Orange Township, NJ
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2023-11-08
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Part II General Legislation
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Chapter 80 Dogs and Other Animals
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Article III Dog Licensing Regulations
- Part I Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administration of Government
- Ch 7 Affirmative Action
- Ch 12 Community Center
- Ch 13 Computer Operations
- Ch 14 Court, Municipal
- Ch 15 Deputy Tax Collector
- Ch 15A Education, Board of
- Ch 15B Environmental Commission
- Ch 16 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 18 Fire Department
- Ch 19 Insurance Fund Commission
- Ch 21 Officers and Employees
- Ch 22 Reserved
- Ch 23 Personnel Policies and Procedures
- Ch 24 Defense Against Civil or Criminal Charges — Local Public Employees, Appointees and Officials
- Ch 26 Police Department
- Ch 27 Public Contracts
- Ch 28 Publicly Owned Property and Buildings
- Ch 29 Publicly Owned Streets — Honorary or Commemorative Naming or Dedications
- Ch 32 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 35 Solid Waste Authority
- Ch 36 Supervisor, Streets, Public Works
- Ch 38 Tape-Recorded Conversations
- Ch 39 Water-Sewer Utility
- Part II General Legislation
- Ch 43 Advertising, Handbills and Displays
- Ch 46 Air Pollution
- Ch 49 Alarm Systems
- Ch 51 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 54 Amusements and Entertainment
- Ch 57 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 58 Automobile Paint, Repair and Service Shops
- Ch 60 Barbershops and Beauty Parlors
- Ch 64 Bicycles
- Ch 67 Buildings, Dangerous and Unfit
- Ch 69 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 71 Buildings, Security of
- Ch 74 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 77 Curfew
- Ch 80 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 80 Art III Dog Licensing Regulations
- § 80-17 License required; time for application.
- § 80-18 Application procedure; records and reports.
- § 80-19 Fees; fee exemptions.
- § 80-20 Tampering with tags restricted.
- Ch 84 Drugs
- Ch 88 Fees
- Ch 90 Film and Digital Entertainment Production
- Ch 91 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 93 Fire Prevention
- Ch 95 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 98 Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 102 Games of Chance on Sunday
- Ch 105 Garage and Casual Sales
- Ch 107 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 109 Gasoline Stations
- Ch 112 Graffiti
- Ch 115 Illicit Connections to Municipal Storm Sewer System Prohibited
- Ch 116 Junk and Junk Dealers
- Ch 120 Landscapers
- Ch 122 Laundries and Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 124 Liability Insurance Registration
- Ch 125 Libraries, Use of
- Ch 125A Licenses
- Ch 126 Littering
- Ch 129 Loitering
- Ch 133 Milk and Milk Products
- Ch 135 Mobile Telephones
- Ch 138 Noise
- Ch 142 Parking Lots
- Ch 145 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 147 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 148 Pay Telephones
- Ch 150 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 152 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 153 Portable Lavatories
- Ch 156 Property Maintenance
- Ch 162 Recreation Facilities
- Ch 166 Rent Control; Rental Property Registration
- Ch 167 Retail Establishments
- Ch 169 Safety Regulations
- Ch 170 Sales, Special and Forced
- Ch 172 Security Devices
- Ch 173 Security Funds for Multiple Dwellings
- Ch 175 Sewers
- Ch 178 Shopping Carts
- Ch 179 Sidewalk Cafes
- Ch 180 Smoking on Public Property; Tobacco Retail Establishments
- Ch 181 Soil Removal
- Ch 185 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 187 Taxation
- Ch 188 Taxicabs
- Ch 189 Auto Liveries
- Ch 190 Towing
- Ch 192 Vacant Housing
- Ch 195 Vehicle Dealers, New and Used
- Ch 197 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 198 Vehicles Abandoned on Private or Public Property Other Than Streets
- Ch 200 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 201 Volleyball Courts
- Ch 203 Water
- Ch 206 Wreckers and Tow Trucks
- Ch 210 Development Regulations
- Ch 211 Special Needs Registry
- Appendix
- Ch A215 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A216 Street Specifications
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 11-5-69 by Ord. No. 129-69]
A.
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing age shall,
in the month of January, annually, apply for and procure from the
Health and Welfare Department a license and official metal registration
tag for each such dog so owned, kept or harbored and shall place upon
each such dog a collar or harness with the registration tag securely
fastened thereto.
B.
The owner of any newly acquired dog of licensing age or of any dog
which attains licensing age shall make application for a license and
registration tag for such dog within ten (10) days after such acquisition
or age attainment.
C.
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the city any dog licensed in another state for the current year and bearing a registration tag and who shall keep the same or permit the same to be kept within the city for a period of more than ninety (90) days shall immediately apply for a license and registration tag for each such dog, unless such dog is licensed under § 80-21.
The application for a dog license shall state the breed, sex,
age, color and markings of the dog for which the license and registration
are sought, and whether it is of a long- or short-haired variety;
also the name, street and post office address of the owner and the
person who shall keep or harbor such dog. The information on such
application and the registration number issued for the dog shall be
preserved for a period of three (3) years by the Health and Welfare
Department. In addition, the Health and Welfare Department shall forward
similar information to the State Department of Health each month,
on forms furnished by the Department. Registration numbers shall be
issued in the order of the applications.
[Amended 3-7-78 by Ord. No. 13-78; 4-2-80 by Ord. No. 12-80; 10-6-81 by Ord. No. 49-81]
A.
The person applying for the license and registration tag shall pay the fee as provided in Chapter 88, Fees, for each dog license, and in addition thereto, the sum as provided in Chapter 88, Fees, for the registration tag of each dog registered; and for each annual renewal, the fee for the license and registration tag shall be the same as the original license and tag; and said licenses and registration tags and renewal thereof shall expire on the 31st day of December in each year.
[Amended 5-18-1982 by Ord. No. 16-82]
B.
Dogs used as guides for blind persons, and commonly known as "Seeing
Eye" dogs, shall be licensed and registered as other dogs, except
that the owner or keeper of such dog or dogs shall not be required
to pay a fee.
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, nor shall any person attach a registration
tag to a dog for which it was not issued.
