Editor's Note: See also Chapter V, Animal Control, of the Revised
General Ordinances.
[1973 Code § BH:14-1]
No person shall keep, harbor or maintain more than three (3)
animals within one hundred (100) feet from any building used for residential
purposes or closer than fifty (50) feet from any property line without
first having been issued a permit to do so by the Board of Health.
Such permit shall not give the right to slaughter or dress animals.
[1973 Code § BH:14-2; New]
The fee for the issuance of a permit to keep animals shall be
one hundred ($100.00) dollars.
[1973 Code § BH:14-3]
No person shall keep roosters on any premises where houses are
closer than two hundred (200) feet apart.
No person shall permit any food or the droppings from any food
to be accessible to rats, mice or vermin.
No person shall keep, harbor or maintain any horses closer than
two hundred (200) feet from any building used for residential purposes
closer than fifty (50) feet from any property line.
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 27-2021 amended this section, Curbing of Dogs, in entirety. Prior history includes 1973 Code § BH:14-4.1 through § 14-4.3.]
[Added 11-23-2021 by Ord.
No. 27-2021]
Shall mean that the pet solid waste is removed at once, without
delay.
Shall mean any person who shall possess, maintain, house
or harbor any pet or otherwise have custody of any pet, whether or
not the owner of such pet.
Shall mean a domesticated animal (other than a disability
assistance animal) kept foramusement or companionship.
Shall mean waste matter expelled from the bowels of the pet;
excrement.
Shall mean placement in a designated waste receptacle, or
other suitable container, and discarded in a refuse container which
is regularly emptied by the municipality or some other refuse collector;
or disposal into a system designed to convey domestic sewage for proper
treatment and disposal.
[Added 11-23-2021 by Ord.
No. 27-2021]
No Person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of any pet
shall cause, suffer, or allow such animal to soil, defecate on or
create 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 permission of the owner of said property.
[Added 11-23-2021 by Ord.
No. 27-2021]
All pet owners and keepers are required to immediately and properly
dispose of their pet's solid waste deposited on any property,
public or private, not owned or possessed by that person.
[Added 11-23-2021 by Ord.
No. 27-2021]
The following materials may be used in the removal of feces:
a.
Sealed nonabsorbent leakproof container.
b.
Sealed plastic bag.
c.
A covered instrument which is nonabsorbent and leakproof.
d.
An instrument which has an open and close type cover, provided it
is nonabsorbent and leakproof.
e.
Any material in sheet form that is flexible and can be made to seal,
provided it is nonabsorbent and leakproof, such as aluminum foil,
plastic wrap, etc.
[Added 11-23-2021 by Ord.
No. 27-2021]
Any owner or keeper who requires the use of a disability assistance
animal shall be exempt from the provisions of this section while such
animal is being used for that purpose.
[Added 11-23-2021 by Ord.
No. 27-2021]
The provisions of this section shall be enforced by the Roseland
Police Department and the Roseland Board of Health.
[Added 11-23-2021 by Ord.
No. 27-2021]
Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions
of this section shall be subject to a fine not of not less than $100
nor more than $500 for each offense, to be recovered by and in the
name of the Roseland Board of Health or by and in the name of the
Borough of Roseland.
[New]
Any person who violates or who fails or refuses to comply with
this chapter shall be liable to a penalty of not less than one hundred
($100.00) dollars nor more than five hundred ($500.00) dollars for
each offense, to be recovered by and in the name of the Roseland Board
of Health or by and in the name of the Borough of Roseland.
