more than 30 days shall immediately apply
for a license and registration tag for each such dog.
B. Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Borough
of Bloomsbury from without the State of New Jersey any unlicensed
dog and shall keep the same or permit the same to be kept within the
Borough of Bloomsbury for a period of more than 30 days shall immediately
apply for a license and registration tag for each such dog.
No person, other than a Borough officer in the performance of
his duties, shall remove a registration tag from the collar or harness
of any dog, without the consent of the owner, nor shall any person
attach a tag to a dog for which it was not issued. No licensed dog
shall be allowed off the premises of the owner without the metal registration
tag attached to its harness or collar.
[Amended 3-22-2016 by Ord. No. 103-16]
No dog shall be permitted off the premises of the owner or the
person keeping or harboring said dog except on a leash.
No person shall keep, harbor or maintain any dog which habitually
barks or cries.
[Amended 10-23-2012 by Ord. No. 106-12]
Except as provided by N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.19, any person who violates the provisions of this article shall be liable for a penalty as provided in Chapter
1, Article
I, General Penalty, of this Code for each offense, to be recovered by and in the name of the Board of Health of the Borough of Bloomsbury, or by and in the name of the Borough of Bloomsbury, as the case may be.