Every person who shall own, keep or harbor any dog or dogs,
either male or female, within the boundaries of the Borough of Bellmawr
shall have the same registered and numbered with the Borough Clerk
and shall place upon each dog so registered a tag having the registration
number engraved thereon.
It shall be the duty of the Borough Clerk to provide a book for the purpose of registering the owner's name of every dog and the number, numbering them in the order of the owner's applying for such registration and giving to each person information of the registered number thereof. The person applying for such registration shall pay the sum as provided in Chapter
210, Fees, for each dog thus registered, which shall be deposited in the proper Borough fund.
No person or persons shall hinder or molest any person or persons
who may be engaged in the carrying into effect of any of the provisions
of this article.
Any person in the Borough who owns, keeps or harbors any vicious dog or dogs in such manner that such dog or dogs shall become a menace to public safety shall be deemed disorderly and liable to arrest on such charge; provided, however, that he or she shall have received notice in writing three days before any issue of summons or warrant to forthwith abate such public menace. Failure to obey this section will cause the owner of such vicious dog as above mentioned to be subject to the penalty imposed in §
137-17.
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than
$2,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days or a period
of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof.