Pursuant to R.S. 4:19-15.12, the sum of $10 is hereby fixed as the sum to be paid annually for a dog license beginning August 1, 1984, and each renewal thereof, within the confines of the borough. Any person renewing a dog license subsequent to March 1, shall pay an additional surcharge of $5 as a late fee. In the event that a dog is determined to be potentially dangerous after a determination pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 307, Laws of New Jersey 1989, the yearly licensing fee shall be $700.
As used in this section.
DOG
Shall mean any dog, male or female, over the age of seven months.
Every person who harbors or possesses any dog for 10 days or more shall for the purpose of this chapter be the owner of the dog or dogs so harbored or possessed.
Any person who brings into the borough any dog licensed in another State and bearing a registration tag and keeps the same for more than 90 days, shall immediately apply for a license and registration tag. Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the borough any unlicensed dog, and shall keep the same for more than 10 days, shall immediately apply for a license and registration tag.
The owner of every dog shall pay the fees to the borough clerk, or his designated agent, on or before January 31 annually. The borough clerk upon payment of the fees, shall issue a license for the keeping of such dog and registration tag which shall be serially numbered and shall bear the year of its issuance and the words "Englewood Cliffs, N.J." The license shall expire on January 31 following its issuance.
Any person who keeps or operates or proposes to establish a kennel, pet shop, a shelter or a pound shall apply to the borough clerk for a license entitling him to keep or operate such an 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 chief of police and the agent of the board of health of the borough delegated for that purpose, showing compliance with the State and borough rules and regulations, governing location of and sanitation at such establishments.
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 on January 31 annually, and be subject to the revocation by the borough on recommendations 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 or the borough governing the same, after the owner has been afforded a hearing.
Any person holding such license shall not be required to secure individual licenses for dogs owned by such licensee and kept at such establishments; such licenses shall not be transferable to another owner or different premises.
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.
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.
The mayor, with the advice and consent of the council may appoint at such times and for such terms as may seem expedient, one or more persons, firms or corporations as dog wardens, whose duty it shall be to seize and impound all dogs found being kept or harbored or running at large and liable to seizure under the provisions of this chapter or pursuant to law and to put to death or cause to be put to death as humanely as possible and be removed from town or buried, all such dogs not redeemed in accordance with the provisions hereof and the laws of New Jersey. The compensation of such dog warden shall be fixed by resolution of the borough council. The regulations pertaining to the further duties of the dog warden shall be provided by resolution of the borough council.
Any dog not licensed and registered as required by law and this chapter shall be taken into custody and impounded by any police officer, dog warden appointed hereunder or other duly authorized agent and thereafter destroyed and disposed of in the manner provided by law.
The chief of police of the borough shall annually after February 1, cause a canvass to be made of all dogs owned and harbored within the borough and shall report the result including the names of all persons owning or harboring such animals in the manner provided for by law.
No person shall suffer an unlicensed dog to run at large in the borough or suffer any dog whether licensed or not to run at large without the registration tag herein provided for or cause or permit any unlicensed dog to wear such tag. All dogs when upon the public highway shall be leashed.
No person shall suffer any dog, licensed or unlicensed to run at large upon any of the streets or public places or the borough.
No dog shall be deemed to be at large within the provisions of this chapter while upon the property of a neighbor who shall consent thereto.
No person shall hinder, interfere with or molest any persons appointed as dog wardens and any assistant employed by him or any officer of the borough or other duly authorized agent in the performance of any duty enjoined by this chapter.
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Editor's Note: Section 5-8 Vicious Dogs previously contained herein was repealed by Ordinance #9013. Prior ordinance history: Ordinance #66.
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to dogs on a leash passing through the borough when accompanied by their nonresident owners, possessors or harborers.
Any person who violates or who fails or refused to comply with any of the provisions hereof shall upon conviction be liable to the penalty as stated in chapter 3, section 3-1.
The owner of a potentially dangerous dog who is found by a preponderance of the evidence to have violated this act, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, or to have failed to comply with a panel's order (and all regulations promulgated pursuant to Chapter 307. Laws of New Jersey 1989), shall be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 per day of the violation. Each and every day that a violation continues to exist, shall constitute a separate and distinct violation.
In addition to any and all other fines and/or remedies allowable pursuant to law, the animal control officer is authorized to seize and impound any potentially dangerous dog whose owner fails to comply with the provisions of Chapter 307, Laws of New Jersey 1989, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, or a panels' order.
In addition to all other remedies or fines here and before stated, the municipal court may order that the dog so seized and impounded be destroyed in an expeditious and humane manner, after the expiration of a ten-day waiting period following conviction.
The provisions of Chapter 307, Laws of New Jersey 1989, be and the same are hereby incorporated into this chapter, and shall supersede any and all inconsistent parts or provisions of Chapter 5.