[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
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.
OWNER
When applied to the proprietorship of a dog, shall include every person having a right of property in that dog and every person who has that dog in his keeping, and when applied to the proprietorship of any other animal, including, but not limited to, a cat, shall include every person having a right of property in that animal and every person who has that animal in his keeping.
A. 
Every dog shall be duly licensed in accordance with N.J.S.A. 4:19-15 et seq. and shall bear evidence of such license at all times. The annual fees for such licenses shall be found in Chapter 156, Fees, § 156-4A(1).
B. 
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-16 et seq. and N.J.S.A. 4:19-31, the annual license fee for a potentially dangerous dog shall be found in Chapter 156, Fees, § 156-4A(2).
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
A. 
Application for licenses for dogs which are required to be licensed 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.
B. 
The license and registrations shall expire on January 31 of the year following the year in which it was issued.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Licenses shall be required for the following dogs of licensing age:
A. 
Dogs 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.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
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 section.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Dogs used as guides for blind persons and commonly known as "Seeing Eye" dogs, dogs used to assist handicapped persons and commonly known as "service dogs," or dogs used to assist deaf persons and commonly known as "hearing ear" dogs shall be licensed and registered as other dogs hereinabove provided for, except that the owner or keeper of such dog shall not be required to pay any fee therefor.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
No Municipal Clerk or other official designated by the governing body shall grant any such license and official metal registration tag for any dog unless the owner thereof provides evidence that the dog to be licensed and registered has been inoculated with a rabies vaccine 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, or has been certified exempt as provided by regulations of the State Department of Health. Such vaccination shall be repeated at intervals as provided by regulations of the State Department of Health, and shall be administered by a duly licensed veterinarian or by such other veterinarian permitted by law to do the same. The State Department of Health shall promulgate regulations providing for the recognized duration of immunity, interval of inoculation, certificate of vaccination, certificate of exemption, and such other matters related to this act.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
A. 
Any person who violates or who fails or refuses to comply with N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.2, Dogs; license and metal registration tag required; placing tag on dogs; guide dogs or service dogs, N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.4, Time for applying for license; N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.6, Dogs brought into State; N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.7, Removing tag from dog without owner's consent; attaching tag to another dog; N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.8, License for kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound; N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.10, Kennels, pet shops, shelters or pounds; permitting dogs to go off premises; and N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.18, Interfering with persons performing duties under Act, or the rules and regulations promulgated by the State Department of Health pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.14, shall be liable to a penalty of $50 for each offense.
B. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section for which no other penalty is established shall be liable, upon conviction, to the penalty established in Chapter I, Article III.