[1]
Editor's Note: The statute that provides for the licensing
of dogs in N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.1 et seq.
[1967 Code § 10-1]
As used in this article:
Any dog which has attained the age of seven months or which
possesses a set of permanent teeth.
Any establishment where the business of boarding, selling
or breeding dogs for sale is carried on, except for a pet shop.
Every person having a right of property in any dog and every
person who has a dog in his custody, and any person exercising control
over a dog or permitting a dog to remain on premises under his control.
Any place, other than a kennel, where dogs are kept or displayed
for sale.
An establishment for the confinement of dogs seized under
the provision of this article or otherwise.
Any establishment where dogs are kept or housed without charge.
Any dog which has attacked or bitten, or attempted to attack
or bite, any human being without provocation or which habitually attacks
other dogs or domestic animals, or destroys property.
[1967 Code § 10-2.1]
Licenses shall be required for the following dogs of licensing
age:
a.
Any dog owned and kept within the Borough on the first day of January
of any calendar year.
b.
Any dog acquired by any person during the course of any calendar
year and kept within the Borough for more than 10 days after acquisition.
c.
Any dog attaining licensing age during the course of the calendar
year.
d.
Any unlicensed dog brought into the Borough by any person and kept
within the Borough for more than 10 days.
e.
Any dog licensed by another state, brought into the Borough by any
person and kept within the Borough for more than 90 days.
[1967 Code § 10-2.1]
Only one license and registration tag shall be required in any
licensing year for any dog owned in New Jersey, and the license and
tag issued by any other municipality of this State shall be accepted
by the Borough as evidence of compliance with this article.
[1967 Code § 10-2.2; Ord. No. 07-03]
a.
Each application for a dog license shall be made to the Borough Clerk
and shall give the following information:
b.
Registration numbers shall be issued in the order in which applications
are received.
[1967 Code § 10-2.3]
Applications for licenses for dogs which are required to be licensed by the provisions of Subsection 5-2.1a shall be made before the last day of January of each year. In all other cases, the application for a license shall be made within 10 days of the date upon which the dog in question first becomes subject to the provision of this section.
[1967 Code § 10-2.4; Ord. No. 2007-22; Ord. No. 2009-15; Ord. No. 2011-17; Ord.
No. 2016-11 § 1]
The person applying for a license shall pay a fee of $19 for each neutered dog upon presentation of a certificate signed by a licensed veterinarian stating that the dog has been spayed or neutered, and $21 for each non-neutered dog. Applicant shall also pay a $1 New Jersey Registration Fee and a $0.20 New Jersey "Pilot Clinic Fund" fee. Applicant shall also pay a late charge of $5 when the application for the license is made beyond the time limit described in Subsection 5-2.4. The $5 late fee shall be in addition to any penalty prescribed by § 5-12.
The same fees shall be charged for the annual renewal for each
license. If a license tag has been misplaced or lost, the fee for
a duplicate license tag for that particular dog shall be $5.
[1967 Code § 10-2.5]
Each dog license and registration tag shall expire on the last
day of January of the year following the year in which it was issued.
[1967 Code § 10-2.6]
Dogs used as guides for blind persons and commonly known as
seeing eye dogs shall be licensed in the same manner as other dogs,
except the owner shall not be required to pay any fee.
[1967 Code § 10-6.1]
No person shall own a dog within the Borough of Bound Brook
unless it has been vaccinated against rabies.
[1967 Code § 10-6.2]
Vaccinations shall be performed by a veterinarian licensed to
practice in the State of New Jersey. The vaccine used shall be of
a type approved by and administered in accordance with the recommendations
of the United States Department of Agriculture and the United States
Department of Health, Education and Welfare and the dosage shall be
as recommended by the manufacturer. All dogs shall be revaccinated
before the expiration of the period of time for which the vaccine
used is known to be effective.
[1967 Code § 10-6.3]
a.
The Health Officer may exempt any dog from the provisions of the
vaccination requirements if there is presented to him a certificate
from a licensed veterinarian stating that it would be undesirable
to vaccinate a particular dog for a specified period of time because
of the dog's age, infirmity or other physical condition.
b.
No vaccination shall be required for any dog confined to a licensed
kennel, pet shop, shelter, pound or veterinary hospital.
[1967 Code § 10-6.4]
The fact that a dog has been vaccinated against rabies shall
be evidenced by a certificate from the veterinarian performing the
vaccination. The certificate shall either be on a form approved by
the Health Officer or a standard immunization certificate used by
the veterinarian. The certificate shall be presented to the Health
Officer within 10 days after each vaccination. In the case of dogs
vaccinated before being brought into the Borough, the certificate
shall be presented to the Health Officer within 10 days after the
dog is brought into the Borough.
[1967 Code § 10-6.5]
[1967 Code § 10-3.1]
No person shall operate a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound
within the Borough of Bound Brook without first having obtained a
license. Any person who operates or proposes to establish a kennel,
pet shop, shelter or pound shall apply to the Borough Clerk for a
license entitling him to keep or operate such establishment. Any person
holding such a license shall not be required to secure individual
licenses for dogs owned by him and kept at his establishment. Such
licenses shall not be transferable to another owner or different premises.
[1967 Code § 10-3.2]
The application shall contain the following information:
a.
The name and permanent and local address of the applicant.
b.
The street address where establishment is located, or proposed to
be located together with a general description of the premises.
c.
The purposes for which the establishment is to be maintained.
d.
The maximum number of dogs to be accommodated by such establishment
at any one time.
[1967 Code § 10-3.3]
No license shall be issued until the proposed licensee submits
a written statement from the Health Officer that the establishment
or proposed establishment complies with local and State rules governing
the location of and sanitation at such establishment.
[1967 Code § 10-3.4]
All licenses issued under this section shall state the purpose
for which the establishment is maintained and all such licenses shall
expire on the last day of January of each year.
[1967 Code § 10-3.5; amended 5-28-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-20]
The annual license fees for licenses issued under this section
shall be as follows:
[1967 Code § 10-3.6]
All licenses issued for a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound
shall be subject to revocation by the Mayor and Council on recommendation
of the State Department of Health or the Board of Health for failure
to comply with the rules and regulations of the State Department of
Health or the Borough Board of Health, after the owner has been afforded
a hearing by either the State Department of Health or the Borough
Board of Health.
Any person holding a license to establish, keep or operate a
kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall comply with all Borough ordinances
and the rules and regulations promulgated by the State Department
of Health governing the sanitary conduct and operation of such establishments,
the preservation of sanitation therein and the prevention of the spread
of rabies and other diseases of dogs within and from such establishments.
[1967 Code § 10-3.7]
The Borough Clerk shall forward to the State Department of Health
a list of all kennels, pet shops, shelters and pounds licensed within
30 days after the licenses therefor are issued, which list shall include
the names and addresses of the licensees and the kinds of license
issued.
[1967 Code § 10-3.8]
No dog kept in a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall be
permitted off such premises, except on leash or in a crate or other
safe control.
[Ord. No. 2017-03]
a.
ANIMAL CARE FACILITY
ANIMAL RESCUE ORGANIZATION
CAT
DOG
OFFER FOR SALE
PET SHOP
Definitions.
An animal control center or animal shelter, maintained by
or under contract with any State, County, or municipality, whose mission
and practice is, in whole, or significant part, the rescue and placement
of animals in permanent homes or rescue organizations.
Any not-for-profit organization which has tax-exempt status
under § 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue
Code, whose mission and practice is, in whole or in significant part,
the rescue and placement of animals in permanent homes.
A member of the species of domestic cat, Felis catus.
A member of the species of domestic dog, Canis familiaris.
To sell, offer for sale or adoption, advertise for the sale
of, barter, auction, give away or otherwise dispose of a dog or cat.
A retail establishment where dogs and cats are sold, exchanged,
bartered or offered for sale as pet animals to the general public
at retail. Such definition shall not include an animal care facility
or animal rescue organization, as defined.
b.
Restrictions on the sale of animals.
[1967 Code § 10-4]
a.
License
fees and other moneys collected or received under the provisions of
this article, except the registration tag fees, shall be forwarded
to the Borough Treasurer within 30 days after collection or receipt
and shall be placed in a special account separate from any of the
other accounts of the Borough and shall be used for the following
purposes only: Collecting, keeping and disposing of dogs liable to
seizure under this article; local prevention and control of rabies;
providing antirabic treatment under the direction of the local Board
of Health for any person known or suspected to have been exposed to
rabies; all other purposes prescribed by the statutes of New Jersey
governing the subject, and for administering the provisions of this
article.
b.
Any
unexpended balance remaining in such special account shall be retained
therein until the end of the third fiscal year following and may be
used for any of the purposes set forth in this section. At the end
of the third fiscal year following, and at the end of each fiscal
year thereafter, there shall be transferred from such special account
to the general funds of the Borough any amount then in such account
which is in excess of the total amount paid into the special account
during the last two fiscal years next preceding.
c.
The
New Jersey Registration Fee of $1, the New Jersey "Pilot Clinic Fund"
Fee of $0.20 and the additional $3 fee for a non-neutered dog shall
be forwarded within 30 days after collection by the Borough Clerk
to the State Department of Health.
[1967 Code § 10-2.7]
No person or group of persons shall be permitted to keep more
than four dogs outdoors on any residential property. It shall be presumptive
that a person has violated this section if more than four dogs are
kept on the property for more than a forty-eight-hour period. Any
person violating this section shall be liable, upon conviction, to
a fine of up to $1,000 each day of such violation.
[1967 Code § 10-5]
The Chief of Police or such officer as may be designated by
the Mayor and Council shall annually cause a canvass to be made of
all dogs owned, kept or harbored within the limits of the Borough
and shall report to the Borough Clerk, the Board of Health and to
the State Department of Health the results, setting forth in separate
columns the names and addresses of persons owning, keeping or harboring
such dogs, the number of licensed dogs owned, kept or harbored by
each person, together with the registration number of each dog and
the number of unlicensed dogs, owned by each person, together with
a complete description of each unlicensed dog.
[1967 Code § 10-7.1]
At the time of the issuance of each dog license, a metal registration
tag shall be issued for each dog licensed. All licensed dogs shall
wear a collar or harness with the registration tag for that dog securely
fastened to it.
[1967 Code § 10-7.2]
No person, except an officer in the performance of his duties,
shall remove a registration tag from the collar of any dog without
the consent of the owner, or attach a tag to a dog for which it was
not issued.
[1967 Code § 10-7.3]
No person shall own any dog which habitually barks or cries
in a manner that would disturb a reasonable person, particularly between
the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
[1967 Code § 10-7.4]
No person owning a dog shall permit it to run at large upon
the public streets, in any public park, in any public building, or
in any other public place within the Borough, nor permit a dog to
run at large upon private property without permission of the owner.
[1967 Code § 10-7.5]
No person owning a dog shall permit it to be upon the public
streets or in any other public place in the Borough unless the dog
is accompanied by a person capable of controlling it and is securely
fastened to an adequate leash not more than six feet long.
[1967 Code § 10-7.6]
a.
No person owning or in charge of any dog shall cause or allow the
dog to soil, defile, defecate on, or commit any nuisance on any common
thoroughfare, sidewalk, passageway, bypath, play area, park, or any
place where people congregate or walk, or upon any public property
whatsoever or upon any private property, without the permission of
the owner of the property.
b.
Any person owning or in charge of any dog which soils, defiles, defecates
on, or commits any nuisance on any common thoroughfare, sidewalk,
passageway, bypath, play area, park, or any place where people congregate
or walk, or upon any public property whatsoever, or upon any private
property, without the permission of the owner of the property, shall
immediately remove all feces deposited by any such dog, in a sanitary
manner.
c.
The feces removed from the aforementioned designated areas shall
be disposed of by the person owning or in charge of any such dog in
a sealed nonabsorbent, leakproof container.
d.
The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to blind persons
who may use dogs as guides.
[1967 Code § 10-8.1]
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to receive and investigate complaints against dogs. If he deems any dog complained of to be a vicious dog, as defined in § 5-1, he shall report his findings in writing to the Judge of the Municipal Court.
[1967 Code § 10-8.2]
The Judge of the Municipal Court shall notify in writing the
owner of an allegedly vicious dog that a complaint has been made and
require the owner to appear before him at a stated time and place
for a hearing. The Judge of the Municipal Court shall conduct the
hearing in the same manner as he would conduct the trial of a criminal
case. If the Judge of the Municipal Court decides that the dog complained
of is a vicious dog, he shall so notify the owner of the dog.
[1967 Code § 10-8.3]
No person owning or having control of a dog which has been determined
to be a vicious dog shall permit it to be off the property of the
owner without being securely muzzled and leashed.
[1967 Code § 10-9.1]
The Animal Control Officer and members of the Police Department
shall take into custody and impound any of the following dogs:
a.
Any dog running at large in violation of the provisions of this article.
b.
Any dog off the premises of the owner which the Animal Control Officer
or Police Officer has reason to believe is a stray dog.
c.
Any dog off the premises of the owner of the dog without current
registration tag on its collar.
d.
Any female dog in season off the premises of the owner.
[1967 Code § 10-9.2]
If any dog impounded or seized wears a registration tag, collar
or harness having inscribed on or attached to it the name and address
of any person or the owner of the dog, a notice shall immediately
be served on the person or the owner of the dog, a notice shall immediately
be served on the person whose address is given on the collar or on
the person owning the dog, stating that the dog has been seized and
will be liable to be disposed of or destroyed if not claimed within
seven days after the service of the notice. A notice under this subsection
may be served either by delivering it to the person on whom it is
to be served, 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 mail 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.
[1967 Code § 10-9.3]
Any impounded dog may be destroyed in as humane a manner as
possible under any of the following contingencies:
a.
When any dog seized has not been claimed by any person within seven
days after notice or within seven days of the dog's seizure when notice
cannot be given as set forth in the previous subsection.
b.
If the person owning the dog seized has not paid all expenses incurred
by reason of its seizure including a maintenance charge not to exceed
$1 per day.
c.
If the seized dog is unlicensed at the time of its seizure and the
person owning, keeping or harboring such dog has not procured a license
and registration tag as required by this article.
[1967 Code § 10-10.1]
When any dog attacks or bites a human being, the Health Officer
may order the owner of the dog to confine it, either on the owner's
premises or at any other reasonable location which the Health Officer
designates, for a period of at least 10 days. The expense of confining
the dog shall be borne by the owner.
[1967 Code § 10-10.2]
The Health Officer or any other person designated by the Board of Health shall have the right to examine any dog confined under the provisions of Subsection 5-10.1 at any reasonable time, including daily examinations, for a period of 10 days after the dog has attached or bitten any person to ascertain whether the animal shows symptoms of rabies.
[1967 Code § 10-10.3]
Regardless of whether or not the period of time from which the owner was directed to confine the dog has expired or not, no dog confined under the provisions of Subsection 5-10.1 shall be released from quarantine until the Board of Health issues a certificate of release. The certificate shall only be issued after either the person designated by the Board of Health to examine the dog or some other licensed veterinarian has certified in writing that the animal appears to be healthy and free from rabies.
[1967 Code § 10-10.4]
Whenever the Board of Health is notified by the State Department
of Health or determines as a result of its own investigation that
there is danger of an epidemic of rabies in the Borough of Bound Brook,
it shall order all persons owning or having custody of dogs in the
Borough to keep such dogs confined to their own premises. Notice that
an order has been issued may be either written or oral and may be
given personally, by mail, by publication in a newspaper circulating
in the Borough, by conspicuously posting it in public places, or by
any other method calculated to actually reach the persons affected.
[1967 Code § 10-11.1]
This article shall be enforced by the Police Department of the
Borough. The Mayor and Council shall have the power to appoint an
Animal Control Officer whose duty it shall be to cooperate with the
Police Department in enforcing this article.
[1967 Code § 10-11.2]
Any officer authorized or empowered to perform any duty under
this article may go upon any premises to seize for impounding any
dog which he may lawfully seize and impound when he is in immediate
pursuit of such dog, except upon the premises of the owner of the
dog if the owner is present and forbids it.
[1967 Code § 10-11.3]
No person shall interfere with anyone authorized or empowered
to perform any duty under this article.
[1967 Code § 10-11.4]
The Chief of Police shall make a quarterly report to the Mayor
and Council which shall indicate the following:
[Ord. No. 2017-03; Ord.
No. 2016-11 § 2]
Except as otherwise provided, any person who violates or who
fails or refuses to comply with this article shall be liable to a
penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $50 for each offense.
