[Adopted 12-5-1972 by Ord. No. 18-72 (Ch. 51, Part 1, Art.
I, of the 1972 Code)]
A.
A person applying for an annual license and registration tag shall
pay to the Township a total of $16.70 for each dog if said license
is applied for on or before March 31 of said year. Said fee includes
a one-dollar registration tag fee and a twenty-cent pilot clinic fund
fee. A person applying for a license and registration tag after April
1 of any given year shall be assessed an additional five-dollar late
fee per license. If a person applying for the license and registration
tag presents a certificate signed by a licensed veterinarian stating
that the dog has been spayed or neutered, the annual fee shall be
reduced by $3. Each license and tag shall be renewed annually, unless
a three-year license has been purchased at a fee of three times the
annual license fee. Of the above fees, for each dog and for each year,
the one-dollar registration tag fee, the twenty-cent pilot clinic
fund fee and the three-dollar spaying/neutering fee, if applicable,
shall be forwarded to the State of New Jersey as required by N.J.S.A.
4:19-15.1 et seq., and the remainder of the total fees shall be the
license fee retained by the Township. Each license tag shall be renewed
either prior to or upon the expiration of the license previously issued,
and for each animal renewal, a fee for the license and registration
tag shall be paid. Said license and registration tags and renewal
thereof shall expire on December 31 of each year and can be renewed
after January 1 of the new year.
[Amended 2-11-1975 by Ord. No. 1-75; 9-27-1977 by Ord. No. 53-77; 11-24-1980 by Ord. No. 51-80; 11-9-1981 by Ord. No. 49-81; 10-25-1982 by Ord. No.
46-82; 4-24-2007 by Ord. No. 10-07; 11-29-2011 by Ord. No. 39-11]
B.
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 shall
be accepted by the Township of Jackson as compliance with this article.
C.
Dogs used as guides for blind persons, commonly known as "Seeing
Eye" dogs, shall be licensed and registered as other dogs hereinabove
provided for, except that the owner or keeper of such dog shall not
be required to pay any fee therefor.
[1]
Editor's Note: Original §§ 51-1, Definitions,
51-2, License required, and 51-3, Annual licensing and issuance of
registration tags, of the 1972 Code, which immediately preceded this
section, were repealed 8-13-1974 by Ord. No. 3374.
The owner of any newly acquired dog of licensing age or of any
dog which attains licensing age shall make application for license
and registration tag for such dog within 10 days after such acquisition
or age attainment.
The application shall state the breed, sex, age, color and markings
of the dog for which license and registration are sought, and whether
it is of a longhaired or shorthaired variety; also the name, street
and post office address of the owner and person who shall keep or
harbor such dog. The information of said application and the registration
number issued for the dog shall be preserved for a period of three
years by the Clerk or other local official designated to license dogs
in the Township of Jackson. In addition, he shall forward to the State
Department of Health each month, on forms furnished by said Department,
an accurate account of registration numbers issued or otherwise disposed
of Registration numbers shall be issued in the order of the applications.
[Added 2-11-1975 by Ord. No. 1-75]
No license shall be issued or granted nor shall any official
registration tag be issued or granted for any dog unless the owner
thereof provides evidence that the dog to be licensed and registered
has been inoculated with a rabies vaccine of a type approved by and
administered in accordance with the regulations of the United States
Department of Health, Education and Welfare, or has been certified
exempt as provided by regulations of the State Department of Health.
Such vaccination shall be repeated at intervals as provided by regulations
of the State Department of Health, and shall be administered by a
duly licensed veterinarian or by such veterinarian permitted by law
to do the same.
A.
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Township
of Jackson any dog licensed in another state for the current year
and bearing a registration tag, and shall keep the same or permit
the same to be kept within the Township of Jackson for a period of
more than 90 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 Township
of Jackson any unlicensed dog and shall keep the same or permit the
same to be kept within the Township limits for a period of more than
10 days shall immediately apply for a license and registration tag
for each such dog.
No person, except an officer in the performance of his duties,
shall remove a registration tag from the collar of any dog without
the consent of the owner, nor shall any person attach a registration
tag to a dog for which it was not issued.
A.
License fees and other moneys collected or received under the provisions
of this article shall be forwarded to the Treasurer of the Township
of Jackson within 30 days after collection or receipt and shall be
placed in a special account separate from any of the other accounts
of the Township and shall be used for the following purposes only;
for collecting, keeping and disposing of dogs liable to seizure under
this article; for local prevention and control of rabies; for providing
antirabies treatment under the direction of the Township Committee
for any person known or suspected to have been exposed to rabies;
for all other purposes prescribed by the statutes of New Jersey governing
the subject, and for administering the provisions of this article.
Any unexpended balance remaining in such special account shall be
retained therein 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 the 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 Township any amount then
in such account which is in excess of the total amount paid into said
special account during the last two fiscal years next preceding.
B.
The registration fee of $1 collected pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.11,
the twenty-cent pilot clinic fund fee collected pursuant to N.J.S.A.
4:19-15.3c and the three-dollar spayed or neutering fee, if applicable,
collected pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.3b, for each dog, shall be
forwarded within 30 days after collection by the Office of Animal
Control to the State Department of Health.[1]
[Amended 4-24-2007 by Ord. No. 10-07]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 51-10, Violations and
penalties, of the 1972 Code, which immediately followed this section,
was repealed 8-13-1974 by Ord. No. 33-74.
