DOG
Shall mean any dog, bitch or spayed bitch.
DOG OF LICENSING AGE
Shall mean any dog which has attained the age of seven months, or which possesses a set of permanent teeth.
VICIOUS DOG
Shall mean any dog, as defined in this section, which attacks and bites, or attempts to attack and bite, persons or dogs or other animals, without being incited to do so, or which has shown such savagery, fierceness or ferocity as to indicate that it is a threat to the safety of persons.
OWNER
When applied to the proprietorship of a dog, shall mean and include every person having a right of propriety of such dog, and every person who has such dog or other animal in his keeping or under his control. A person shall be deemed to have a dog or other animal in his keeping whenever the ownership or custody of any dog or other animal is in an unemancipated infant or other member of his household.
AT LARGE
Shall mean off the property of the owner and not on a leash.
POUND
Shall mean an establishment for the confinement of dogs seized under the provisions of this chapter, state statutes or otherwise.
BOROUGH
Shall mean the Borough of Waldwick, County of Bergen and State of New Jersey.
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing age shall, within 10 days after the acquisition thereof and annually thereafter in the month of January, apply for and procure from the Borough Clerk 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. Such application shall state the breed, sex, age, color and markings of the dog for which license and registration are sought and whether it is of 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 Board of Health of the Borough shall annually cause a canvass to be made of all dogs owned, kept or harbored within the Borough and shall report, on or before May 1 of each year, to the Borough Clerk and to the State Department of Health, the result thereof, setting forth in separate columns the names and addresses of persons owning, keeping or harboring unlicensed dogs and the number of unlicensed dogs owned, kept or harbored by each of said persons, together with a complete description of each of said unlicensed dogs.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person owning, keeping harboring or having the custody and possession of any dog, whether registered or not, to permit such dog to be at large within the Borough unless securely confined in a vehicle and under the direct and immediate close supervision of a person capable of controlling such dog. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to the canine unit of the Borough's Police force, the canine units of other governmental agencies called by the Waldwick Police Department as part of mutual aid, or dogs that are members of the Waldwick Volunteer Goose Patrol.
[Amended 4-26-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-14]
B. 
No person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of any dog shall cause, suffer or allow such 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 said property. The restriction in this section shall not apply to that portion of the street lying between the curblines, which shall be used to curb such dog under the following conditions:
(1) 
The person who so curbs such dog shall immediately remove all feces deposited by such dog by any sanitary method approved by the local Health Authority.
(2) 
The feces removed from the aforementioned designated area shall be disposed of by the person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of any dog curbed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, in a sanitary manner approved by the local Health Authority.
Any dog found at large within the Borough shall be taken into custody and impounded, or caused to be taken into custody and impounded by the Board of Health, or any person authorized by it and acting on its behalf.
If any dog so seized wears a collar or harness having inscribed thereon or attached thereto the name and address of any person, or a registration tag of the owner, or the person keeping or harboring said dog is known, the Board of Health, or any person authorized by it and acting on its behalf, shall forthwith serve on the person whose address is given on the collar, or the owner or persons keeping or harboring said dog, if known, a notice in writing stating that the dog has been seized and that it will be liable to be disposed of or destroyed if not claimed within seven days after the service of the notice.
The notice under this section may be served either by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served, or 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 post 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.
When any dog so seized has been detained for seven days after notice, where notice can be given, as set forth above, or has been detained for seven days after seizure, when no notice has been given as set forth above, and if the owner or person keeping or harboring said dog has not claimed said dog and paid all expenses incurred by reason of its detention, including maintenance, and if the dog be unlicensed at the time of the seizure and the owner or person keeping or harboring said dog has not produced a license and registration tag for said dog, the Board of Health, or any person authorized by it in that behalf, may cause the dog to be destroyed in a manner causing as little pain as possible.
Any vicious dog found at large or any dog which shows definite signs of having been infected with rabies may be destroyed immediately by any police officer, Health Officer or other person authorized by and acting on behalf of the Board of Health.
A. 
The Board of Health of the Borough shall be responsible for all dogs impounded or taken into custody under the provisions of this chapter or state statutes and shall designate the place where such dogs are to be impounded or held in custody.
B. 
Except for the issuance of dog licenses, which, shall be done by the Borough Clerk, this chapter shall be enforced by the Board of Health of the Borough. However, nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit any Police Officer of the Borough from enforcing any provisions hereof.