As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ANIMAL
Any domesticated dog or cat or house pet, four-legged and
nonswimming or nonflying, which is oriented to an outside environment,
but not including livestock or other farm animals or game animals
subject to control by the State Game Commission.
CAT
Any member of the domestic feline species; male, female or
altered.
CAT VACCINATION AGE
Any cat which has attained the age of seven months or which
possesses a set of permanent teeth.
CERTIFIED ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER
A person 18 years of age or older who has satisfactorily
completed a course of study approved by the Commissioner of Health
on the control of animals and is a Township employee appointed by
the Mayor and Township Committee to implement animal control regulations
and issue licenses as required within this chapter; or, in the absence
of such officer, his designee.
CONTRACT
A legal document, authorized by the Township, with an animal
hospital, shelter or pound for the confinement of dogs seized under
the provisions of this chapter or otherwise.
DOG
Any dog, bitch or spayed bitch.
DOG OF LICENSING AGE
Any dog which has attained the age of seven months or which
possesses a set of permanent teeth.
IMPOUND FACILITY
An establishment for the confinement of dogs seized under
the provisions of this chapter or otherwise.
[Added 8-12-1996 by Ord.
No. 96-10]
KENNEL
Any establishment wherein or whereon the business of boarding
or selling dogs or breeding dogs for sale is carried on, except a
pet shop.
[Added 8-12-1996 by Ord.
No. 96-10]
OWNER
When applied to the proprietorship of a dog, includes every
person having a right of property in such dog and every person who
has such dog in his keeping.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, partnership, organization or
institution commonly recognized by law as a unit.
PET SHOP
Any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition pen, not part
of a kennel, wherein dogs for sale are kept or displayed.
[Added 8-12-1996 by Ord.
No. 96-10]
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DOG
Any dog declared potentially dangerous pursuant to the provisions
of N.J.S.A. 4:19-17 et seq., as amended.
REDEMPTION
The reclaiming of an animal confined in an animal hospital,
pound or shelter by its owner upon presentation of proof of possession
by license or other documentation.
REDEMPTION FEE
A minimum fee established by ordinance to defray boarding
and processing expenses incurred, including the time of the Animal
Control Officer in the pickup and delivery of the animal.
VICIOUS DOG
Any dog declared vicious pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A.
4:19-17 et seq., as amended.
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing
age shall annually, in the month of January, apply for and procure
from the Animal Control Warden a license and official metal registration
tag for each dog owned, kept or harbored and shall place upon each
dog a collar or harness with the registration tag securely fastened
thereto.
Metal registration tags, designed by the State Department of
Health, bearing the name of the Township of Knowlton and consecutively
numbered, shall be acquired with proof of spaying and/or neutering,
if applicable, and an unexpired rabies vaccination certificate with
the required fees. No license to own, keep or harbor a dog in the
Township of Knowlton shall be issued to or in the name of a minor.
Registration numbers shall be issued in the order of the application.
The owner of any newly acquired dog of licensing age shall make
application for such license and registration tag for such dog within
10 days after such acquisition or age attainment.
The Animal Control Warden shall forward to the State Department
of Health each month, on forms furnished by the State Department,
information contained within the licensing applications.
The Animal Control Officer of the Township of Knowlton shall,
promptly after February 1, annually, cause a canvass to be made of
all dogs owned, kept or harbored within the limits of the Township
and shall cause a report of the result thereof to be filed with the
Township Clerk in the manner and form required by this chapter.
The Animal Control Officer of the Township of Knowlton shall
cause the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, pursuant
to all selected state laws and regulations of the New Jersey Department
of Health.
The commercial raising of hogs in the Township is prohibited
over the number of 50 hogs and pigs. The hauling of garbage into the
Township for feeding the hogs is prohibited.
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the Animal
Control Officer, or designee, for the Township of Knowlton.