No owner or keeper of any dog shall permit such dog to run at
large.
No person shall own, keep, harbor or maintain a dog which habitually
barks or cries.
No owner shall permit, suffer or allow any dog to discharge
its excreta upon any posted public or private property, grass areas,
lawns, stones, and the like, including the property of the owner,
except as follows: Dogs must be leashed and curbed, and the owner
must immediately clean up such dog's excreta in a proper fashion and
make proper disposal of same. "Proper clean-up and disposal" shall
require that such owner immediately remove all feces and droppings
deposited by such dog, which removal shall be in a sanitary manner
by shovel, container, disposal bag or some other similar device, and
said feces and droppings shall be removed by said owner and disposed
of by said owner in a sanitary manner, so as to prevent any noxious
odors, attraction of vermin or any other public health nuisance. In
no event shall disposal be effected by deposit into the storm sewer
system of the Borough of Wildwood Crest.
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The Animal Control Officer and the Chief of Police and members
of the Wildwood Crest Police Department shall be hereinafter referred
to as "enforcement officer."
Every person convicted of a violation of this Article shall
be liable to a penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $1,250
for the first offense; fines shall be doubled for each subsequent
offense, or imprisonment for a term not to exceed 15 days, or both.