[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1; Ord. No. 2012-15; amended 10-5-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-22]
As used in this section:
ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER
Shall mean a certified municipal control officer or, in the
absence of such an officer, his designee.
DOG
Shall mean any dog, bitch or spayed bitch or dog hybrid.
DOG OF LICENSING AGE
Shall mean any dog which has attained the age of six months
or which possesses a set of permanent teeth.
DOMESTIC ANIMAL
Shall mean any cat, dog, hamster, rabbit, bird (other than
poultry) and the like normally kept by humans for companionship.
KENNEL
Shall mean any establishment wherein or whereon the business
of boarding or selling dogs or breeding dogs for sale is carried on,
except a pet shop, and shall include any establishment wherein there
is carried on the business or practice of boarding, grooming, selling
or breeding dogs or where dogs are kept or maintained for any commercial
purpose whatever, except pet shops as herein mentioned.
LARGE ANIMAL
Shall mean cattle, horses, mules, sheep, goats, pigs, llamas,
ostriches, bison, beasts of burden, or any other animal not considered
a domestic animal and normally maintained for agricultural use.
OWNER
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.
PET SHOP
Shall mean any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition
pen not part of a kennel, wherein dogs for sale are kept on display.
POULTRY
Shall mean chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea fowl,
pigeons, pheasants and all other fowl or winged animals.
POUND
Shall mean any establishment for the confinement of dogs
seized under the provisions of this section or otherwise.
SHELTER
Shall mean any establishment where dogs are received, housed
and distributed without charge.
VICIOUS DOG
Shall mean any dog or dog hybrid declared by the panel pursuant to subsection
5-11.4 of this chapter.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1; Ord. No. 2012-15]
a. No person shall own, keep, or harbor any dog, within the Township,
without first obtaining a license therefor, to be issued by the Township
Clerk or Animal Control Officer, upon application by the owner and
payment of the prescribed fee, and no person shall keep or harbor
any dog except in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
b. No more than four dogs shall be licensed at any one residence.
c. The owner of any dog may, if the license tag is mislaid, stolen or
lost, procure a replacement tag upon the payment of the prescribed
fee. The owner must provide adequate proof that the dog is currently
licensed for the year in which the replacement tag is desired. The
fee for replacement of lost tags shall be $1.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing
age shall, in the month of January of each year, and annually thereafter,
apply for and procure from the Township Clerk or Animal Control Officer
a license and official metal registration tag for each such dog so
owned, kept or harbored, and shall place upon each dog a collar or
harness with the registration tag securely fastened thereto.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
The person applying for the license and registration tag shall pay a fee as established in subsection
5-3.1 for the licensing and registration of each dog. The licenses, registration tags, and renewals thereof shall expire on the last day of January of each year.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
Dogs used as guides for blind persons and commonly known as
"seeing eye" dogs, dogs used to assist handicapped persons 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 as herein provided for, except that the owner or keeper of such
dog shall not be required to pay any fee therefor.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1; Ord. No. 2013-05]
Any dog owner or person harboring a dog, found to have an unlicensed
dog by the Animal Control Officer, dog canvasser or any other municipal
official after February 28 of any year, shall be required to pay an
additional delinquent fee of $15 per dog, per month plus the required
license and registration tag fees as provided in this chapter, in
addition to any fine imposed for failure to obtain a dog license before
February 28.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
Only one license and registration tag shall be required in any
licensing year for any dog owned in New Jersey, and such license and
tag issued by any other municipality of this State shall be accepted
by the Township as evidence of compliance with this chapter.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
The owner of any newly acquired dog of licensing age or of any dog which attains licensing age shall make application for license and registration tag for such dog within 10 days after such acquisition or age attainment. The fee shall be the same as required in subsection
5-1.4. Failure to obtain a license as provided herein shall result in a delinquent fee being imposed as set forth in subsection
5-1.6. The owner shall be required to present sufficient proof to establish the dog was acquired after February 1 and that application has been submitted within the 10 day requirement.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
a. The application shall state the breed, sex, age, color and markings
of the dog for which license and registration are sought; whether
it is of a long- or short-haired variety; and the name, street and
post-office address of the owner and the person who shall keep or
harbor such dog.
b. There shall be provided with the application 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 Health, Education and Welfare,
or has been certified exempt as provided by regulations of the State
Department of Health. No license or metal registration tag shall be
issued without proof of inoculation as required hereunder.
c. The information on the application and the registration number issued
for the dog shall be preserved for a period of three years by the
Township Clerk or Animal Control Officer. Registration numbers shall
be issued in the order of the application.
d. The Township Clerk or Animal Control Officer 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.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
a. Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Township
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 Township for a period of more than 90 days,
shall immediately apply for a license and registration tag for each
such dog, unless a license for such dog is not required under the
provisions of this chapter.
b. Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Township any unlicensed dog and shall keep the same or permit the same to be kept within the Township for a period of more than 10 days shall immediately apply for a license and registration tag for each such dog, unless a license for such dog is not required under subsection
5-1.5.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
a. 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.
b. No licensed dog shall be allowed off the premises of the person harboring
or keeping the dog, without the metal registration tag attached to
its harness or collar.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
a. Any
person who keeps or operates or proposes to establish a kennel, a
pet shop, a shelter or a pound shall apply to the Township Clerk or
Animal Control Officer for a license entitling him to keep or operate
such an establishment.
b. 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 local Board of Health and Planning/Zoning Board, showing compliance with the local and State rules and
regulations governing location of and sanitation at such establishments.
c. All
licenses issued for a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall state
the purpose for which the establishment is maintained. Such license
shall expire on the last day of January of each year, and shall be
subject to revocation by the Township on recommendation of the State
Department of Health or the local Board of Health for failure to comply
with the rules and regulations of the State Department of Health or
the local Board of Health governing the same, after owner has been
afforded a hearing by either the State Department of Health or the
local Board of Health in accordance with the statutes providing for
such hearings.
d. Any
such person holding such license shall not be required to secure individual
licenses for dogs owned by him and kept at such establishments. Such
license shall not be transferable to another owner or different premises.
e. One
female dog in breeding purposes may be kept by no more than one person
for each family household without obtaining a kennel license for not
more than one litter per year, and further provided that the pups
from such breeding shall be sold or disposed of after six months of
age, unless kept as licensed dogs, and that the female dog kept for
breeding purposes must be registered as a breed bitch each year when
the license for the dog is obtained.
f. The
fees for kennels and pet shops shall be $25. No fee shall be charged
for a shelter or pound.
g. 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.
h. The
rules and regulations of the State Department of Health governing
the operation and maintenance of kennels, pet shops, pounds, and shelters
made effective September 1, 1968, are hereby adopted as provisions
of this chapter by reference to the rules and regulations without
incorporating the same herein in full. A copy of the rules and regulations
shall be maintained in the Township Clerk's Office, and shall be made
available during any reasonable business hours to any person desiring
to see the same
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
A license fee and other monies collected or received under this
chapter after payment to the State of its statutory fees, shall be
forwarded to the Chief Financial Officer of the Township within 30
days after collection or receipt and shall be placed in a special
account separate from any of the other accounts of the Township and
such funds shall be used, expended or transferred only in accordance
with statutes of the State of New Jersey governing and regulating
the use, expenditure or transfer of such funds.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1;
amended 12-5-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-18]
The sum to be paid annually for a dog license and each renewal
thereof as required by P.L. 1941, Chapter 151 of New Jersey shall
be the sum of $13.80 plus the sum of $1 for the registration fee for
each dog, plus as required by P.L. 1983 a. 181, $0.20 surcharge, plus
as required by P.L. 1983 c. 172, $3 for "Animal Population Control
Fund" at a total cost of $18 for non-spayed and non-neutered dogs.
However, when an owner presents a certificate signed by a licensed
veterinarian that the dog has been spayed or neutered, the license
fee shall be $13.80 plus the sum of $1 for the registration fee for
each dog, plus $0.20 surcharge as per P.L. 1983 a. 181 for a total
cost of $15 for spayed or neutered dogs.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
The Township Clerk or Animal Control Officer shall forward to
the State Department of Health a list of all kennels, pet shops, shelters
and pounds licensed, within 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.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
The Township Clerk or Animal Control Officer shall annually
cause a canvass to be made of all dogs owned, kept or harbored within
the limits of the Township and shall report on or before September
1 of each year, to the local Board of Health 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, 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.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
The Township Committee of the Township shall appoint a licensed
Animal Control Officer to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
a. The
Animal Control Officer or other persons designated by the Township
Committee shall take into custody and impound or cause to be taken
into custody and impounded, and thereafter destroyed or offered for
adoption as hereinafter provided in this section:
1. Any dog off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or
harboring said dog which the official or his agent have reason to
believe is a stray dog.
2. Any dog off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or
harboring said 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 said dog.
4. Any dog upon the public or private streets or in any public place not accompanied by a person over the age of 12 years and not confined as prescribed by subsection
5-11.3, said dog shall be deemed to be stray.
5. Any dog kept in a kennel, pet shop, shelter, or pound and off such establishment and not confined or controlled as prescribed by subsection
5-11.3, said dog shall be deemed to be a stray.
6. Any dog or other animal that appears to be possibly rabid.
7. Any dog declared vicious as determined by the provisions of subsection
5-11.4 and the dog has not been disposed of in accordance with subsection
5-11.4.
8. Any dog which the owner or persons keeping or harboring said dog
wishes to dispose of and to which he renounces ownership, custody,
and control in writing.
9. Any dog or other animal off the premises of the owner reported to,
or observed by, a certified Animal Control Officer to be ill, injured
or creating a threat to public health, safety or welfare or otherwise
interfering with the enjoyment of property.
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,
an Animal Control Officer or anyone authorized by the Township Committee
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 offered for adoption or destroyed if not
claimed within seven days after the service of the notice.
c. A
notice under paragraph b of 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 mail 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 in this section, or has been
detained for seven days after seizure, when notice has not been and
cannot be given as above set forth in this section, and if the owner
or persons keeping or harboring the dog has not claimed the dog and
paid all expenses incurred by reason of its detention, and, if the
dog be 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 Animal Control Officer may cause the dog to be
destroyed in a manner causing as little pain as possible or offered
for adoption.
e. When
any dog shall be delivered under subparagraph a8 of this section,
no notice to the owner shall be required, unless the person delivering
the dog is someone other than the owner, in which event the foregoing
procedure shall be followed; if the person delivering the dog is the
owner, the Animal Control Officer or any person so authorized may
forthwith destroy the dog in a manner causing as little pain as possible.
f. The provisions of subsection
5-11.4 et seq., shall apply to dogs impounded pursuant to that section of the chapter.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
There shall be charged to the owner of each dog which is impounded, pursuant to Section
5-7 all fees incurred by the Township in the picking up and detention including the per day maintenance fee for each day or part thereof that the dog has been impounded, which fees shall be paid before the dog can be released.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
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 such officer is in immediate pursuit of such dog
or dogs, except upon the premises of the owner of the dog if the said
owner is present and forbids the same.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
No person shall hinder, molest or interfere with anyone authorized
or empowered to perform any duty under this chapter. The mandatory
minimum penalty for violation of this section shall be $100 up to
$1,000.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
No person shall allow any dog in his keeping, custody, control
or ownership to bark, howl or cry, continuously for any period longer
than 1/2 hour between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. or otherwise
repeatedly at intervals of more than 1/2 hour at any time of the day
or night, in such volume or manner as to disturb the comfort, peace
and repose of persons in the vicinity.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
a. No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog shall suffer or permit
such animal to run at large in, upon, or through any public, quasi-public,
or private street, public park or recreation area, public building,
or any other public place or place to which the public is invited
and no person owning, keeping or harboring any dog shall suffer or
permit such animal to run at large in, upon, or through any private
property without the authority of the owner of the private property.
b. When a dog has been impounded for running at large, the Animal Control
Officer shall file a complaint of this violation in the Municipal
Court.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog shall suffer
or permit it to be upon the public or private streets or in any public
place of the Township unless such dog is accompanied by a person over
the age of 12 years and is securely confined and controlled by an
adequate leash not more than six feet long.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
a. The Animal Control Officer shall seize and impound a dog when the
officer has reasonable cause to believe that the dog:
1. Attacked a person and caused death or serious bodily injury as defined
in N.J.S. 2C:11-1(b) to that person;
2. Caused bodily injury as defined in N.J.S. 2C:11-1(a) to a person
during an unprovoked attack and poses a serious threat of harm to
persons or domestic animals;
3. Engaged in dog fighting activities as described in R.S. 4:22-24 and
R.S. 4:22-26.
b. The dog shall be impounded until the final decision as to whether
the dog is vicious or potentially dangerous pursuant to and in accordance
with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 4:19-17 et seq. Subject to the approval
of the Municipal Health Officer, the dog may be impounded in a facility
or other structure agreeable to the owner.
c. The Animal Control Officer shall notify the official responsible for convening a hearing pursuant to paragraph d below and the Municipal Health Officer within three working days that he has seized and impounded a dog pursuant to Section
5-7 of this act, or that he has reasonable cause to believe that a dog has killed another domestic animal and that a hearing is required. The Animal Control Officer shall, through a reasonable effort, attempt to determine the identity of the owner of any dog seized and impounded. If its owner cannot be identified within seven days, that dog may be humanely destroyed.
d. The Chief Law Enforcement Officer of the municipality or the Municipal Health Officer shall select a panel of three qualified individuals knowledgeable about dog behavior and conduct a hearing, within 30 days of the receipt of the signed statement from the dog's owner as required by subsection
b of Section
5-7, to determine whether the dog impounded pursuant to Section
5-7 is vicious or potentially dangerous. In no case may the municipal officer who is the supervisor of the Animal Control Officer presenting the case select the panel. If neither the Chief Law Enforcement Officer of the municipality nor the Municipal Health Officer is the Animal Control Officer's supervisor, the Municipal Health Officer shall select the panel and conduct the hearing. To the greatest extent practicable, the selected panel shall collectively represent a diverse background in dog behavior and in no case may all of the members of the panel be from the same discipline nor may a panel include any individual connected to the case. Upon request, the Department may recommend to the Municipal Health Officer or Chief Law Enforcement Officer of the municipality the names of qualified individuals to serve on the panel. For the purposes of this section, "qualified individuals" means:
1. Veterinarians specializing in the treatment of dogs and cats;
2. American Kennel Club certified dog breed or obedience judges;
3. Professional dog handlers who are members of the Professional Handlers
Association or who are recommended by either a Professional Handlers
Association member or an American Kennel Club certified dog breed
judge;
4. Professional dog obedience trainers who are members of the National
Association of Dog Obedience Instructors or who are recommended by
a National. Association of Dog Obedience Instructors member or an
American Kennel Club dog obedience judge;
5. Dog behavior modification trainers who are recommended by a veterinarian
specializing in the treatment of dogs and cats, an American Kennel
Club dog obedience judge, a National Association of Dog Obedience
Instructors member or persons in paragraph 6 below or;
6. Animal behaviorists with at least a bachelor's degree in animal behavior
specializing in the treatment of canine behavior disorders.
The official conducting the hearing shall notify the owner of
the impounded dog by certified mail, return receipt requested, and
the Department of Health of the date and time of the hearing, and
the names of the panel members selected. During the hearing, the owner
shall have the opportunity to present evidence to demonstrate that
the dog is not vicious or potentially dangerous.
e. If the panel, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-20, declares a dog to be
vicious and no appeal is made of the ruling, pursuant to N.J.S.A.
4:19-25, the dog shall be destroyed in a humane and expeditious manner.
No dog may be destroyed during the pending of an appeal.
f. If the panel, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-20, declares a dog to be
potentially dangerous, it shall issue an order and schedule for continuance
as required by N.J.S.A. 4:19-24 and may require the owner to comply
with additional conditions permitted to be imposed by said statute.
g. If a dog is declared vicious or potentially dangerous, and all appeals
pertaining thereto have been exhausted, the owner of the dog shall
be liable to the Township for the costs and expenses of impounding
and destroying the dog. The owner shall incur the expense of impounding
the dog in a facility other than the municipal pound, regardless of
whether the dog is ultimately found to be vicious or potentially dangerous.
h. The owner of a potentially dangerous dog shall:
1. Comply with the provisions of this act in accordance with a schedule
established by the panel, but in no case more than 60 days subsequent
to the date of determination;
2. Notify the licensing authority, local police department or force,
and the Animal Control Officer if a potentially dangerous dog is running
at large, or has attacked a human being or killed a domestic animal;
3. Notify the licensing authority, local police department or force,
and the Animal Control Officer within 24 hours of the death, sale
or donation of a potentially dangerous dog;
4. Prior to selling or donating the dog, inform the prospective owner
that the dog has been declared potentially dangerous; and
5. Upon the sale or donation of the dog to a person residing in a different
municipality, notify the department and the licensing authority, police
department or force, and Animal Control Officer of that municipality
of the transfer of ownership and the name, address and telephone number
of the new owner.
i. Registration of Potentially Dangerous Dogs.
1. The Township Clerk or Animal Control Officer shall issue a potentially
dangerous dog registration number and red identification tag along
with a municipal potentially dangerous dog license upon a demonstration
of sufficient evidence by the owner to the Animal Control Officer
that he has complied with the panel's orders. The last three digits
of each potentially dangerous dog registration number shall be the
three number code assigned to Lafayette Township. The Animal Control
Officer shall verify, in writing, compliance to the municipal clerk;
2. Publicize a telephone number for reporting violations of this act.
This telephone number shall be forwarded to the department; and any
changes in this number shall be reported immediately to the department;
and
3. The annual fee for the licensing of a potentially dangerous dog and
each renewal thereafter shall be $750.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
The purpose of this section is to protect the health, safety
and welfare of all those frequenting this Township, by preventing
the needless health hazards and nuisances caused by dog feces upon
public and private property located within the Township.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
No person owning or in charge of any dog shall cause or allow
such dog to soil, defile, defecate upon or commit any nuisance upon
any private property, without the permission of the owner of the property.
Any person owning or in charge of a dog which soils, defiles, defecates
or commits any such nuisance shall immediately remove all feces deposited
by such dog in a sanitary manner.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
No person owning or in charge of any dog shall cause or allow
such dog to soil, defile, defecate upon or commit any nuisance on
any place where people congregate or walk, or upon any public property.
Any person owning or in charge of a dog which soils, defiles, defecates
or commits any such nuisance shall immediately remove all feces deposited
by such dog in a sanitary manner.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
No person shall permit the accumulation of dog feces upon his/her
own property, or property occupied by him/her, to the extent that
the odor may be noticeable to any adjoining property owners.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
The feces removed from the aforementioned designated areas shall
be disposed of by the person owning or in charge of any such dog in
a sealed, nonabsorbent, leakproof container. Disposition in a sanitary
manner shall include taking feces home for deposit, or wrapping the
feces and placing same in a trash can. It shall not include burial,
disposal by placement in a storage sewer or placing unwrapped feces
in a trash can.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
It shall be a complete defense to violations of subsections
5-12.2,
5-12.3, and
5-12.4, if a person shall have immediately removed such defecation and disposed of it in a sanitary manner.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
The provision of this section shall not apply to dogs used as
guides for blind persons and commonly known as "seeing eye" dogs,
dogs used to assist handicapped persons commonly known as "service
dogs," or dogs used to assist deaf persons and commonly known as "hearing
ear" dogs.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
In the event of a violation on private property, a complaint
is only to be filed by the owner of such property. In the event of
such a violation occurring on public property, thoroughfare, walkways
or parks, a complaint may be filed by any witness to such an act.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
No person owning, keeping or harboring a dog/cat shall permit
it to do any injury or damage to any lawn, shrubbery, flowers, grounds
or property or a complaint may be made against the owner or keeper
of such dog/cat.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1]
a. Any cat shall be considered a public nuisance and shall be subject to subsection
5-12.1, if it has no owner or custodian, if it has no place of care, or shelter, or if it trespasses upon or damages either private or public property, or if it bites, scratches or harms persons within the Township.
b. Any cat off the premises of the owner or the person keeping or harboring the cat and constituting a public nuisance as defined in Section
5-13, shall be impounded according to Section
5-7 provided that the owner of the property upon which the trespassing occurs authorizes the seizure.
[Added 10-5-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-22]
a. No person
owning, keeping or harboring any large animal or poultry shall suffer
or permit such animal or fowl to run at large in, upon, or through
any public, quasi-public, or private street, public park or recreation
area, public building, or any other public place or place to which
the public is invited and no person owning, keeping or harboring any
large animal or poultry shall suffer or permit such animal or fowl
to run at large in, upon, or through any private property without
the authority of the owner of the private property.
b. When a large
animal or poultry has been impounded for running at large, the Animal
Control Officer shall file a complaint of this violation in the Municipal
Court.
c. The owner
of any large animal or poultry shall maintain enclosures or standard
agricultural fencing as may be required to prevent large animals or
poultry from running at large.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1;
amended 10-5-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-22]
a. Failure to Obtain License.
1st offense
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$50
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2nd offense
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$100
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3rd offense
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As determined by a Judge
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b. Dogs, Large Animals and Poultry Running at Large.
1st offense
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$100
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2nd offense
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$250
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3rd offense
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As determined by a Judge
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c. Disturbing the Peace (Barking).
1st offense
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$50
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2nd offense
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$100
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3rd offense
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As determined by a Judge
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d. Dogs Attacking Person.
1st offense
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$500
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2nd offense
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$1,000
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3rd offense
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As determined by a Judge
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e. Dogs Attacking Other Animals.
1st offense
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$100
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2nd offense
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$350
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3rd offense
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As determined by a Judge
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f. Interference With An Officer.
1st offense
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Mandatory $100 minimum
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2nd offense
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$350
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3rd offense
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As determined by a Judge
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g. Defecation.
1st offense
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$50
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2nd offense
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$100
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3rd offense
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As determined by a Judge
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h. In the case of the failure of any person to pay any fine imposed
hereunder, the Judge may cause such persons to be imprisoned in the
County Jail for any term not exceeding 90 days.
[Ord. BH:2/25/91 § 1;
amended 10-5-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-22]
It shall be the duty of the Animal Control Officer to enforce
the provisions of this chapter.