[Ord. No. 292 § 1]
a.
No person shall keep or harbor any dog within the Borough without
first obtaining a license, to be issued by the Clerk of the Borough
upon application by the owner and payment of the prescribed fee. No
person shall keep or harbor any dog in the Borough except in compliance
with the provisions of this chapter.
b.
Dog of licensing age shall mean any dog which has obtained the age
of seven months or which possesses a set of permanent teeth.
[Ord. No. 292 § 2]
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing
age shall in the month of January, or within 10 days of acquisition
of the dog or its attaining licensing age; and annually in January
thereafter, apply for and procure from the Clerk of the Borough, or
other official designated by the Mayor and Council to license dogs
in the Borough, a license and official metal registration tag for
each dog owned, kept or harbored, and shall place upon the dog a collar
or harness with the registration tag securely fastened thereto.
[Ord. No. 671 § 1; Ord. No. 690 § 1; Ord. No. 96-1070 § 1; Ord. No. 05-1388 § 1; Ord. No. 07-1474 § 1]
The person applying for the license and registration tag shall
pay the annual fee for such license as follows:
a.
For spayed and neutered dogs $15 and the sum of $1.20 for the registration
tag of each dog.
b.
For non-spayed and non-neutered dogs of reproductive age $18 and
the sum of $1.20 for the registration tag of each dog.
c.
For each renewal the fee for the license and registration tag shall
be the same as for the original license and tag; and all licenses,
registration tags and renewals shall expire annually on January 31.
Any person who fails to obtain a renewal license by January 31 shall
pay a penalty fee of $10. The stated penalty amount shall be in addition
to the annual license and registration tag fees set forth above. The
penalty fees shall be retained by the Borough. In the case of a lost
registration tag, the fee for a replacement tag shall be $2.
d.
Dogs used as guides for blind persons and commonly known as "Seeing
Eye" dogs shall be licensed and registered as other dogs hereinabove
provided for, except that the owner or keeper of such dogs shall not
be required to pay any fee.
[Ord. No. 292 § 4]
No person, except an officer in 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.
[Ord. No. 292 § 7-9; Ord. No. 97-1112 § 1; Ord. No. 99-1168 § 1]
a.
No
person owning, keeping or harboring a dog shall permit the dog to
be upon the public streets or in any other public place unless it
is under the control of a responsible person and it is securely confined
and controlled by an adequate leash not more than six feet long.
b.
No
person owning, keeping or harboring a dog, shall permit the dog to
be or become a public nuisance or create a condition hazardous to
health.
c.
The
Borough may from time to time maintain one or more dog runs subject
to such rules as to residence of the dog owner, hours of use and other
matters as the Governing Body may by resolution prescribe. A dog under
the control of a responsible person may exercise off-leash within
such run and in accordance with the rules.
[Ord. No. 292 § 5]
Any person who keeps or operates or proposes to establish a
kennel, a pet shop, a shelter or a pound, shall apply to the Clerk,
or other official in the Borough, for a license entitling him to keep
or operate such establishment.
The 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 local and State rules and regulations governing the location
of and sanitation at such establishment.
[Ord. No. 292 § 5]
All licenses issued for a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound
shall state the purpose for which the establishment is maintained
and all such licenses shall expire annually on June 30, and be subject
to revocation by the Borough 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 or local Board
governing the same after the owner has been afforded a hearing by
either the State or local Board.
Any person holding such license shall not be required to secure
individual licenses for dogs owned by such license and kept at such
establishment; such license shall not be transferable to another owner
or different premises.
[Ord. No. 292 § 6]
The annual license fee for a kennel providing accommodations
for 10 or less dogs shall be $10 and for more than 10 dogs $25. The
annual license fee for a pet shop shall be $10. No fee shall be charged
for a shelter or pound.
[Ord. No. 292 § 7]
No dog kept in a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall be
permitted off such premises, except on leash or in a crate or other
safe control.
[Ord. No. 292 § 10]
The Mayor and Borough Council shall have power to appoint a
Pound-Master or other designated authority whose duty it shall be
to enforce the provisions of this chapter. The Mayor and Council shall
also have power to enter into a contract with one or more persons,
either individual or corporate, for the exercise of the duties of
Dog Catcher, Dog Warden or Pound-Master and the enforcement of the
provisions of this chapter. All police officers, regular and special
of the Borough are hereby charged with the same power and authority
as Dog Catcher and Dog Warden and with the enforcement of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 292 § 11]
The Dog Catcher, Dog Warden or Pound-Master shall take into
custody and impound or cause to be taken into custody and impounded,
and thereafter destroyed or disposed of as provided in this section:
a.
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.
b.
Any dog off the premises of the owner or the person keeping or harboring
the dog without a current registration tag on his collar.
c.
Any female dog in season off the premises of the owner or of the
person keeping or harboring the dog.
[Ord. No. 292 § 11]
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 if the owner or the person keeping or harboring
the dog is known, the Dog Catcher, Dog Warden or Pound-Master, or
any person authorized by him in that behalf, shall 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.
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 mail addressed to that person
at his usual or last known place of abode, or to the address given
on the collar.
[Ord. #292 § 11]
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 all expenses incurred by reason of
its detention, 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, the aforesaid Dog Catcher,
Dog Warden or Pound-Master, or any person authorized by him in that
behalf, may cause the dog to be destroyed in a manner causing as little
pain as possible.
[Ord. No. 292 § 12; Ord. No. 440 § 2; Ord. No. 588 § 2; Ord.
No. 93-945 § 1; amended 6-28-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-1886]
The expenses incurred by reason of its detention, which shall
be paid by the owner or person keeping or harboring a dog that has
been impounded shall be in the amounts set forth in the contract between
the Borough and the Animal Control Officer. No owner or person keeping
or harboring said dog shall be permitted to claim an impounded dog
unless a license and registration tag can be produced for said dog.
The fee mentioned above shall be paid to the Clerk of the Borough
and shall be forwarded to the Treasurer of the Borough within 30 days
after collection of receipt, and shall be placed in the same account
with the license fees.
[Ord. No. 292 § 13]
Any officer or agent authorized or empowered to perform any
duty under this chapter is hereby authorized to go upon any premises
to seize for impounding any dog or dogs which he may lawfully seize
and impound when the officer is in immediate pursuit of such dog or
dogs, except upon the premises of the owner of the dog if the owner
is present and forbids the same.
[Ord. No. 292 § 14]
No provision of this chapter shall be construed as giving any
authority for disposal of impounded dogs for medical research.
[Ord. No. 292 § 15]
The provisions of N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.1 et seq. known as the Dog
Control Act shall be and are considered an integral part of this section
when not expressly set forth and shall be strictly enforced in the
Borough.
[Ord. #292 § 17; amended 6-28-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-1886]
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or fails or refuses to comply with the applicable subsection thereof, or the rules and regulations promulgated by the State Department of Health shall be liable, upon conviction, to the penalties stated in Chapter 1, § 1-5.The Court in its discretion may remit any fine in whole or in part in cases where the defendant voluntarily causes the offending dog to be destroyed.
[Ord. No. 2005-1375 § 7]
The purpose of this section is to establish requirements for
the proper disposal of pet solid waste in Bernardsville Borough, so
as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe
penalties for failure to comply.
[Ord. No. 2005-1375 § 7]
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. No. 2005-1375 § 7]
All pet owners and keepers are required to immediately and properly
dispose of their pets' solid waste deposited on any property, public
or private, not owned or possessed by that person.
[Ord. No. 2005-1375 § 7]
Any owner or keeper who requires the use of a disability assistance
animal shall be exempt from the provisions of this section which such
animal is being used for that purpose.
[Ord. No. 2005-1375 § 7]
The provisions of this Article shall be enforced by the Code
Enforcement Officer, the Sanitarian and the Police Department of Bernardsville
Borough.
[Ord. No. 2005-1375 § 7]
[Ord. No. 2006-1427 § 1]
The owner, keeper, or any person having charge or custody and
control of any dog, except a seeing eye dog, shall not allow that
animal to enter upon any area of the Borough parks listed below during
the period from April 1 to June 30, inclusive.
|
Park Name
|
Block
|
Lot(s)
|
|---|---|---|
|
Polo Grounds
|
35
|
2 and 6
|
|
Claremont Field
|
69
|
8,9,29
|
|
Rose Bowl
|
97
|
Portion of Lot 1 (to the west of the wastewater treatment plant)
|
|
Kiwanis Field
|
100
|
4 and 6
|
|
115
|
7
|
[Ord. No. 2006-1427 § 1]
All of the areas described in subsection 5-9.1 above shall be clearly posted as "No Dog" zones.
[Ord. No. 2006-1427 § 1]
Any person who violates this section shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalties set forth in section 1-5 of this Code.
[Ord. No. 2018-1784]
No dogs or other domestic animals (with the exception of service
animals), whether leashed or unleashed, attended or unattended, shall
be permitted on the playing surface of the following athletic fields
owned by the Borough of Bernardsville:
Kiwanis Baseball Fields (2) (Block 35, Lot 2)
Rosebowl Field (Block 97, Lot 1)
Claremont Field (Block 69, Lots 8, 9 and 29)
Polo Grounds Turf Field (Block 35, Lot 2)
This section does not apply to areas other than the playing
surface of athletic fields, such as surrounding spectator areas, and/or
playgrounds.
[Ord. No. 2018-1784]
For purpose of this section, "service animal" shall mean any
dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the
benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical,
sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability. Other
species of animals, whether wild or domestic, trained or untrained,
are not service animals for the purposes of this definition. The work
or tasks performed by a service animal must be directly related to
the individual's disability. Examples of work or tasks include, but
are not limited to, assisting individuals who are blind or have low
vision with navigation and other tasks, alerting individuals who are
deaf or hard of hearing to the presence of people or sounds, providing
non-violent protection or rescue work, pulling a wheelchair, assisting
an individual during a seizure, alerting individuals to the presence
of allergens, retrieving items such as medicine or the telephone,
providing physical support and assistance with balance and stability
to individuals with mobility disabilities, and helping persons with
psychiatric and neurological disabilities by preventing or interrupting
impulsive or destructive behaviors. The crime deterrent effects of
an animal's presence and the provision of emotional support, well-being,
comfort, or companionship do not constitute work or tasks for the
purposes of this definition.
[Ord. No. 2018-1784]
All of the Borough athletic fields covered by this section shall
be clearly posted as "No Pet" zones.
[Ord. No. 2018-1784]
Any person who violates this section shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalties set forth in section 1-5 of this Code.
