Township of Hillside, NJ
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2015-12-15
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 113 Animals
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Article V Pet Waste
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administration of Government
- Ch 8 (Reserved)
- Ch 12 (Reserved)
- Ch 16 (Reserved)
- Ch 20 (Reserved)
- Ch 23 (Reserved)
- Ch 26 (Reserved)
- Ch 29 (Reserved)
- Ch 35 (Reserved)
- Ch 38 Fire Department
- Ch 44 Health, Board of
- Ch 47 Historian, Local
- Ch 55 Library
- Ch 58 Local Assistance Board
- Ch 60 Local Emergency Management Council
- Ch 64 Meetings
- Ch 70 Officers and Employees
- Ch 73 Personnel
- Ch 75 Physician
- Ch 78 Police Department
- Ch 80 (Reserved)
- Ch 82 (Reserved)
- Ch 84 Purchasing
- Ch 88 Recreation Advisory Council
- Ch 89 Senior Citizen Transportation Services
- Ch 91 Senior Citizens Advisory Council
- Ch 93 Swimming Pool Commission
- Ch 96 (Reserved)
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 103 Air Pollution
- Ch 106 Alarm Systems
- Ch 108 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 110 Amusement Devices
- Ch 113 Animals
- Ch 113 Art V Pet Waste
- § 113-32 Purpose.
- § 113-33 Definitions.
- § 113-34 Disposal required.
- § 113-35 Exemption.
- § 113-36 Enforcement.
- § 113-37 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 114 Arts, Council on the
- Ch 115 Body Art Facilities
- Ch 117 Bowling and Skee-Ball Alleys and Poolrooms
- Ch 121 Building, Housing and Property Maintenance
- Ch 122 Vacant Property Registration and Maintenance
- Ch 124 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 130 Checks, Fraudulent
- Ch 134 Circuses, Carnivals and Traveling Shows
- Ch 140 Dance Halls
- Ch 143 Disabled Veteran Tax Refund
- Ch 147 Drugs
- Ch 151 Emergencies
- Ch 154 Filming
- Ch 155 Firearms
- Ch 157 Fire Prevention
- Ch 160 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 164 Games of Chance
- Ch 167 Golf Courses
- Ch 171 Graffiti
- Ch 178 Insurance
- Ch 182 Junkyards and Junk Dealers
- Ch 186 Landscaping
- Ch 188 Land Use
- Ch 203 Licenses
- Ch 207 Liquid-Fuel-Burning Equipment
- Ch 210 Loitering
- Ch 210A Public Urination and Defecation
- Ch 211 Schools
- Ch 212 Massage Parlors and/or Therapy Centers
- Ch 213 Salons and Ancillary Services
- Ch 214 Newsracks
- Ch 217 Noise
- Ch 220 Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 223 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 228 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 232 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 239 Records
- Ch 249 Sales
- Ch 253 Sewers
- Ch 257 Soil Removal
- Ch 261 Solid Waste
- Ch 265 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 269 Swimming Pools
- Ch 272 Taxation
- Ch 274 Taxicabs, Omnibuses, Jitneys and Liveries
- Ch 277 Tennis Courts
- Ch 279 Towing
- Ch 280 Trailers
- Ch 282 Tree Removal
- Ch 283 Trees and Shrubs
- Ch 288 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 291 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 295 Vending Machines
- Ch 300 Yard Waste
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 306 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 310 (Reserved)
- Ch 313 Electronic Smoking Device Establishments
- Ch 316 Communicable Diseases
- Ch 322 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 326 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 330 Graduate Nurse, Public Health
- Ch 336 Heat, Furnishing of
- Ch 341 Inspections
- Ch 345 Meat, Sale of
- Ch 349 Milk
- Ch 355 Personnel
- Ch 359 Poultry
- Ch 363 Records
- Ch 367 Rodent Control
- Ch 371 Rummage and Secondhand Sales
- Ch 375 Sanitation and Drainage
- Ch 381 Toilet Facilities
- Appendix
- Ch A390 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A391 Utilities
- Ch A392 Veterans Memorial Building and Property
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Added 3-25-2008]
The purpose of this article is to establish
requirements for the proper disposal of pet solid waste in the Township
of Hillside, so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and
to prescribe penalties for failure to comply with these requirements.
For the purpose of this article, the following
terms, phrases, words and, their derivations shall have the meanings
stated herein unless their use in the text of this chapter clearly
demonstrates a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context,
words used in the present tense include the future, words used in
the plural number include the singular number, and words used in the
singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always
mandatory and not merely directory.
That the pet solid waste is removed at once, without delay.
Any person who shall possess, maintain, house or harbor any
pet or otherwise have custody of any pet, whether or not the owner
of such pet.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
A domesticated animal (other than a disability assistance
animal) kept for amusement or companionship.
Waste matter expelled from the bowels of the pet; excrement.
Placement in a designated waste receptacle, or other suitable
container, and discarded in a refuse container which is regularly
emptied by the municipality or some other refuse collector; or disposal
into a system designed to convey domestic sewage for proper treatment
and disposal.
A.
All pet owners and keepers are required to ensure
the immediate proper disposal of their pet's solid waste deposited
on any property, public or private, not owned or possessed by that
person.
B.
In addition to Subsection A above, all dog owners and keepers are required to ensure that their dogs do not soil, defile, defecate on or commit any nuisance on any common thoroughfare, sidewalk, passageway, bypath, play area, park or any place where people congregate or walk, or upon any walk, or upon any public property whatsoever, or upon any private property without the permission of the owner of said property. The restriction in this subsection shall not apply to that portion of the street lying between the curblines, which shall be used to curb such dog under the following conditions:
Any owner or keeper who requires the use of
a disability assistance animal shall be exempt from the provisions
of this article while such animal is being used for that purpose.
The provisions of this article shall be enforced
by the Township of Hillside Police Department and the Board of Health.
