A.Â
CAT
DOG
DOG OR CAT OF LICENSING AGE
KENNEL
OWNER
PERSON
PET SHOP
POUND
SHELTER
The words hereinafter defined shall have the meanings herein indicated
for the purpose of this article as follows:
Any cat, male or female.
Any dog, bitch or spayed bitch.
Any dog or cat which has attained the age of seven months
or which possesses a set of permanent teeth.
Any establishment wherein or whereon the business of boarding
or selling dogs and cats or breeding dogs and cats for sale is carried
on, except a pet shop.
When applied to the proprietorship of a dog or cat, includes
every person having a right of property in such dog or cat and every
person who has such dog or cat in his keeping.
An individual, firm, partnership, corporation or association
of persons.
Any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition pen, not part
of a kennel, wherein dogs and cats for sale are kept or displayed.
An establishment for the confinement of dogs and cats seized,
either under the provision of this article or otherwise.
Any establishment where dogs and cats are received, housed
and distributed without charge.
B.Â
Word usage.
(1)Â
The words "and" and "or" may be used interchangeably, and either
of the two may be applicable, whichever is the more conducive towards
the effectuating of this article.
(2)Â
Personal pronouns shall mean either the singular or the plural, whichever
is applicable and conducive towards the effectuating of this article.
A.Â
No person shall keep or harbor any dog or cat within the Borough
of Penns Grove without first obtaining a license therefor, to be obtained
upon application to the Clerk of the Borough of Penns Grove by the
owner with payment of the prescribed fee, and no person shall keep
or harbor any dog or cat in said Borough except in compliance with
the provisions of this article.
B.Â
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog or cat of licensing
age shall, in the month of January of each year, apply for and procure
from the Clerk of the Borough of Penns Grove a license and official
metal registration tag for each such dog or cat so owned, kept or
harbored and shall place upon each dog or cat a collar or harness
with the registration tag securely fastened thereto.
C.Â
The person applying for the license and registration tag shall pay
a fee of $15 for each dog or cat for the registration and tag, unless
such person shall present, at the time of application, a certificate
signed by a licensed veterinarian stating that the dog or cat has
been spayed or neutered, in which case the fee to be paid shall be
$12. The fee for renewal of said license and tag shall be the same
as the original fee and be due the month of January of each year.
[Amended 4-4-2007 by Ord.
No. 2007-7]
D.Â
Dogs used for guides for blind persons and commonly known as "Seeing
Eye" dogs shall be licensed and registration issued as other dogs
heretofore provided for, except that the owner or keeper of such dog
shall not be required to pay any fee therefor.
E.Â
The application shall state the breed, sex, age, color and marking
of the dog or cat for which license and registration are sought and
whether it is of a long- or short-haired variety; also, the name and
street or post office address of the owner and the persons who shall
keep or harbor such dog or cat. The information on said application
and the registration number issued for the dog or cat shall be preserved
for three years by the Clerk of the Borough. In addition, he shall
forward similar information to the State Department of Health each
month on forms furnished by said Department. Registration numbers
shall be issued in the order of the application.
F.Â
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Borough
of Penns Grove any dog or cat licensed in another state for the current
year and bearing a registration tag and permit said dog or cat to
be kept within the Borough of Penns Grove for a period of more than
90 days shall immediately apply for a license and registration tag
for said dog or cat.
G.Â
Any person who shall bring into the Borough of Penns Grove any unlicensed
dog or cat and shall keep the same or permit the same to be kept within
the Borough for a period of more than 10 days shall immediately apply
for a license and registration tag for said dog or cat.
All fees or moneys that are received for this article shall
be forwarded to the Clerk of the Borough of Penns Grove to be deposited
in an account hereby referred to as the "Canine and Feline Control
Account" at the end of each and every month; provided, however, that
the registration tag fees shall be forwarded to the State Department
of Health within 30 days. This Canine and Feline Control Account will
be utilized in conjunction with the existing dog and cat account appropriated
by the Mayor and Council.
A.Â
The Borough Council shall have the power to appoint a certified Animal
Control Officer, whose duty it shall be to enforce the provisions
of this article and to impound unlicensed dogs and cats running at
large in violation of the provisions of this article.
B.Â
The Animal Control Officer of the Borough shall promptly after February
1 of each year cause a canvass to be made of all dogs and cats owned,
kept or harbored within the limits of the Borough of Penns Grove and
shall report to the Clerk of the Borough, the Board of Health of the
Borough and the State Department of Health the results thereof or
setting in separate columns the names and addresses of persons owning,
keeping or harboring such dogs and cats and the number of licensed
dogs and cats, together with a complete description of each said licensed
dog and cat.
[Amended 9-21-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-16]
A.Â
The Animal Control Officer of the Borough of Penns Grove shall take
into custody and impound and dispose of as provided in this section:
(1)Â
Any dog off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or
harboring said dog which said official or his agent or agents have
reason to believe is a stray dog.
(2)Â
Any dog off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or
harboring said dog without a current registration tag on his collar.
(3)Â
Any female dog in season off the premises of the owner or of the
person keeping or harboring said dog.
(4)Â
Any dog or other animal which is suspected to be rabid.
(5)Â
Any dog or other animal off the premises of the owner reported to,
or observed by, a certified Animal Control Officer to be ill, injured
or creating a threat to public health, safety or welfare, or otherwise
interfering with the enjoyment of property.
B.Â
If any animal so seized wears a collar or harness having inscribed
thereon or attached thereto the name and address of any person or
a registration tag, or the owner or the person keeping or harboring
said animal is known, the Animal Control Officer shall serve on said
person a notice, in writing, stating that the animal has been seized
and will be liable to be offered for adoption or destroyed if not
claimed within seven days after the service of the notice in accordance
with N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.16. A notice under this section may be served
either by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served or
by leaving it at the person's usual or last known place of abode,
or at the address given on the collar, or by forwarding it by post
in a prepaid letter addressed to that person at his usual or last
known place of abode, or to the address given on the collar.
C.Â
Any officer or agent authorized or empowered to perform any duty
under this article is hereby authorized to go upon any premises to
seize and impound when such officer is in immediate pursuit of such
dog or cat, except upon the premises of the owner of the dog or cat
if said owner is present and forbids the same.
D.Â
No person shall hinder, molest or interfere with anyone performing
any duty which he is authorized or empowered to perform under this
article.
[Amended 9-21-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-16]
A.Â
No person owning, keeping or harboring any animal shall allow, permit
or suffer it or permit it to run at large upon another's lands,
whether public or private, without first obtaining the owner's
consent. Dogs and cats, when off the property of their owner or keeper,
shall at times be under leash and within the actual physical control
of such owner or keeper and not merely within such person's call.
Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit or prohibit the
normal use of hunting dogs in appropriate areas during the normal
hunting season.
B.Â
The Animal Control Officer or his agent shall take into custody and impound or cause to be taken into custody and impounded, and thereafter destroyed or offered for adoption as provided in § 181-5B, any dog running at large in the Borough of Penns Grove. This shall include any dog off the premises of the owner or the person keeping or harboring such dog unless said dog is restrained on a leash as hereinbefore provided.
No person who owns, keeps, harbors or possesses any dog or dogs
or any cat or cats shall suffer or permit such dog or dogs or such
cat or cats to annoy neighbors and other persons living in his immediate
vicinity by loud or continued barking or howling. When a complaint
shall be made in writing, under oath, by two or more persons that
such barking or howling is continued for unreasonable periods of time
to the annoyance and discomfort of the complainants and their neighbors,
so that it can be established that such barking or howling is a nuisance
to the immediate neighborhood, then such owner or keeper shall cause
such barking or howling to immediately cease or terminate. Should
such barking or howling again occur, the owner or keeper of such dog
or cat shall be deemed to have violated the provisions of this section
and shall be subject to the penalty set forth for this article.
[Amended 7-5-2017 by Ord.
No. 2017-5]
Unless otherwise provided in N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.19, any person who shall violate any of the provisions of any part of this article, hereby referred to as the "Dog and Cat Ordinance," shall, upon conviction by the Municipal Court, be subject to a penalty as provided in § 1-2 of this Code.