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.
[Amended 9-21-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-16]
A. 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) 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) 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) Any female dog in season off the premises of the owner or of the
person keeping or harboring said dog.
(4) Any dog or other animal which is suspected to be rabid.
(5) 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.