As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth below:
CERTIFIED ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER
A person 18 years of age or older who has satisfactorily
completed a course of study approved by the Commissioner of Health
on the control of animals prescribed by N.J.S.A. 4:19-15 et seq.,
or who has been employed in the State of New Jersey in the capacity
of, and with similar responsibilities to those required of, certified
Animal Control Officers, pursuant to the provisions of this act for
a period of three years.
DOG
Any dog, bitch or spayed bitch.
DOG OF LICENSING AGE
Any dog which has attained the age of seven months or which
possesses a set of permanent teeth.
KENNEL
Any establishment wherein or whereon the business of boarding
or selling dogs sale is carried on, except a pet shop.
OWNER
When applied to the proprietorship of a dog, "owner" shall
mean and include every person having a right of property in such a
dog and every person who has such a dog in his/her keeping.
PET SHOP
Any room, or group of rooms, cage or exhibition pen, not
part of a kennel, wherein dogs for sale are kept or displayed.
POUND
Any establishment where dogs are received, housed or distributed
without charge.
SHELTER
Any establishment where dogs are received, housed and distributed.
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing
age shall, in the month of January of each year and annually thereafter,
apply for and procure from the Animal Control Officer, or other official
designated by the Township Committee, a license and official metal
registration tag for each such dog so owned, kept or harbored, and
shall place upon each 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 for any dog owned in New Jersey, and such license and
tag issued by any other municipality of this state shall be accepted
by the Township as evidence of compliance with this article.
The Township Committee shall appoint, at such times and for
such terms as may from time to time seem expedient, one or more persons
to be known as Animal Control Officers, who shall be responsible for
animal control within the jurisdiction of the Township and shall enforce
and abide by the provisions of this article and N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.1
et seq.
The Animal Control Officer or other such person designated by
the Township Committee shall promptly after May 1 of each year cause
a canvass to be made of all unlicensed dogs owned, kept or harbored
within the limits of the Township. The Animal Control Officer shall
report on or before September 1 of each year to the Township Clerk
and the Township and State Departments of Health the result thereof,
setting forth in separate columns the names and addresses of persons
owning, keeping or harboring unlicensed dogs, the number of unlicensed
dogs owned, kept or harbored by each of such persons, together with
a complete description of each of such unlicensed dogs.
[Added by Ord. No. 97-03; amended by Ord. No.
2004-02]
A. Statutory requirement. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-17 et seq., which
declares that it is appropriate and necessary to impose a set of requirements
on owners of vicious and potentially vicious dogs, and N.J.S.A. 4:19-36,
which provides that the state statute shall supersede any law, ordinance
or regulation concerning vicious or potentially vicious dogs, the
Township Committee adopts by reference N.J.S.A. 4:19-18 et seq. and
regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
B. Fees for license. The annual fee for a potentially dangerous dog license shall be as set forth in §
245-2B.
[Amended by Ord. No. 97-03]
A. Any person who violates any provision of this article may, upon conviction
thereof, be fined in an amount specified herein for each violation,
or may be imprisoned for a period not to exceed six months, or both,
at the discretion of the court before whom the complaint is made.
A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or
on which a violation of this article occurs or continues.
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Offense
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Code Reference
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First
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Second
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Third and Subsequent
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Unlicensed dog
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$25
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$100
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$250
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Interference with officer
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$100
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$250
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$500
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Disturbing the peace, barking or crying
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$50
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$100
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$250
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Defecation
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$50
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$100
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$250
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Running at large or damaging property
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$50
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$100
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$250
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Dog control/leash
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$25
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$50
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$100
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Vicious dogs
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Not more than $1,000 per day
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Dogs attacking other animals
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$100
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$250
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$500
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B. Any other violations of this article shall be set forth in Chapter
1, Article
II, of this Code.