[1975 Code § 60-1]
As used in this section:
Shall mean any dog, bitch or spayed bitch.
Shall mean any dog which has attained the age of seven months
or which possesses a set of permanent teeth.
[1975 Code § 60-2; New]
No person shall keep, harbor, or have custody of any dog within
the Borough without first obtaining a license to be issued by the
Borough Clerk, who is the designated agent, 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 section.
[1975 Code § 60-2]
a.
Time to Apply.
1.
Any person who shall own, keep, or harbor a dog of licensing age
shall in April annually, apply for and procure from the Borough Clerk,
a license and an official metal registration tag for each dog owned,
kept or harbored, and shall place upon each dog a collar or harness,
with the registration tag securely fastened thereon.
2.
The owner of any newly-acquired dog of licensing age or of any dog
which attains licensing age, shall make application for a license
and a registration tag for the dog within 10 days after such acquisition
or age attainment.
b.
Information Required; Preservation of Information. The application
shall state the breed, sex, age, color and markings of the dog for
which a 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 the 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
Borough Clerk. In addition, the Clerk shall forward similar information
to the State Department of Health each month on forms furnished by
the Department. Registration numbers shall be issued in the order
of the applications.
[New]
The person applying for a license and registration tag shall
provide a valid certificate that the dog has been inoculated with
an approved rabies vaccine by a duly licensed veterinarian, or by
such other veterinarian permitted by law to do the same, or that the
dog has been certified exempt as provided by regulations of the State
Department of Health.
[1975 Code § 60-2; Ord. No. 3-75; Ord. No. 024-81; Ord. No. 14-83; Ord. No.
016-85; Ord. No. 822-87; Ord. No. 7-96; Ord. No. 04-2007 § 1; Ord. No. 06-2008 § 1; Ord. No. 12-2009 § 1]
a.
A person applying for the license and registration tag shall pay
a total annual fee for each dog as follows:
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License Fee
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$ 10.00
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State Registration Fee (Rabies)
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1.00
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State Surcharge for Pilot Clinic Fund
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.20
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State Surcharge Unneutered Dogs
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3.00
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Total
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$14.20
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Replacement for lost tag
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$ 2.00
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Late Charges (not registered by May 1)
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5.00
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b.
If a dog is not licensed and registered by June 15 of each year,
then a summons shall be issued to the owner for each violation. The
summons shall be signed by the Police Department of the Borough of
Allentown and filed with the Borough of Allentown Municipal Court.
The following fines shall apply to said summonses and shall be payable
to the Violations Bureau of the Borough of Allentown:
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1st offense
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$35.00 fine
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2nd offense
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$70.00 fine
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3rd and subsequent offense
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Mandatory Court appearance
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[1975 Code § 62-2; New]
Dogs used as "service dogs," "Hearing Ear Dogs" or "Seeing Eye
Dogs" shall be licensed and registered as other dogs hereinabove provided
for, except that the owner or keeper of such dog shall not be required
to pay any fee thereof.
[1975 Code § 60-2]
The harboring of a dog or dogs shall be evidence of ownership
for the purpose of license. Any person who keeps or harbors any dog
on his premises or elsewhere within the Borough limits or who permits
any dog to remain on his premises shall be deemed to be the owner
thereof.
[1975 Code § 60-2B]
Before any license may be issued, the owner shall provide proof
by certificate of a licensed veterinarian that the dog has been inoculated
for rabies within the previous year, stating the date thereof.
[1975 Code § 60-2D; Ord. No. 012-84]
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 acquirement or age attainment. The provisions for late charges as set forth in subsection 5-1.5 shall not apply to the within section, provided that the owner of the dog covered by the within section has made application for the proper license within the time prescribed herein.
[1975 Code § 60-2; Ord. No. 03-79]
Each dog which is required by the provisions of this section
to be licensed shall wear a collar or harness with its registration
tag securely fastened thereto.
[1975 Code § 60-3; Ord. No. 016-85]
It shall not be lawful for any person owning, keeping or harboring
any dog to suffer the same to run at large within this Borough at
any time, unless such dog is accompanied by a person and unless such
dog is on a leash.
[1975 Code § 60-4]
It shall be unlawful for any person to harbor within the limits
of the Borough any dog which makes disturbing noises during the nighttime
between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. The noise made by the
continued barking of any dog between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00
a.m. is declared to be a disturbing noise and a nuisance, and the
license of any dog found to be so disturbing the peace of the inhabitants
may be revoked as hereinafter provided.
[1975 Code § 60-4, 114-4; Ord.
No. 60-4; Ord. No. 023-77; Ord. No. 017-80; Ord. No. 11-2006]
a.
Purpose. The purpose of this subsection is to establish requirements
for the proper disposal of pet solid waste, so as to protect public
health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for failure
to comply.
b.
IMMEDIATE
OWNER/KEEPER
PERSON
PET
PET SOLID WASTE
PROPER DISPOSAL
Definitions and Word Usage. For the purpose of this subsection, the
following items, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the
meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this subsection
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 (pooper-scoop),
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.
c.
Requirement for Disposal. 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.
d.
Exemptions. Any owner or keeper who requires the use of a disability
assistance animal shall be exempt from the provisions of this subsection
while such animal is being used for that purpose.
e.
Enforcement. The provisions of this subsection shall be enforced
by the Allentown Police Department and the local Board of Health or
upon written complaint by the complaining witness filed in Municipal
Court.
[1975 Code § 60-5; Ord. No. 03-75; New]
a.
The
Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Borough Council, is hereby
authorized and empowered to appoint one or more persons or agencies
to be known as the Animal Control Officer, with full power and authority
to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The Borough Council shall
fix the compensation of the Animal Control Officer.
b.
The
Mayor may appoint, with the advice and consent of the Borough Council,
a Poundmaster, who shall hold office at the pleasure of the Mayor
and Council and who may also be the Animal Control Officer.
[1975 Code § 60-6; Ord. No. 03-75; New]
a.
The Animal Control Officer or any Police Officer of the Borough shall
take into custody and impound or cause to be taken into custody and
impounded, and thereafter destroyed or offered for adoption:
1.
Any animal off the premises, except those on a leash and attended,
of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring the animal which
the official or his agent or agents have reason to believe is a stray
animal.
2.
Any animal off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping
or harboring the animal 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 of the owner, or the person keeping or harboring the dog is known,
the Animal Control Officer or any person authorized by him and acting
on his behalf shall forthwith serve on the person whose address is
given on the collar, or on the owner or person keeping or harboring
the dog, if known, a notice in writing stating that the dog has been
seized and that it will be liable to be destroyed or offered for adoption
if not claimed within seven days after the service of the notice.
c.
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 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 or other animal 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 the dog or other animal has not claimed the dog or other
animal, and paid all expenses incurred by reason of its detention,
including maintenance charges in a sum fixed by the Mayor and Council,
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 Animal Control Officer or any
person authorized to act in his behalf may cause the dog to be destroyed
in a manner causing as little pain as possible or offered for adoption.
[1975 Code § 60-7]
a.
The Animal Control Officer shall be responsible for all dogs impounded
or taken into custody under the provisions of this section 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 section shall be enforced by the Animal Control
Officer of the Borough. However, nothing herein shall be deemed to
prohibit any Police Officer from enforcing any provisions hereof.
[1975 Code § 60-8; New]
No person shall seize or impound any dog except the Animal Control
Officer or a Police Officer, and no person shall act in such capacity
without authority of the Borough.
[1975 Code § 60-9]
No person shall obstruct or molest the Animal Control Officer
in the execution of any of the duties hereinbefore imposed upon him,
nor release or cause to be released any dog or dogs impounded in the
public pound.
[Ord. No. 7-96]
There shall be a charge of $25 to any owner of any dog running
at large when the dog is picked up by the Animal Control Officer of
the Borough.
[1975 Code § 57-1; Ord. No. 013-90]
As used in this section:
Shall mean any person or agency designated or certified by
the Borough of Allentown to enforce the provisions of this section.
Shall mean any member of the domestic feline species, male,
female or altered.
Shall mean any cat which has attained the age of seven months
or which possesses a set of permanent teeth.
All mean any room or group of rooms, cage, or exhibition
pen not part of a kennel, wherein cats for sale are kept or displayed.
Shall mean the agency or department of the Borough or any
designated representative thereof charged with administering the issuance
or revocation of permits and licenses under the provisions of this
section.
Shall mean rendered permanently incapable of reproduction
as certified by a licensed veterinarian.
Shall mean when applied to the proprietorship of a cat, every
person having a right of property (or custody) in such cat and every
person who has such cat in his keeping, or who harbors or maintains
a cat or knowingly permits a cat to remain on or about any premises
occupied by that person.
[1975 Code § 57-2; Ord. No. 013-90]
a.
Vaccination and License Requirements. No person shall own, keep,
harbor or maintain a cat over seven months of age within the Borough
unless such cat is vaccinated and licensed. The provisions of this
section 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.
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 conditions, or regimen of
therapy, the inoculation of such cat shall be deemed inadvisable.
[1975 Code § 57-3; Ord. No. 013-90; New; Ord. No. 05-2007 § 1; Ord. No. 07-2008 § 1; Ord. No. 13-2009 § 1]
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 Borough Clerk, or other official designated by the
Governing Body thereof to license cats in the Borough of Allentown
in which he 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.
1.
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 for no longer than 90 days.
2.
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Borough
any unlicensed cat, and shall keep same or permit same to be kept
within the Borough for a period of more than 10 days, shall immediately
apply for a license and registration tag or sleeve for each such cat.
3.
If a cat is not licensed and registered by June 15 of each year,
then a summons shall be issued to the owner for each violation. The
summons shall be signed by the Police Department of the Borough of
Allentown and filed with the Borough of Allentown Municipal Court.
The following fines shall apply to said summonses and shall be payable
to the Violations Bureau of the Borough of Allentown:
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1st offense
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$35.00 fine
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2nd offense
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$70.00 fine
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3rd and subsequent offense
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Mandatory Court appearance
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c.
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 shorthaired 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 the 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 Borough.
d.
License Forms and Tags. License forms and official tags or sleeves
shall be furnished by the Borough and shall be numbered serially and
shall bear the year of issuance and the name of the municipality.
e.
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 provides 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 Agriculture and the United States Department of Human Services, or has been certified exempt as provided by subsection 5-5.2d. The rabies inoculation shall be administered by a duly licensed veterinarian or by such other veterinarian permitted by law to do the same.
f.
License Fee Schedule. A license shall be issued after payment of
a fee of $6 for each unneutered cat and $5 for each neutered cat.
Persons who fail to obtain a license as required within the time period
specified in this section, will be subject to a delinquent fee of
$5.
g.
Fees; Renewals; Expiration Date of License.
1.
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 the license, registration tag or sleeve and renewal
thereof shall expire on April 30 in the following year.
2.
License from another municipality shall be accepted. Only one license
and registration tag or sleeve shall be required in the licensing
year for any cat in the Borough. Any valid New Jersey license tag
or sleeve issued by a New Jersey municipality shall be accepted by
the Borough as evidence of compliance.
h.
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 one ($1.00) dollar.
i.
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.
j.
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.
k.
Disposition of Fees Collected. License fees and other money collected
or received under the provisions of this section shall be forwarded
to the Treasurer 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;
provide for 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 chapter. 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 section. At the end of the 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.
[1975 Code § 57-4; New]
Except as may be provided by N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.1 et seq., any
person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of
this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine
of not more than $500 or imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90
days, or to both such fine and imprisonment. Each day such violation
is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate
offense and shall be punishable as such.
[Ord. No. 2006-15 § 1]
No person or household shall keep, harbor or have custody of
more than five dogs and/or cats in the Borough of Allentown. This
limitation shall be for five of each species, but no more than a total
combination of five dogs and/or cats. Any person or household that
keeps, harbors or has custody of more than the number of five, as
defined herein of dogs and/or cats, at the time of adoption of this
section for the 2006 license year, shall be exempt from the section
until the combination of the dogs and/or cats above five no longer
reside at the household.
Residents who have more than five dogs and/or cats licensed
in the current 2006 licensing period will be "grandfathered."
