[Ord. #55-0-253; 1967 Code § 28-1; Ord. #89-186,
§ I]
As used in this section:
Shall mean dog, male or female.
Shall mean any dog which has attained the age of seven months
or has a full set of adult teeth.
Shall mean any establishment other than a pet shop wherein
or whereon the business of boarding or selling dogs or breeding dogs
for sale is carried on.
Shall mean and include every person who has attained the
age of 18 years who harbors or possesses any dog for 10 days or more.
Shall mean any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition
pen, not part of a kennel, wherein dogs for sale are kept or displayed.
Shall mean an establishment for the confinement of dogs seized
either under the provisions of this act or otherwise.
Shall mean any establishment where dogs are received, housed
or distributed.
Shall mean any dog which habitually bites people or which
is known to possess vicious propensities.
[Ord. #55-0-253; Ord. #64-253A-400; 1967 Code § 28-2A
- H, M and O; Ord. #73-593; Ord. #80-908; Ord. #82-971; Ord. #82-977;
Ord. #85-39; Ord. #87-79, § 1; Ord. #89-186, § I;
Ord. #09-Code-613 § 1]
a.
Required. Any person, firm or corporation who shall own, possess,
keep, harbor or have in custody a dog of licensing age shall, in the
month of January of each year, apply for and procure from the Borough
Clerk, a license and official metal registration tag for each such
dog so owned, possessed, kept, harbored or held in custody and shall
place upon each such dog a collar or harness with the registration
tag securely fastened thereto. No license shall be issued to a person
unless the person has attained the age of 18 years.
b.
Vaccination Required. No person, firm or corporation shall own, possess,
keep, harbor or have in custody any dog of licensing age, unless such
dog has been vaccinated against rabies by a duly licensed veterinarian
of the State of New Jersey. Such vaccination shall be repeated annually
or every three years, depending on the type of vaccine, certified
by the veterinarian and is to consist of one injection of not less
than five cubic centimeters of antirabic vaccine of standard and accepted
formula and manufactured under a license of the United States Bureau
of Animal Industry of the Department of Agriculture; provided, however,
that any dog may be exempted from the requirement of such vaccination
for a specified period of time upon the presentation of a certificate
from a duly licensed veterinarian stating that by reason of age, infirmity
or other physical condition, vaccination of such dog for such specified
period of time is contraindicated, and provided further, that nothing
herein contained shall be deemed to require the vaccination of any
dogs located in and confined to duly recognized and licensed kennels,
dog pounds, pet shops, etc., where dogs are offered for sale, as provided
by the laws of the State of New Jersey. At the time that a license
is obtained from the Borough Clerk, the Borough Clerk shall deliver
with the registration tag and license a vaccination form to be completed
by a licensed veterinarian of the State of New Jersey, upon which
must be certified to the Board of Health that the dog has been properly
vaccinated against rabies or is exempted from the requirement of such
vaccination as provided aforesaid. Such vaccination form shall be
properly completed and certified to within 10 days of the issuance
of such license and returned to the Borough Clerk, unless and in the
event that a dog has been properly vaccinated before being brought
into the Borough and a certificate indicating such vaccination is
delivered to the Borough Clerk at the time that a license and registration
tag is procured or within 10 days thereafter. It shall be the duty
of the Borough Clerk to file the records of vaccination with the Board
of Health. In the event that a properly certified vaccination form
is not filed within the permitted period of time, the Borough Clerk
may, by certified mail, return receipt, advise the person to whom
the license was issued that the license is deemed null and void.
c.
Fees; Expiration Date. The person applying for the license and registration
tag shall pay the following fee: $13 for neutered dogs and $16 for
nonneutered dogs. Licenses, registration tags and renewals shall expire
on January 31 in each year. Any Borough dog owner who does not pay
the annual renewal dog license and/or registration fee prior to February
15 of each year, shall be assessed an additional fee, known as a late
charge, of $5 per dog. The late charge shall be due and payable simultaneously
with the usual renewal license and registration fee provided for herein.
d.
Issuance of License Forms and Registration Tags. License forms and
uniform official metal registration tags designed by the State Department
of Health shall be issued and shall be numbered serially and shall
bear the year of issuance and the name of the Borough.
e.
Application. The owner of any newly acquired dog of licensing age,
or of any dog which attains the licensing age, as in the act provided,
shall make application for license and registration tag for such dog
within 10 days after such acquisition or age attainment. The 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 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 the application and the registration number
issued for the dog shall be preserved for a period of three years
by the Clerk or other local official designated to license dogs in
the Municipality. In addition, he shall forward to the State Department
of Health each month, on forms furnished by the department, an accurate
account of registration numbers issued or otherwise disposed of.
f.
Registration of Out-of-State Dogs. Any person who shall bring or
cause to be brought into the Borough 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 Borough for a period
of more than 90 days, shall immediately after the expiration of such
period apply for a license and registration tag for each such dog
unless such dog be licensed under paragraphs a and b of this subsection.
g.
Time Limit for Registration. Any person who shall bring or cause
to be brought into the Borough any unlicensed dog and shall keep the
same or permit the same to be kept within the Borough for a period
of more than 10 days shall immediately after the expiration of such
period apply for a license and registration tag for each such dog
unless such dog be licensed under paragraphs a and b of this subsection.
h.
Removal of Registration Tag. 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.
i.
Issuance of Registration Numbers. Registration numbers shall be issued
in the order of the applications.
j.
Disposition of Fees. License fees collected or received under the
provisions of this section, except registration tag fees, shall be
received and disposed of in the manner provided in this section.
k.
List of Animals. The Borough Clerk shall have at his disposal the
complete list of animals licensed by the Borough Clerk.
[Ord. #55-0-253; Ord. #67-461; 1967 Code § 28-2,
I - L; Ord. #82-977]
a.
Application for License. Any person who keeps or operates, or proposes
to establish a kennel, pet shop, shelter or a pound, shall apply to
the Borough Clerk for a license entitling him to keep or operate such
establishment. Such application shall describe the premises where
the establishment is located or is proposed to be located, the purpose
or purposes for which it is to be maintained, and shall be accompanied
by the written approval of the Board of Health of the Borough showing
compliance with the local and State rules and regulations governing
the location of and sanitation at such establishment.
b.
Expiration of License; Revocation. All licenses issued for a kennel,
pet shop or shelter shall state the purpose for which the establishment
is maintained and all such licenses shall expire on January 31 of
each year and be subject to revocation by the Municipality on recommendation
of the State Department of Health, or the Board of Health of the Borough
for failure to comply with the rules and regulations of the State
Department of Health or the Board of Health of the Borough after the
owner has been afforded a hearing by either the State Department or
Board of Health.
c.
Leash or Other Safe Control Required. No dog kept in a kennel, pet
shop, shelter or pound shall be permitted off such premises, except
on a leash or in a crate or other safe control.
d.
License Fees; Exception. The annual license fee for a kennel providing
accommodations for 10 or less dogs shall be $25 and for more then
10 dogs, $50. The annual license fee for a pet shop shall be $25.
No fee shall be charged for a shelter.
[Ord. #55-0-253; 1967 Code § 28-2R; Ord. #00-Code-392,
§ 1]
Any person who violates any provision of subsections 5-1.2 and 5-1.3 of this section, or who fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of the statute referred to in this section, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $250 or to a period of community service not exceeding 90 days at the discretion of Municipal Court Judge.
[Ord. #55-0-253; 1967 Code § 28-2N; Ord. #73-593]
Such person as shall be appointed by resolution of the Mayor
and Council for such purpose shall annually cause a canvass to be
made of all dogs owned, kept or harbored within the limits of the
Borough and shall cause a report of the result thereof to be filed
with the Borough Clerk, the Board of Health and the State Department
of Health in the manner and form required in this section.
[Ord. #55-0-253; 1967 Code § 28-2Q; Ord. #73-593]
a.
Such person as shall be appointed for such purpose by the Mayor and
Council, shall take into custody or impound or cause to be taken into
custody and impounded and thereafter destroyed or disposed of:
1.
Any dog off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or
harboring the dog, which the official or his agent or agents have
reason to believe is a stray dog.
2.
Any dog off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or
harboring the dog without a current registration tag on his collar.
3.
Any female dog in season off the premises of the owner or of the
person keeping or harboring the dog.
b.
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 or the owner or the person keeping or harboring the dog is known,
the Chief of Police, or any person authorized by him in that behalf,
shall forthwith serve on the person whose address is given on the
collar, or on the owner or the person keeping or harboring the dog,
if known, a notice in writing stating that the dog has been seized
and will be liable to be disposed of or destroyed if not claimed within
seven days after the service of the notice.
c.
A notice under this subsection 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.
d.
When any dog so seized has been detained for seven days after notice,
when notice can be given as above set forth, or has been detained
for seven days after seizure, when no notice has been given as above
set forth, and if the owner or person keeping or harboring the dog
has not claimed the dog and paid the expense of detention of $3 and
a maintenance fee of $1 per day, and if the dog is unlicensed at the
time of the seizure and the owner or person keeping or harboring the
dog has not produced a license and registration tag for the dog, any
person authorized by the Mayor and Council, may cause the dog to be
destroyed in a manner causing as little pain as possible.
e.
No animal shall be released from the dog pound unless any person
authorized by the Mayor and Council of the Borough has first certified
it to be in a condition that will not endanger the public health,
safety and welfare. A fee of $2 shall be paid for the aforementioned
certification.
f.
An animal not claimed by the owner at the end of the seven-day detention
period may be released to any person who wishes to adopt the animal
at the end of the detention period upon the payment of the pound and
licensing fee and upon certification by the Chief of Police of the
Borough that such person is qualified to care for the animal so adopted.
[Ord. #55-0-253; 1967 Code § 28-4; Ord. #76-658;
New; Ord. #90-Code-209, §§ 1, 2]
The following regulations are adopted in connection with the
owning, keeping or harboring of dogs in order to protect the public
health, safety and welfare:
a.
No person shall keep or harbor any vicious dog or any dog which shall
disturb the neighborhood by excessive barking, whining or howling.
b.
No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog shall permit his dog
to run at large but must keep such dog confined to the premises designated
in the license application, or when not confined there, the dog shall
be kept in strict control on a leash in the hands of a responsible
person.
c.
Nuisances prohibited: curbing of dogs; responsibility of owner.
1.
No person, agency or institution owning, harboring, keeping or in
charge of any dog shall cause, suffer or allow such dog to soil, defile,
defecate or commit any nuisance upon any public or private property
whatsoever, except with the express authority or permission of the
owner of said property.
2.
The restriction in this paragraph will not apply to the portion of
the street lying between the curblines, which may be used to curb
such dogs under the following conditions:
(a)
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.
(b)
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 paragraph,
in a sanitary manner on said person's own property.
d.
The Chief of Police shall cause the provisions of this section to
be enforced as herein provided.
e.
Any person who violates or refuses to comply with the regulations
of this subsection shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $5,
nor more than $50 for each offense, to be recovered by and in the
name of the Borough. A person who refuses or neglects to pay forthwith
the amount of a judgment rendered against him and the costs and charges
incident thereto shall be committed by the court to the County Jail
for a period not exceeding 10 days in the case of a first conviction,
and in the case of a conviction for a second, subsequent or continuing
violation, for a period not exceeding 30 days.
[Ord. #55-0-253; 1967 Code § 28-2P and S, § 28-3;
Ord. #73-593; New; Ord. #11-Code-641]
a.
Authorization. Such person or persons as shall be authorized by the
Mayor and Council of the Borough shall cause the provisions of this
section to be enforced as herein provided.
b.
Powers and Duties of Enforcing Officer. Such person, firm or corporation
as authorized by the Mayor and Council of the Borough is hereby empowered
with the following duties and responsibilities:
1.
Such person shall keep a record of all animals taken into custody
by him, and the record shall include the following: species and complete
description of the animal, when and where the animal was taken into
custody, who reported the stray animal if such a report was made,
where such report was made and final disposition of the animal.
2.
Such person shall process all complaints in reference to animals,
and shall keep a record of all complaints, the parties involved and
the action taken.
3.
Such person shall not destroy any animal, except as provided in this
section, but may destroy an animal upon receipt of the written consent
of the proven owner of the animal.
4.
The Police Department of the Borough, or the person authorized by the Mayor and Council of the Borough, shall cause the provisions of this section to be enforced as herein provided, and any person interfering with the enforcement of this section shall be subject to the General Penalty established in Section 1-5 of this Code.
c.
Interference Prohibited. No person shall hinder, molest or interfere
with anyone authorized or empowered to perform any duty under this
section.
[Ord. #89-186, § I]
No person, firm or corporation shall own, possess, keep, harbor
or have in custody more than four dogs on any property in any zone
located in the Borough.
[1967 Code § 29-1; Ord. #77-703]
As used in this section:
Shall mean a pen or fenced enclosure of durable construction,
permanently affixed to the ground and used as an enclosure for horses.
Shall mean and include all such equine quadrupeds as horses,
ponies, mules, asses and donkeys.
Shall mean a building or structure of durable construction,
permanently affixed to the ground and used for boarding, sheltering
or housing of horses. This term shall specifically exclude shipping
containers or crates, truck bodies, vans or any similar nonpermanent
enclosures.
[1967 Code § 29-2; Ord. #77-703]
a.
One horse may be kept on a lot or parcel of land which contains at
least 20,000 square feet.
b.
A corral must be provided of at least 1,600 square feet, including
a stable or roof of at least 100 square feet.
c.
Twenty thousand square feet of additional land area will be required
for each additional horse. Four hundred square feet of additional
corral space, including a stable or a roof of at least an additional
100 square feet, shall be provided for each additional horse.
d.
No stable or corral shall be located closer than 10 feet to any adjacent
property line, nor 50 feet to any neighboring dwelling, nor within
50 feet of the midline of any street.
e.
All stables and corrals shall be kept clean and free of noxious odors
and accumulations of flies. Bedding, straw and manure shall be disposed
of on a regular basis.
[1967 Code § 29-3; Ord. #77-703]
No person, firm, association or corporation shall commence,
proceed or cause the erection, demolition, alteration, enlargement,
extension, moving or major repair of any stable or corral except upon
issuance of a building permit. The building permit shall only be issued
upon the Construction Official's satisfaction after inspecting the
property that the applicant can comply with the provisions of this
section.
[1967 Code § 29-4; Ord. #77-703]
a.
No person shall shelter or house horses in the Borough without first
obtaining from the Borough Clerk's office a horse license, which shall
contain the address of the stable, the name of the property owner
and the number of horses to be covered.
b.
The annual license fee shall be $10 for each horse.
c.
The license shall be obtained no later than June 30 of each year
and shall be effective for the period July 1 to June 30 of the next
succeeding year.
d.
No license shall be issued unless the applicant is in compliance
with the regulatory standards contained in this section and upon presentation
of a veterinarian certificate that the horse covered under the license
has or have passed a Coggins Test.
[1967 Code § 29-5; Ord. #77-703]
No person while within the Borough shall:
a.
Ride his horse or allow his horse to be ridden on the sidewalks of
the Borough.
b.
Ride his horse on public thoroughfares during the hours between 1/2
hour after sunset and 1/2 hour before sunrise.
c.
Ride his horse in contravention of the traffic laws of this State
or Borough.
d.
Fail to remove his horse's excrements promptly and efficiently from
the Borough's thoroughfares.
e.
Willfully allow a horse to roam freely and unattended within the
Borough.
[1967 Code § 29-6; Ord. #77-703]
The enforcing authorities for subsection 5-2.5 shall be the Police Department, the Construction Official and the Zoning Enforcement Officer. The enforcing authority for the remaining provisions of this section shall be the Construction Official and the Zoning Enforcement Officer.
[1967 Code § 29-7; Ord. #77-703]
a.
A person convicted of a violation of subsection 5-2.2 may be subject to a fine not to exceed $25 for the first offense, not to exceed $50 for the second offense and not to exceed $100 for a third offense in one calendar year. A person convicted of successive offenses within one calendar year may be fined up to $1,000.
[Ord. #107; 1967 Code § 7-7]
No person, firm or corporation shall keep any animal or animals
for exhibition purposes whether or not any charge is made for viewing
any such animal or animals, or whether such animal or animals are
kept for the purpose of being viewed by customers of any place of
business, within the Borough without first obtaining a license.
[Ord. #107; 1967 Code § 7-8]
All applications for licenses under this section shall be made
in writing upon blanks to be supplied by the Borough Clerk, and shall
give such information as the Borough may deem requisite to determine
whether or not the application for a license should be granted. If,
in the judgement of the Council, the application for such license
should be granted, the Borough Clerk shall issue a certificate of
license signed by him, which shall expire on December 31 of the year
during which the license is issued.
[Ord. #107; 1967 Code § 7-9]
No animal or animals kept for any of the purposes set forth in subsection 5-3.2 shall at any time be caged, secured or kept nearer than 75 feet from the center line of the street upon which the premises upon which the animal or animals are kept, front, and no such animal or animals shall be at any time kept nearer than 75 feet from the center line of any side street.
[Ord. #107; 1967 Code § 7-10]
Such animal or animals shall be kept in secure cages or securely
fastened, and before any animal or animals are kept in any place within
this Borough, the cage, the method of fastening and/or the instrument
or means of securing the animal or animals must be first approved
by the Borough Council.
[Ord. #107; 1967 Code § 7-11]
No such animal or animals shall at any time be fastened, caged
or kept within 50 feet of any water, well, and/or nearer than 50 feet
to any river, brook or stream.
[Ord. #107; 1967 Code § 7-12]
All animals, together with the cages or other places in which,
or at which, they are kept must at all times be kept in a clean and
sanitary condition.
[Ord. #107; 1967 Code § 7-13]
No animal or animals which at any time may make any loud noise shall be kept for any of the purposes set forth in subsection 5-3.2.
[Ord. #107; 1967 Code § 7-14]
All cages and places where any such animal or animals are kept
shall at all times be open for inspection by any official designated
by the Borough Council.
[Ord. #107; 1967 Code § 7-15]
The fee for each license issued pursuant to the provisions of
this section shall be $50 and each license that is issued shall expire
on December 31 of the calendar year during which it is issued.
[Ord. #107; 1967 Code § 7-17]
a.
In the event that anyone is convicted of a violation of any of the
provisions of this section, the Borough Council may, upon giving of
five days' notice and after public hearing, revoke any license issued
under the terms and provisions of this section.
b.
The Borough Council may revoke, without hearing, any license issued
under the authority of this section after the licensee has been twice
convicted of a violation of one or more of the provisions of this
section.
[Ord. #91-Code-221 § 1]
a.
CAT – Shall mean any member of the domestic feline species;
male, female, or altered.
b.
CAT OF LICENSING AGE – Shall mean any cat which has attained
the age of seven months, or which possesses a set of permanent teeth.
c.
ANIMAL – For the purpose of this section, animal shall mean
cat.
d.
ANIMAL CONTROL AUTHORITY – Shall mean any person or agency
designated or certified by the State of New Jersey to enforce the
provisions of this section.
e.
OWNER – When applied to the proprietorship of a cat shall include
every person having a right of property (or custody) in such cat and
every person who has such cat in his/her keeping, or who harbors or
maintains a cat or knowingly permits a cat to remain on or about any
premises occupied by that person.
f.
CATTERY – Shall mean any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition
pen, not part of a kennel, wherein cats for sale are kept or displayed.
g.
PERSON – Shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership,
organization, or institution commonly recognized by law as a unit.
h.
LICENSING AUTHORITY – Shall mean the agency or department of
the Borough of Oakland or any designated representative thereof charged
with administering the issuance and/or revocation of permits and licenses
under the provisions of this section.
i.
NEUTERED – Shall mean rendered permanently incapable of reproduction
as certified by a licensed veterinarian.
[Ord. #91-Code-221, § 1]
a.
Vaccination and License Requirements. No person shall own, keep,
or maintain any cat over seven months of age within the Borough of
Oakland unless such cat is vaccinated and licensed. The provisions
of this subsection do not apply to cats held in a cattery, or those
held by a State or Federal licensed research facility, or a veterinary
establishment where cats are received or kept for diagnostic, medical,
surgical, or other treatments, or licensed animal shelters, pounds,
kennels, or pet shops.
b.
Vaccination. All cats shall be vaccinated against rabies by a licensed
veterinarian in accordance with the latest Compendium of Animal Rabies
Vaccines and Recommendations for Immunization published by the National
Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, except as provided
for in paragraph d herein.
c.
Vaccination Certificate. A certificate of vaccination shall be issued
to the owner of each animal vaccinated on a form recommended by the
State.
d.
Exemptions. Any cat may be exempted from the requirements of such
vaccination for a specified period of time by the local Board of Health,
upon presentation of a veterinarian's certificate stating that because
of an infirmity or other physical condition, or regimen or therapy,
the inoculation of such cat shall be deemed inadvisable.
[Ord. #91-Code-221, § 1; Ord. #91-Code-230; Ord.
#09-Code-613]
a.
Cats Must Have License Number Displayed. Any person who shall own,
keep, or harbor a cat of licensing age shall annually apply for and
procure from the Clerk of the municipality, or other official designated
by the governing body thereof to license cats in the municipality
in which he/she resides, a license and official registration tag with
license number, or a registration sleeve for each cat so owned, kept,
or harbored and shall place upon such cat a collar, or other device
with the license number securely fastened or displayed thereto. Acceptable
methods of displaying license number shall include, but are not limited
to, break-away or elastic collars. License tags or sleeves are not
transferable.
b.
Time for Applying for License. The owner of any newly acquired cat
of licensing age, or of any cat which attains licensing age, shall
make application for license tag or sleeve for such cat within 10
days after such acquisition or age attainment. This requirement will
not apply to a nonresident keeping a cat within the Borough of Oakland
for no longer than 90 days.
c.
Cats Brought into Jurisdiction. Any person who shall bring, or cause
to be brought into the Borough of Oakland, any cat licensed in another
State for the current year, and bearing registration tag or sleeve,
and shall keep the same or permit the same to be kept within the Borough
of Oakland for a period of more than 90 days, shall immediately apply
for a license and registration tag or sleeve for each such cat.
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Borough
of Oakland any unlicensed cat, and shall keep same or permit same
to be kept within the Borough of Oakland for a period of more than
10 days, shall immediately apply for a license and registration tag
or sleeve for each such cat.
d.
Application, Contents, Preservation of Information. The application
shall state the breed, sex, age, color, and markings of the cat for
which 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
cat. The information on said application and the registration number
issued for the cat shall be preserved for a period of three years
by the Clerk or other local official designated to license cats in
the municipality.
e.
License Forms and Tags. License forms and official tags or sleeve
shall be furnished by the municipality and shall be numbered serially,
and shall bear the year of issuance and the name of the municipality.
f.
Evidence of Inoculation with Rabies Vaccine or Certification of Exemption;
Requirement for License. No Municipal Clerk or other official designated
by the governing body of any municipality to license cats therein
shall grant any such license and official registration tag or sleeve
for any cat, unless the owner thereof provided evidence that the cat
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 Human Services, or has been certified
exempt as provided herein. The rabies inoculation shall be administered
by a duly licensed veterinarian, or by such other veterinarian permitted
by law to do the same.
g.
Licensed Fee Schedule. The person applying for the license and registration
tag shall pay the following fee: $12 for neutered cats and $15 for
nonneutered cats. Licenses, registration tags and renewals shall expire
on January 31 in each year. Any Borough cat owner who does not pay
the annual renewal cat license and/or registration fee prior to February
15 of each year, shall be assessed an additional fee, known as a late
charge, of $5 per cat. The late charge shall be due and payable simultaneously
with the usual renewal license and registration fee provided for herein.
h.
Fees, Renewals, Expiration Date of License. License from another
municipality shall be accepted. The person applying for the license
and registration tag and/or sleeve shall pay the fee fixed or authorized.
The fee for the renewal of license and registration tag or sleeve
shall be the same as for the original, and said fees shall be for
one year or any fraction thereof, commencing May 1, 1991. The licenses,
registration tags, and renewals thereof shall expire on the last day
of January each year. If the licenses, registration tags, and renewals
thereof are not obtained by the 15th of February in each year, a delinquent
fee shall be charged as hereinbefore stated. Only one license and
registration tag or sleeve shall be required in the licensing year
for any cat in the Borough of Oakland. Any valid New Jersey license
tag or sleeve issued by a New Jersey municipality shall be accepted
by this municipality as evidence of compliance.
i.
Loss of License. If a license tag or sleeve has been misplaced or
lost, the Borough Clerk may issue a duplicate license and/or registration
sleeve for that particular cat at a fee of $1.
j.
Proof of Licensing. Proof of licensing shall be produced by any person
owning, keeping, maintaining, or harboring a cat, upon the request
of any health official, police officer, animal control officer, or
other authorized person.
k.
Interfering with Persons Performing Duties Under this Section. No
person shall hinder, molest, or interfere with anyone authorized or
empowered to perform any duty under this section.
l.
Disposition of Fees Collected. License fees and other moneys collected
or received under the provisions of this section shall be forwarded
to the Treasurer of the Borough of Oakland and shall be placed in
a special account separate from any of the other accounts of the Borough
and shall be used for the following purposes only: collecting, keeping,
and disposing of cats liable to seizure, for local prevention and
control of rabies, providing anti-rabies treatment under the direction
of the local Board of Health for any person known or suspected to
have been exposed to rabies, and for administering the provisions
of this section. Any unexpected balance remaining in such 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 paragraph.
At the end of the said third fiscal year following, and at the end
of each fiscal year thereafter, there shall be transferred from such
special account to the general funds of the Borough any amount then
in such account which is in excess of the total amount paid into the
special account during the last two fiscal years next preceding.
[Ord. #91-Code 221, § 1]
a.
Violation of Section. Except as otherwise provided in this section,
any person who violated, or who fails, or refuses to comply with this
section, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $5, nor more
than $50, for each offense, to be recovered by and in the name of
Borough of Oakland.
[Ord. #04-Code-479, § I]
It has been determined that the presence of large numbers of
wild waterfowl which are defined as those undomesticated species of
birds commonly known as swans, geese, Canadian geese, brant and river
and sea ducks on or around ponds and other bodies of water in the
Borough of Oakland causes a public health nuisance by fouling water
supplies, beaches, swimming facilities and recreation fields. Additionally,
the presence of large numbers of waterfowl may cause property damage
to both residential and public lawns and landscaping, and generally
create a public nuisance. The purpose of this section is to prevent
such conduct that may attract such wild waterfowl to properties in
the Borough.
[Ord. #04-Code-479, § I]
No person shall feed, cause to be fed or provide food for wild
waterfowl in the Borough of Oakland on lands either publicly or privately
owned.
[Ord. #04-Code-479, § I]
No person shall abandon, leave or discard any domestic or migratory
waterfowl upon any public or private property within the Borough of
Oakland.
[Ord. #04-Code-479, § I]
This section shall not be construed to prohibit humane acts
towards wild waterfowl in individual cases, such as the temporary
nurturing of a wounded bird on one's own premises or the usual use
of bird feeders to feed birds other than wild waterfowl.
[Ord. #04-Code-479, § I]
The Police Department and the Health Department of the Borough
of Oakland are hereby authorized and directed to enforce this section.
[Ord. #04-Code-479, § I]
a.
Any person violating any provision of this section shall be first
given a written warning which shall be filed with the Board of Health
Office.
b.
Subsequent violations of this section shall be punishable by a fine
of between $25 and $100 and two hours of community service for the
first offense and between $50 and $250 and five hours of community
service for the second and subsequent offenses.
[Ord. #05-Code-497, § 1]
The purpose of this section is to establish requirements for
the proper disposal of pet solid waste in the Borough of Oakland so
as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe
penalties for failure to comply.
[Ord. #05-Code-497, § II]
For the purpose of this section, the following terms, phrases,
words and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein
unless their use in the text of this section clearly demonstrates
a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words
used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural
number include the singular number, and words used in the singular
number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory
and not merely directory.
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. #05-Code-497, § III]
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. #05-Code-497, § IV]
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. #05-Code-497, § V]
The provisions of this section shall be enforced by the Police
Department and the local Board of Health of the Borough of Oakland.
[Ord. #05-Code-497, § VI]
Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions
of this section shall be subject to a fine of $50 to $250.
[Ord. #05-Code-500, § I]
The purpose of this section is to prohibit the feeding of unconfined
wildlife in any public park or on any other property owned or operated
by the Borough of Oakland so as to protect health, safety, and welfare,
and to prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.
[Ord. #05-Code-500, § II]
For the purpose of this section, the following terms, phrases,
words and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein
unless their use in the text of this section clearly demonstrates
a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words
used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural
number include the singular number, and words used in the singular
number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory
and not merely directory.
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. #05-Code-500, § III]
No person shall feed, in any public park or on any other property
owned or operated by the Borough of Oakland any wildlife, excluding
confined wildlife (for example, wildlife confined in zoos, parks or
rehabilitation centers, or unconfined wildlife at environmental education
centers).
[Ord. #05-Code-500, § IV]
[Ord. #05-Code-500, § V]
Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions
of this section shall be subject to a fine of $50 to $250.
