No owner, keeper or walker of any dog shall permit his or her
dog to discharge its feces upon any public or private property within
the Borough, other than property on which the owner or keeper of such
dog lives, if such owner, keeper or walker does not immediately thereafter
remove and dispose of in a sanitary manner such feces from the public
or private property.
[Added 4-18-1983 by Ord.
No. 562; amended 7-15-1991 by Ord. No. 703; 5-18-1998 by Ord. No. 796; 9-24-2012 by Ord. No. 999; 2-24-2014 by Ord. No. 1011]
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter
shall be subject to the following penalties, except where otherwise
required by state law (e.g., N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.19; N.J.S.A. 26:4-94):
A. First offense: $50 fine. No court appearance shall be required if
the fine is paid in full prior to the scheduled court date.
B. Second offense: $100 fine. No court appearance shall be required
if the fine is paid in full prior to the scheduled court date.
C. Third or subsequent offense: a fine not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment
in the county jail for not more than 90 days or a period of community
service not to exceed 90 days, or all of the above, at the discretion
of the Judge imposing the same.
[Added 5-18-1998 by Ord.
No. 796]
A. All provisions of N.J.S.A. 4:19-17 et seq. (P.L. 1989, c. 307, as
amended) are hereby adopted in their entirety and are recognized as
the controlling regulations and procedures governing the treatment
of vicious or potentially dangerous dogs.
B. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-31, the sum to be paid annually for a potentially
dangerous dog license and each renewal thereof shall be $700.