As used in this article, terms shall have the same meanings
as set forth in N.J.S.A. 4:112-15.1, except as follows:
OWNER
When applied to the proprietorship of an animal, owner shall
include every person having a right of property in such animal and
every persons who has such animal in his/her keeping.
PRIVATE PROPERTY
All property other than the property defined in public streets,
sidewalks and areas adjacent thereto, as defined below, and which
is owned, managed or controlled by persons other than the owner of
the animal and the property of persons who have invited the owner
of any animal to bring the animal into his/her or their property.
PUBLIC STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND AREAS ADJACENT THERETO
Any common thoroughfare, sidewalk, passageway, bypath, safety
island, ways, alleys, roads, squares, lanes, walks, lawns, parking
lots, loading zones, driveways or any place where people congregate
or walk or upon any public property whatsoever, or any areas adjacent
thereto. These restrictions shall not apply to that portion of the
street lying between the curblines.
VICIOUS DOG
Any animal which has on more than one occasion bitten a person
without provocation, or has been declared by a Municipal Judge to
be a vicious animal.
Where it has been determined by a physician that a person has
been bitten by a dog, the individual, or his/her parent or guardian
if (s)he is a minor, shall immediately notify the police. When the
owner or keeper of any dog shall be notified by the police that the
dog has bitten any individual or individuals, the owner or keeper
of the dog must comply with the following procedures:
A. Have the dog examined by a licensed veterinarian within 12 hours.
B. Have the dog kept in quarantine in the owner's home or at a
kennel for a period of 10 days. At the end of 10 days have the dog
reexamined by a veterinarian and a written report of the dog's
state of health sent to the Department of Health.
There shall be an Animal Control Officer employed in the Department
of Health whose duty it shall be to enforce the provisions of this
article and who shall be subject to any rules and regulations as to
his/her employment as may be directed by the Health Officer.
Any person who violates or who fails or refuses to comply with §
70-2 of this article shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $50 for each offense, except that for the first offense, the penalty shall be not less than $1 nor more than $50. For any other violation of this article, the general penalty clause in Chapter
1, Article
IV, shall apply.