[1982 Code § 95-1]
As used in this chapter:
Shall mean any dog, bitch or spayed bitch.
Shall mean any dog which has attained the age of six (6)
months or which possesses a set of permanent teeth.
Shall mean any person exercising control over a dog or permitting
a dog to remain on premises under his control.
Shall mean any establishment where the business of boarding
or selling dogs or breeding dogs for sale is carried on, except a
pet shop.
Shall mean any dog of reproductive age which has not had
its reproductive capacity permanently altered through sterilization.
When applied to the proprietorship of a dog, shall mean and
include every person having a right of property in such dog and every
person who has such dog in his keeping.
Shall mean any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition
pen, not part of a kennel, where dogs are kept for sale or displayed.
Shall mean any establishment for the confinement of dogs
seized either under the provisions of this chapter or otherwise.
Shall mean any establishment where dogs are received, housed
and distributed without charge.
Shall mean any dog which has been declared by a Judge of
the Municipal Court to be a vicious dog which has attacked or bitten
any human being or which habitually attacks other dogs or domestic
animals.
[1982 Code § 95-2A]
A license shall be required for any dog over six (6) months
old, either male or female, owned or kept within the Borough.
[1982 Code § 95-2A]
The Dog Licensing Agent of the Borough shall not grant any such
license or 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.
[1982 Code § 95-2B]
Each application for a license under this section shall give
the following information:
[1982 Code § 95-2C]
An application for license shall be made in the month of January
of each year or within ten (10) days of the day upon which the dog
reaches the age of six (6) months.
[1982 Code § 95-2F]
Each dog license and registration tag shall expire on January
31 in each year.
[1982 Code § 95-2D]
The information contained on an application and the registration
number issued to each licensed dog shall be preserved for a period
of three (3) years by the Borough Clerk. He shall forward similar
information to the State Department of Health each month on forms
furnished by the Department.
[1982 Code § 95-2E; Ord. No. 1235-16-07; Ord. No. 1359-14-12]
There shall be an annual licensing fee of twenty-one ($21.00)
dollars and an annual registration fee of one dollar and twenty ($1.20)
cents for each dog. Moreover, pursuant to the Animal Population Control
Program, there will be an additional three ($3.00) dollars on all
licenses issued for nonspayed and nonneutered dogs. The annual license
fee for potentially dangerous dogs as determined pursuant to N.J.S.A.
4:19-31 et seq. shall be seven hundred ($700.00) dollars.
[N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.3]
License forms and uniform official metal registration tags designed
by the State Department of Health shall be furnished by the municipality
and shall be numbered serially and shall bear the year of issuance
and the name of the municipality.
[1982 Code § 95-2B, L, M]
a.
Issuance. Registration numbers shall be issued in the order in which
the applications are received.
b.
Dogs Required to Wear Tag. Each dog which is required by the provisions
of this section to be licensed shall wear a collar or harness with
its registration tag securely fastened thereto.
c.
Removal or Misuse of Tags. No person, except an officer in the performance
of his duties, shall remove a registration tag from the collar of
a dog without the consent of its owner, nor shall any person attach
a registration tag to a dog for which it was not issued.
[1982 Code § 95-2G; N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.3]
a.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to a dog licensed under Section 5-3, Pet Shops, Kennels, Shelters and Pounds.
b.
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.
[1982 Code § 95-4]
a.
License fees and other moneys collected or received under the provisions
of this section shall be forwarded to the Treasurer and/or placed
in a special account separate from any of the other accounts of the
Borough within forty-eight (48) hours after collection or receipt.
Such fees shall be used for the following purposes only: collecting,
keeping and disposing of dogs liable to seizure under this chapter;
local prevention and control of rabies; providing antirabies 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 chapter. Any unexpended balance remaining in
the special account shall be retained 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 the special account to the general funds of the Borough any amount
which is in excess of the total amount paid into the special account
during the last two (2) fiscal years next preceding.
b.
The registration tag fee of fifty ($0.50) cents for each dog shall
be forwarded within thirty (30) days after collection by the Borough
Clerk to the State Department of Health.
[N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.3; N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.6]
a.
Only one (1) license registration tag shall be required in any licensing
year for any dog owned in New Jersey, and such license and tag shall
be accepted by all municipalities.
b.
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into this State
any dog licensed in another state for the current year, and bearing
a registration tag, and shall keep the same or permit the same to
be kept within the State for a period of more than ninety (90) days
shall immediately apply for a license and registration tag for each
such dog.
c.
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into this State
any unlicensed dog and shall keep the same or permit the same to be
kept within the State for a period of more than ten (10) days shall
immediately apply for a license and registration tag for each such
dog.
[1982 Code § 95-3A]
Any person who keeps or 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.
A person holding such license shall not be required to secure individual
licenses for dogs owned by him and kept at such establishments. Such
licenses shall not be transferable to another owner or different premises.
[1982 Code § 95-3B]
The application shall contain the following information:
a.
The name and permanent and local address of the applicant.
b.
The street address where the establishment is located or proposed
to be located, together with a general description of the premises.
c.
The purposes for which it is to be maintained.
d.
The maximum number of dogs to be accommodated by such establishment
at any one time.
[1982 Code § 95-3C]
No license shall be issued until the applicant 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.
[1982 Code § 95-3D]
Each license issued for a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound
shall state the purpose for which the establishment is maintained
and shall expire on the last day of January of each year.
[1982 Code § 95-3E; Ord. No. 1359-14-12]
The annual license fee for a kennel providing accommodations
for ten (10) or less dogs shall be ten ($10.00) dollars and for more
than ten (10) dogs twenty-five ($25.00) dollars. The annual license
fee for a pet shop shall be ten ($10.00) dollars. No fee shall be
charged for a shelter or pound.
[1982 Code § 95-3F]
a.
Each license issued for a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall
be subject to revocation by the Borough Council on recommendation
of the State Department of Health or the Board of Health for failure
to comply with their rules and regulations, after the owner has been
afforded a hearing by either the State Department of Health or the
Board of Health.
b.
A 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.
[1982 Code § 95-3G]
The Borough Clerk shall forward to the State Department of Health
a list of all kennels, pet shops, shelters and pounds within thirty
(30) days after the licenses therefor are issued, which list shall
include the name and address of the licensee and the kind of license
issued.
[1982 Code § 95-3H]
No dog kept in a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall be
permitted off the premises except on leash or in a crate or other
safe control.
[Ord. No. 1463-12-16]
a.
ANIMAL CARE FACILITY
ANIMAL RESCUE ORGANIZATION
CAT
DOG
OFFER FOR SALE
PET SHOP
Definitions.
Shall mean 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.
Shall mean any not-for-profit organization which has tax-exempt
status under Section 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.
Shall mean a member of the species of domestic cat, Felis
catus.
Shall mean a member of the species of domestic dog, Canis
familiaris.
Shall mean to sell, offer for sale or adoption, advertise
for the sale of, barter, auction, give away or otherwise dispose of
a dog or cat.
Shall mean 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.
[1982 Code § 158-5B]
a.
The
word "dog" as used in this subsection shall include all dogs, bitches
or spayed bitches over the age of six (6) months.
b.
It
shall be a public nuisance for any individual or group of individuals
occupying a residential unit to shelter, keep, harbor or feed more
than three (3) dogs at any one (1) time.
[1982 Code § 95-5]
The Chief of Police shall annually cause a canvass to be made
of all dogs owned, kept or harbored within the Borough and shall report
to the Borough Clerk, the Board of Health and the State Department
of Health the results thereof, setting forth in separate columns the
names and addresses of persons owning, keeping or harboring dogs,
the number of licensed dogs owned, kept or harbored by each person,
together with the registration number of each dog; the number of unlicensed
dogs owned, kept or harbored by each person, together with a complete
description of each unlicensed dog.
[1982 Code § 95-6A]
The Animal Control Officer shall take into custody and impound,
or cause to be taken into custody and impounded, any of the following
dogs:
a.
Any unlicensed dog running at large in violation of the provisions
of this chapter.
b.
Any dog off the premises of its owner or of the person keeping or
harboring it which the Animal Control Officer or his agent has reason
to believe is a stray dog.
c.
Any dog off the premises of its owner or of the person keeping or
harboring it without a current registration tag on its collar.
d.
Any female dog in season off the premises of its owner or of the
person keeping or harboring it.
e.
Any dog which has been determined to be a vicious dog, provided that
it may also be seized by a Police Officer, and if it cannot be seized
with safety, it may be killed.
[1982 Code § 95-6B]
Any officer or agent authorized or empowered to perform any
duty under this chapter is authorized to 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
its owner if he is present and forbids same.
[1982 Code § 95-6C]
a.
If a dog so impounded or seized wears a registration tag, collar
or harness having inscribed thereon or attached thereto the name and
address of any person or of its owner, or the person keeping or harboring
the dog is known, the Animal Control Officer shall immediately serve
on the person whose address is given on the collar, or on the person
owning, keeping or harboring the dog, a written notice stating that
the dog has been seized and will be liable to be disposed of or destroyed
if not claimed within seven (7) days after service of the notice.
b.
A notice under this section may be served 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 address given on the collar.
[1982 Code § 95-6D]
The Animal Control Officer is authorized and empowered to cause
the destruction of an unclaimed dog, in as humane a manner as possible,
under any of the following contingencies:
a.
When the dog has not been claimed by the person owning, keeping or
harboring it within seven (7) days after notice or within seven (7)
days of the dog's detention when notice has not been or cannot be
given.
b.
If the person owning, keeping or harboring the dog has not claimed
it and has not paid all expenses incurred by reason of its detention,
including maintenance.
c.
If the dog is unlicensed at the time of its seizure and the person
owning, keeping or harboring it does not procure a license and registration
tag as provided in this chapter.
[1982 Code § 95-7]
The Borough Council may, by proclamation, require all dogs to
be quarantined during such period in each year as may seem advisable.
[1982 Code § 95-8]
The Borough Council shall have the power to appoint an Animal
Control Officer, whose duty it shall be to enforce the provisions
of this chapter. The Council shall also have the power to appoint
one (1) or more persons, to be known as "Dogcatchers," who may impound
unlicensed dogs running at large in violation of the provisions of
this chapter and who shall make monthly and annual reports to the
Council.
[1982 Code § 95-9; Ord. No. 1359-14-12]
[1982 Code § 95-10A, B, C]
a.
Curbing Required. No person owning, keeping or harboring a dog shall
permit or suffer it to do any injury or to do any damage to any lawn,
shrubbery, flowers, grounds or property, or permit such dog to soil
or defile or to commit any nuisance upon any sidewalk of any public
street or thoroughfare or in or upon any public building or any approach
to such building from the street, or in or upon any public park, public
playground or school playground, play area, or in or upon the property
of persons other than the owner, person or persons owning or having
the care, custody or control of such dog; provided, however, for the
purpose of this subsection, the above-mentioned restrictions shall
not apply to the portion of the street within the curblines, which
area shall be used to curb the dog.
b.
Nuisances on Private Property. No person being the owner or in charge
or control of any dog shall allow or permit it to defecate upon or
to otherwise soil, defile or commit any nuisance upon any private
property other than the property of the person unless with the consent
of the owner of the private property, in which instance a complaint
is only fileable by the owner of the property.
c.
Nuisances on Public Property. No person being the owner or in charge
or control of any dog shall allow or permit it to defecate upon or
otherwise soil, defile or commit any nuisance upon any public property.
[1982 Code § 95-10D]
The enforcing officer for this section shall be the Police Department
for the Borough.
[1982 Code § 95-10E, New]
Violation of any provision of this section shall be punishable,
upon conviction, to a fine not to exceed one hundred ($100.00) dollars.
[1982 Code § 95-2I]
No person shall keep, harbor or maintain any dog which habitually
or continuously barks or cries.
[1982 Code § 95-2J]
No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog shall suffer
or permit it to run at large off such person's premises within the
Borough.
[1982 Code § 95-2J]
No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog shall suffer
or permit it to be upon the public streets or in any of the public
places of the Borough of Little Ferry unless such dog is securely
confined and controlled by an adequate leash not more than six (6)
feet long, held by a person able to control the dog.
[1982 Code § 95-2K]
No person owning, keeping or harboring a dog shall permit it
to do any injury or to do any damage to any lawn, shrubbery, flowers,
grounds or property belonging to another.
[1982 Code § 95-2N]
No dog shall be permitted in a food establishment, which includes
any place used in the production, preparation, manufacturing, packaging,
storing, transportation or handling of food intended for sale or distribution.
[1982 Code § 158-2C]
No person owning or harboring any dog or other domesticated
animal shall suffer or permit it to enter or be in any public building,
park, playground or any other public property whatsoever. The foregoing
restrictions shall not apply to a person using a Seeing Eye dog.
[1982 Code § 95-2H]
No person shall hinder, molest or interfere with anyone authorized
or empowered to perform any duty under this chapter.
[Ord. No. 1161-5-05 § 1]
The purpose of this section is to establish requirements for
the proper disposal of pet solid waste in the Borough of Little Ferry,
so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe
penalties for failure to comply.
[Ord. No. 1161-5-05 § 2]
As used in this section:
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 any individual, corporation, company, partnership,
firm, association, or political subdivision of this State subject
to municipal jurisdiction.
Shall mean a domesticated animal (other than a disability
assistance animal) kept for amusement 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.
[Ord. No. 1161-5-05 § 3]
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.
[Ord. No. 1161-5-05 § 4]
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.
[Ord. No. 1161-5-05 § 5]
The provisions of this section shall be enforced by the Police
Department and the Board of Health of the Borough.
[1982 Code § 158-5]
[1982 Code § 158-5C]
It shall be a public nuisance for any individual or group of
individuals occupying a residential unit to shelter, keep, harbor
or feed a ferret.
[Ord. No. 1162-6-05 § 1]
This section prohibits the feeding of unconfined wildlife in
any public park or on any other property owned or operated by the
Borough of Little Ferry, so as to protect public health, safety and
welfare, and to prescribe penalties for failure to comply.
[Ord. No. 1162-6-05 § 2]
As used in this section:
Shall mean to give, place, expose, deposit, distribute or
scatter any edible material with the intention of feeding, attracting
or enticing wildlife. Feeding does not include baiting in the legal
taking of fish and/or game.
Shall mean any individual, corporation, company, partnership,
firm, association, or political subdivision of this State subject
to municipal jurisdiction.
Shall mean all animals that are neither human nor domesticated.
[Ord. No. 1162-6-05 § 3]
No person shall feed, in any public park or on any other property
owned or operated by the Borough of Little Ferry, any wildlife, excluding
confined wildlife (for example, wildlife confined in zoos, parks or
rehabilitation centers, or unconfined wildlife at environmental education
centers).
[Ord. No. 1162-6-05 § 4]
[Ord. No. 1162-6-05; New]
[Ord. No. 1060-19-01]
As used in this chapter:
Shall mean and include those species of birds, not otherwise
defined as a domesticated animal in this chapter, commonly known as
swans, geese, river and sea ducks, and any other waterfowl falling
under jurisdiction of the New Jersey Conservation Committee or otherwise
defined by the Commission as migratory waterfowl.
[Ord. No. 1060-19-01]
It shall be unlawful for any person, whether on public or private
property to:
[Ord. No. 1060-19-01]
Any person feeding any migratory waterfowl proscribed by this
section, whether on public or private property shall, upon conviction,
be fined fifty ($50.00) dollars for a first offense, one hundred ($100.00)
dollars for a second offense and five hundred ($500.00) dollars for
each offense thereafter which summons shall be issued by the Police
Department.
[Ord. No. 1060-19-01]
Nothing contained herein shall prohibit persons from feeding
birds on their private property by leaving food in a manner commonly
or ordinarily used for feeding such as a bird feeder.
[Ord. No. 1060-19-01]
Whenever the Health Director becomes aware that migratory waterfowl
are being fed in violation of this section, or that a congregation
or congestion of migratory waterfowl as prohibited by this section
exists, he shall:
a.
After notifying and consulting with the appropriate New Jersey Conservation
Commission official, declare that a nuisance exists, and
b.
Shall give notice of the nuisance to the owner or occupant of the
premises upon which the nuisance exists or the feeding is occurring.
Notice shall be deemed sufficient if it shall have been served either
personally or by notice through the United States mail and notice
to be deemed served upon proof that such notice was deposited in the
United States mail, first class postage, prepaid and addressed, in
the case of an individual, to his business address, residence address
or such address as the records of the Borough Tax Assessor shall reveal
to be his address for tax purposes; or in the case of a corporation,
to the registered office of agent of such corporation as the records
of the Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey shall reveal.
Such notice shall order the nuisance to be immediately abated and/or
that such feeding shall immediately stop.
[Ord. No. 1060-19-01]
a.
The Health Director shall have all powers necessary, upon application
by a citizen, or at his own discretion to disperse or remove any congregation
or congestion of migratory waterfowl by any lawful means.
b.
Before taking any steps to remove or disperse any congestion or congregation
of migratory waterfowl, the Director shall meet and confer with the
appropriate Conservation Commission official and with the advice and
consent of that official determine the appropriate method and means
of removing or dispersing the migratory waterfowl considering first
the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of means and, second,
the health, safety and welfare of the migratory waterfowl.
c.
Whenever the Director, after consultation with the Department of
Conservation, determines that waterfowl shall be dispersed by scare
tactics or noise tactics, he may delegate implementation of the plan
developed by his consultations to any responsible citizen or citizens
of the affected neighborhood. This paragraph shall not be construed
to authorize any private citizen to discharge any firearm or to use
any device which launches a projectile of any type.
d.
The Director shall apply for and secure all permits necessary by
law prior to taking any action.
[Ord. 1060-19-01]
In order to remove or disperse congregations or flocks of birds
constituting a nuisance as defined by ordinance, the Health Director
may delegate the enrollmentation of dispersal plan to any responsible
citizen or citizens in the affected neighborhood by permit specifying
the name of the permitted, date of issuance, date of expiration and
details of the plan so delegated.
This section shall not be construed to empower the Health Director
to authorize any private citizen to discharge any firearm or to use
any device which launches a projectile of any type.
[Added 10-11-2022 by Ord. No. 1577-16-22]
a.
The following rules and regulations shall govern the use of the Borough
of Little Ferry Dog park:
1.
Park Hours. The Park will be closed to the public between sunset
and 7:00 a.m., seven days a week.
2.
All pets must have an up-to-date rabies vaccine and be registered
in the municipality they reside in. Bringing unregistered/unvaccinated
dogs to the Dog Park is strictly prohibited. Violators of this policy
may be subject to fine and risk the loss of park privileges.
3.
Dog owners are responsible and liable for the actions and behavior
of their dogs at all times. Use of park at your own risk. The Borough
of Little Ferry will not provide supervision during dog park operating
hours.
4.
All children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
5.
Professional dog walkers and/or dog trainers are not permitted to
use the Dog Park for business purposes.
6.
Aggressive or sick dogs are prohibited from utilizing the park. The
owner must remove a dog from the park at the first sign of aggression.
7.
Dogs under four months of age are prohibited.
8.
All dog bites shall be immediately reported to the Borough of Little
Ferry Police Department 201-641-2770.
9.
No prong (pinch), metal choke, or spiked collars are permitted in
the park.
10.
Owners or persons responsible must keep dogs on a leash until inside
the fenced Dog Park area.
11.
All dogs must be accompanied by an adult and monitored at all times
— abandoning animals is prohibited by law. A leash must be available
and ready for use if needed.
12.
Excessive barking or howling in such a manner as to disturb the quiet
enjoyment of the other users of the park is prohibited.
13.
Smoking, alcohol, food or glass containers are prohibited within
the park.
14.
Owners or persons responsible shall not allow dogs to dig holes or
engage in other activities that may create a safety hazard. Personal
play items must be removed when leaving.
15.
Owners or persons responsible for the dog(s) must clean up after
the dog(s).
16.
Owners or persons responsible must supervise dog(s) at all times.
17.
A violation of any of these rules and regulations, either by an owner,
dog handler or dog, may result in the loss of Dog Park privileges.
