[1976 Code § 5-1.1; Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-1.1]
Every person within the Borough who owns, keeps, or harbors any dog, bitch, dog hybrid, or cat over seven months of age or which possesses a set of permanent teeth shall annually in the month of January have the animal registered and numbered with the Borough Board of Health Secretary and shall place upon each animal, kept or harbored, a collar or harness with a metal registration tag securely fastened thereto. Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Borough any unlicensed animal and shall keep the same or permit the same to be kept within the Borough for a period of more than 10 days shall immediately apply for a license and registration for each such animal, unless such animal be licensed under Section 4-2.
[1976 Code § 5-1.2; Ord. No. 10-91; Ord. No. 6-04 § 5-1.2;
amended 10-13-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021, effective January 1, 2022.]
Any person applying for a license and registration, or renewal
thereof, shall pay a licensing fee in the amount of $8.80 per annum
for each new or renewed license. In addition to the licensing fee,
all licensees shall pay an annual sum of $1 for the registration fee,
$0.20 for the New Jersey Pilot Clinic Fund, and a $3 surcharge for
all unneutered or unspayed animals, which shall be forward to the
State Department of Health as required by law within 30 days after
receipt of same. All licensing and registration fees collected by
the Borough shall be forwarded to the Treasurer of the Borough. All
license and registration tags, and renewals thereof shall expire January
31st of each year. Persons who fail to obtain a license and registration
within the applicable time periods specified in this chapter shall
be subject to a delinquent fee of $5 per month beginning March 1st
of each year.
[1976 Code § 5-1.3; Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-1.3]
The owner of any newly acquired animal of licensing age or any
animal which attains licensing age shall apply for license and registration
tag within 10 days after such acquisition or age attainment.
[1976 Code § 5-1.4; Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-1.4]
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Borough any animal licensed in another State for the current year, and bearing a registration tag and shall keep the same, or permit the same to be kept, within the Borough for a period of more than 90 days shall immediately apply for a license and registration tag for each such animal unless such an animal be licensed under Section 4-2.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-1.5]
Any valid New Jersey license tab issued by a New Jersey Municipality
shall be accepted by the Borough as evidence of compliance in the
stated licensing year only.
[1976 Code § 5-1.5; Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-1.6]
No person except an officer in the performance of his duties
shall remove a registration tag from the collar of any animal without
the consent of the owner, nor shall any person attach a registration
tag to an animal for which is was not issued.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-1.7]
The application shall state inter alia the breed, sex, age,
color, and marking of the animal and post office address of the owner
and the person who shall keep or harbor such animal. The information
on the application and registration number issued for the animal shall
be preserved for a period of three years by the Board of Health Secretary
or other local official designated to license animals in the municipality.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-1.8]
License forms and official tags shall be numbered serially,
and shall bear the year of issuance and the name of the municipality
and shall be furnished by the municipality.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-1.9]
No municipal official designated by the Governing Body to license
animals shall grant any such license or official registration tag
for any animal unless the owner thereof provides evidence that the
animal to be licensed and registered has been inoculated with a rabies
vaccine of the type approved and administered in accordance with the
recommendation of the United States Department of Agriculture and
the United States Department of Human Services, or has been certified
exempt as provided by law. The rabies vaccination shall be administered
by a duly licensed veterinarian permitted by law to do so.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-1.10]
If a license tag has been misplaced or lost, the Board of Health
Secretary or other designated official may issue a duplicate license
and/or registration for that particular animal without a charge.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-1.11]
Proof of licensing shall be produced by any person, owning,
keeping, maintaining, or harboring an animal, upon request of any
health official, Police Officer, Animal Control Officer, or other
authorized person.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-1.12]
No person shall hinder, molest, or interfere with anyone authorized
or empowered to perform any duty under this chapter.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-2.1]
Any person who keeps or operates and proposes to establish a
kennel, a cattery, a pet shop, a shelter or pound in the Borough shall
apply for a license entitling him to keep or operate such an establishment.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-2.2]
As used in this section:
Shall mean dog or cat.
Shall mean any person or agency designated or certified by
the State of New Jersey to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
Shall 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 any establishment for the purpose of boarding,
selling, training or breeding of dogs for business or commercial use
in compliance with current zoning regulations and as defined and regulated
by the State of New Jersey.
Shall mean the agency or department of the Borough of Ogdensburg
or any designated representative thereof charged with administering
the issuance and/or revocation of permits and licenses under provisions
of this section.
Shall mean rendered permanently incapable of reproduction
as certified by licensed veterinarian.
Shall mean and include, when applied to the proprietorship
of an animal, every person having a right of property of property
(or custody) in such animal and every person who has such animal in
his/her keeping, or who harbors or maintains an animal or knowingly
permits an animal to remain on or about any premises occupied by that
person.
Shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, organization,
or institution, commonly recognized by law as a unit.
Shall mean any room or group of rooms, cage, or exhibition
pen, not part of a kennel or cattery, wherein animals for sale are
kept or displayed.
Shall mean an establishment for the confinement of animals
seized either under the provisions of this chapter or otherwise.
Shall mean any establishment where animals are received,
kept, owned, housed or distributed without charge and where the owner
or operator of the premises keeps, owns or houses more than four animals.
[1976 Code § 5-2.3; Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-2.3]
All licenses issued for a kennel, cattery, pet shop, shelter
or pound shall state the purpose for which the establishment is maintained,
and all such licenses shall expire on June 30 of each year and be
subject to revocation by the Borough Council on recommendations of
the State Department of Health or the Ogdensburg Board of Health governing
the same after the owner has been afforded a hearing by either the
State or Borough Board of Health.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-2.3b]
a.
All animal kennels, catteries, pet shops, shelters or pounds shall
be required to abide by the rules and regulations governing the operation
and maintenance of same, as established by the New Jersey State Department
of Health.
b.
All animal kennels, catteries, pet shops, shelters or pounds shall
not be issued a license if the establishment is in violation of the
Zoning Ordinance of the Borough.
c.
Any kennel, pound or shelter must have a lot or parcel of land of
at least 45,000 square feet.
d.
Buildings, pens or other enclosures in which animals are kept shall
be located at least 50 feet from a property line.
e.
Not more than 10 animals for each acre of lot shall be kept at any
time.
f.
Outdoor runs or pens shall be screened from view of adjoining properties
by fencing or planting.
g.
Upon a public hearing, the Mayor and Council may waive any of the
regulations in this section for any kennel, cattery, pet shop, pound
or shelter operator for a period not to exceed six months. Upon application,
a public notice shall be advertised at the expense of the applicant
in the designated local newspaper, with notice by certified mail to
all property owners within 200 feet of the applicant's property where
such kennel, pound, or shelter is situated.
[1976 Code § 5-2.4; Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-2.4]
Any person holding such license shall not be required to secure
individual licenses for animals owned by such licensee and kept at
such establishment. These licenses shall not be transferable to another
owner or different premises.
[1976 Code § 5-2.5; Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-2.5]
The annual license fee for a kennel providing accommodations
for 10 or less animals shall be $10 and for more than 10 animals $25.
The annual license fee for a pet shop shall be $10. No fee shall be
charged for a cattery, shelter, or pound.
[1976 Code § 5-2.6; Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-2.6]
No animal kept on a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall
be permitted off such premises, except on leash or in a crate.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-2.7]
Any person who keeps, owns or houses four or fewer animals on
its premises shall be exempt from the licensing provisions of this
section.
[1976 Code § 5-3.0; Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-3.1]
License fees and other moneys collected or received under the
provisions of this chapter, except registration tag fees, shall be
forwarded to the Treasurer of the Borough within 30 days after collection
or receipt and shall be placed in a special account separate from
any of the other accounts of the Borough and which shall be used for
the following purposes only: for collecting, keeping and disposing
of animals liable to seizure under this chapter; for local prevention
and control of rabies; for providing antirabies treatment under the
direction of the local Board of Health for any person known or suspected
to have been exposed to rabies; for all other purposes described by
the Statutes of New Jersey governing the subject and for administering
the provisions of this chapter. Any unexpected balance remaining in
such special account shall be retained 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 financial years next preceding.
[1976 Code § 5-4; Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-4]
The Board of Health Secretary shall furnish to the State Department
of Health all information as and when required by the Public Laws
of the State of New Jersey.
[1976 Code § 5-5; Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-5]
The Chief of Police shall annually after February 1 cause a
canvass to be made of all animals owned, kept or harbored within the
limits of the Borough and shall report to the Borough Clerk, the Borough
Board of Health, and to the State Department of Health the result
thereof, as provided by the Public Laws of the State of New Jersey.
[1976 Code § 5-6; Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-6]
The Borough Council shall have the power to appoint any officer
or agent, including a person appointed as Animal Control Officer in
any other municipality, or an agent acting jointly as Animal Control
Officer for any other municipality with the Borough to enforce the
provisions of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-7.1]
a.
No person owning, keeping, or harboring any animal 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 to which the public is invited,
or through any private property without the authority of the owner
of the private property.
b.
Any animal running-at-large shall be impounded and the Animal Control
Officer shall file a complaint for the violation in the Municipal
Court.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-7.7]
No person shall allow any animal 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
or repose of persons in the vicinity.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-7.2]
a.
No person owning, possessing, keeping, harboring or in charge of
an animal shall allow suffer or permit such animal to do any damage
to any other person's or any public lawn, shrubbery, flowers, grounds,
sidewalks or property, including but not limited to the depositing
of any urine or feces thereon, except that any animal on a leash may
deposit urine or feces along the curbline of any public street provided:
1.
The person in charge of the animal shall have in their possession
appropriate sanitary means including, but not limited to, implements
and plastic bags to remove any feces so deposited.
2.
The person in charge of the animal shall immediately remove all feces
so deposited by appropriate sanitary means including, but not limited
to, implements and plastic bags, and shall dispose of such in a sanitary
manner.
3.
Persons excepted. No blind person in charge of a guide dog shall
be subject to the provision of this section.
b.
Feces that are deposited by any animal on any property of the owner
of an animal may not be visible from the street or from adjacent property,
and it shall be the responsibility of all animal owners to remove
visible feces and dispose of same in a sanitary manner.
c.
No person owning, possessing, keeping, or harboring any animal may
permit the animal to be kept, leashed, confined or housed where the
animal may be closer than 25 feet from any property line.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-7.3]
Owners of dogs used for hunting purposes may be permitted to
be without a leash when accompanied by the owner or other persons
in control of the dog in an area allowed for hunting only, and when
used for hunting purposes, or training for hunting.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-7.4]
It shall be unlawful for the owner of any animal to suffer,
permit, or allow the same to attack, bite, obstruct, or interfere
with any person lawfully in or upon any public, quasi-public, or private
street, public park or recreation area, public building, or on private
property.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-8]
All animals which bite any person shall be examined by a veterinarian
within 24 hours after such incident for the purpose of determining
whether such dog is affected by any disease, and shall be quarantined
for a period of not less than 10 days after any such incident.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-7.5]
When an animal habitually attacks other dogs or domestic animals,
a complaint may be made against the owner thereof for keeping or harboring
such an animal.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-7.6a]
As used in this chapter:
Shall mean any dog or canine trained to attack such persons
entering an area except for the trainer of such a dog.
Shall mean any dog or canine trained to attack a person at
the command or instruction of a trainer.
Shall mean any person who trains or owns an attack dog or
guard dog or from whom the dog takes commands or instruction.
Shall mean any attack dog, guard dog, or vicious dog, if
while kept on the premises of its owner or harborer, is not confined
or secured, on a leash, or in a locked pen or enclosure where the
dog cannot run physically at large on the premises of the owner.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-7.6b]
a.
Any person owning or controlling an attack dog or guard dog, as defined in subsection 4-8.1 on their premises within the Borough shall file with the Secretary of the Board of Health a certificate of registration, which shall set forth therein the name of the owners and persons in control of such premises and the street address thereof. The registration shall occur within 72 hours from the time the dog is brought to the premises. For registering guard dogs or attack dogs and issuing a duplicate thereof, the Municipal Clerk shall receive a fee of $25 annually for each dog so registered.
b.
The Municipal Clerk shall notify the Police Department, Fire Department, Water Department and First Aid Squad servicing the Borough of the fact that an animal or animals have been registered as attack dog(s) or guard dog(s) as defined in subsection 4-8.1 and as required in this section.
c.
All persons owning or controlling all dogs defined in subsection 4-8.1 shall also secure a tag indicating that the animal is registered as such. The tags shall not be issued by the Borough unless the person owning or controlling the dog(s) furnishes proof that the animal has been inoculated with a rabies vaccine and has been registered with the Borough.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-7.6c]
The owner or other persons in control if not the owner, of all
premises upon which vicious dogs, attack dogs or guard dogs are kept,
shall post signs stating "WARNING — (GUARD) (ATTACK)
DOG ON PREMISES."
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-7.6c]
All guard dogs or attack dogs as described in subsection 4-8.1 are not permitted to be unconfined on the premises of the owner or controller of the dogs and must be secured by an adequate leash or chain or other device to ensure limited confinement.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-7.6c]
All guard dogs or attack dogs as described in subsection 4-8.1 are not permitted off the premises of the owner or controller unless secured to an adequate leash and the dog is wearing a muzzle to prevent it from biting. No more than one such dog may be controlled on a leash off the premises at one time.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-7.6c]
No person shall own or harbor any dog for the purpose of dog
fighting, or train, torment, badger, bait or use any dog for the purpose
of dog fighting or for the purpose of causing or encouraging the dog
to unprovoked attacks upon human beings or domestic animals.
Shall mean any dog or dog hybrid declared potentially dangerous
by a Municipal Court pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 4:19-23.
(N.J.S.A. 4:19-18)
a.
The Municipal Court shall declare a dog to be potentially dangerous
if it finds by clear and convincing evidence that the dog:
If the Municipal Court declares the dog to be potentially dangerous,
it shall issue an order and a schedule for compliance which, in part:
a.
Shall require the owner to comply with the following conditions:
1.
To apply, at his own expense, to the Municipal Clerk or other official
designated to license dogs pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.2, for a special
municipal potentially dangerous dog license, municipal registration
number, and red identification tag issued pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-30.
The owner shall, at his own expense, have the registration number
tattooed upon the dog in a prominent location. A potentially dangerous
dog shall be impounded until the owner obtains a municipal potentially
dangerous dog license, municipal registration number, and red identification
tag;
2.
To display, in a conspicuous manner, a sign on his premises warning
that a potentially dangerous dog is on the premises. The sign shall
be visible and legible from 50 feet of the enclosure required pursuant
to paragraph below;
3.
To immediately erect and maintain an enclosure for the potentially
dangerous dog on the property where the potentially dangerous dog
will be kept and maintained, which has sound sides, top and bottom
to prevent the potentially dangerous dog from escaping by climbing,
jumping or digging and within a fence of at least six feet in height
separated by at least three feet from the confined area. The owner
of a potentially dangerous dog shall securely lock the enclosure to
prevent the entry of the general public and to preclude any release
or escape of a potentially dangerous dog by an unknowing child or
other person. All potentially dangerous dogs shall be confined in
the enclosure or, if taken out of the enclosure, securely muzzled
and restrained with a tether approved by the Animal Control Officer
and having a minimum tensile strength sufficiently in excess of that
required to restrict the potentially dangerous dog's movements to
a radius of no more than three feet from the owner and under the direct
supervision of the owner;
b.
May require the owner to maintain liability insurance in an amount
determined by the Municipal Court to cover any damage or injury caused
by the potentially dangerous dog. The liability insurance, which may
be separate from any other homeowner policy, shall contain a provision
requiring the municipality in which the owner resides to be named
as an additional insured for the sole purpose of being notified by
the insurance company of any cancellation, termination or expiration
of the liability insurance policy.
(N.J.S.A. 4:19-24)
The owner of a potentially dangerous dog shall:
a.
Comply with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 4:19-17 et seq. in accordance
with a schedule established by the Municipal Court, but in no case
more than 60 days subsequent to the date of determination;
b.
Notify the licensing authority, local Police Department, and the
Animal Control Officer if a potentially dangerous dog is at large,
or has attacked a human being or killed a domestic animal;
c.
Notify the licensing authority, local Police Department, and the
Animal Control Officer within 24 hours of the death, sale or donation
of a potentially dangerous dog;
d.
Prior to selling or donating the dog, inform the prospective owner
that the dog has been declared potentially dangerous;
e.
Upon the sale or donation of the dog to a person residing in a different
municipality, notify the licensing authority, Police Department, and
Animal Control Officer of that municipality of the transfer of ownership
and the name, address and telephone of the new owner; and
f.
In addition to any license fee required pursuant to section N.J.S.A.
4:19-15.3, pay a potentially dangerous dog license fee to the municipality
as provided by N.J.S.A. 4:19-31.
(N.J.S.A. 4:19-28)
The owner of a potentially dangerous dog who is found by clear
and convincing evidence to have violated this act, or any rule or
regulation adopted pursuant thereto, or to have failed to comply with
a court's order shall be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000
per day of the violation, and each day's continuance of the violation
shall constitute a separate and distinct violation. The Municipal
Court shall have jurisdiction to enforce this section. An Animal Control
Officer is authorized to seize and impound any potentially dangerous
dog whose owner fails to comply with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 4:19-17
et seq., or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, or a
court's order. The Municipal Court may order that the dog so seized
and impounded be destroyed in an expeditious and humane manner. (N.J.S.A.
4:19-29)
The Municipality shall:
a.
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 Court's orders. The
last three digits of each potentially dangerous dog registration number
issued by the municipality will be the three number code assigned
to the municipality in the regulations promulgated pursuant to N.J.S.A.
4:19-33. The Animal Control Officer shall verify, in writing, compliance
to the Municipal Clerk or other official designated to license dogs
in the municipality;
b.
Publicize a telephone number for reporting violations of this section
and N.J.S.A. 4:19-17 et seq.
(N.J.S.A. 4:19-30)
The owner or keeper of any dog declared to be potentially dangerous
shall obtain a license from the municipality and an annual fee of
$150. The license shall be issued according to the provisions of N.J.S.A.
4:19-30. (N.J.S.A. 4:19-24)
Shall mean any dog or dog hybrid declared vicious by a Municipal
Court pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-22 below. (N.J.S.A. 4:19-18)
a.
The Municipal Court shall declare the dog vicious if it finds by
clear and convincing evidence that the dog:
b.
A dog shall not be declared vicious for inflicting death or serious
bodily injury as defined in N.J.S.A. 2C:11-1(b) upon a person if the
dog was provoked. The municipality shall bear the burden of proof
to demonstrate that the dog was not provoked.
c.
If the Municipal Court declares a dog to be vicious, and no appeal
is made of this ruling pursuant to section N.J.S.A. 4:19-25, the dog
shall be destroyed in a humane and expeditious manner, except that
no dog may be destroyed during the pendency of an appeal.
(N.J.S.A. 4:19-22)
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-9;
N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.16]
The Animal Control Officer or other persons designated by the
Mayor and Council shall take into custody or impound or cause to be
taken into custody and impounded, and thereafter destroyed or disposed
of as hereinafter provided in this section:
a.
Any animal off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping
or harboring such animal which the official or his agent have reason
to believe is a stray animal;
b.
Any animal off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping
or harboring such dog without a current registration tag on his collar;
c.
Any female animal in heat off the premises of the owner or of the
person keeping or harboring such animal;
d.
Any dog or other animal which is suspected to be rabid;
e.
Any animal kept in a kennel, cattery, pet shop or shelter and off such establishment and not confined or controlled as prescribed by Section 4-2.
f.
Any animal running at large in violation of this chapter.
g.
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.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-9b]
If any animal 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 animal is known, an Animal Control Officer or anyone authorized
by the Mayor and Council shall forthwith serve on the person whose
address is shown on the collar, or on the owner or person keeping
or harboring the animal, if known, a notice in writing stating that
the animal 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.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-9c]
When any animal so seized has been detained for seven days,
or when the owner or person keeping or harboring the animal has not
claimed the animal seven days after notice of seizure, and the owner
or person keeping or harboring the animal has not paid all expenses
incurred by reason of the animal's detention, and, if the animal be
unlicensed at the time of the seizure and the owner or person keeping
or harboring the animal has not produced a license and registration
tag for the animal, the Animal Control Officer may cause the animal
to be offered for adoption or destroyed in a manner causing as little
pain as possible.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-10;
New]
All impounding and disposal fees shall be paid as provided by
agreement between the Borough of Ogdensburg and the Township of Wantage.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-11]
Any officer or agent authorized or empowered to perform any
duty under this section is hereby authorized to go upon any premises
to seize for impounding any animal which he may lawfully seize and
impound when such officer is in immediate pursuit of such animal,
except upon the premises of the owner of the property if the owner
is presents and forbids same.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-11]
No person shall hinder, molest or interfere with anyone authorized
or empowered to perform any duty under this section.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-13.1]
No person shall own, keep, harbor, or maintain any animal over
seven months of age within the Borough unless such animal is vaccinated
and licensed. The provision of this section does not apply to animals
held in a cattery, or those held by a State or Federal licensed research
facility, or a veterinary establishment where animals are received
or kept for diagnostic, medical, surgical, or other treatments, or
licensed animal shelters, pounds, kennels, or pet shops,
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-13.2]
All animals 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
State Public Health Veterinarians, except as provided for in subsection
4-10.4.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-13.3]
A certificate of vaccination shall be issued to the owner of
each animal vaccinated in a form recommended by the State of New Jersey
and issued either by a licensed veterinarian or by a State-sponsored
rabies clinic.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5-13.4]
Any animal may be exempt from the requirement of such vaccination
for a specified period of time by the local Board of Health, upon
presentation of a veterinarian certificate stating that because of
an infirmity or other physical condition or regimen or therapy the
inoculation of such animal shall be deemed advisable.
[Ord. 10-91 § 5-14a; Ord. 6-97 § 1]
The following fees are hereby set for the following violations:
[Ord. 10-91 § 5-14b]
Any animal owner or person harboring an animal found to be unlicensed
after February 1 by the Animal Control Officer or agent appointed
to enforce the provisions of this chapter, or by any other municipal
officials of the Borough shall be required to pay an additional $5
delinquent fee plus the required license fee as provided in this chapter
for the licensing of such animal, together with any other fines that
may be imposed on the persons as provided in this chapter for failure
to obtain an animal license before February 1. The fee required under
this section shall not apply to animals which have been acquired by
the owner or other person after March 1 unless the owner or person
harboring the animal shall have failed to obtain a license for the
animal within 10 days after acquisition of the animal or his attaining
age limits herein mentioned, and in the event of such failure the
delinquent fee shall then apply.
[Ord. 10-91 § 5-14;
New]
Any person who violates or refuses to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter not listed in the Violations Schedule of this section, or who violates or refuses to comply with the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health governing the conduct and operation of kennels, pet shops, shelters and pounds, shall be deemed a disorderly person and shall, upon conviction, be liable to the penalty stated in Chapter 1, Section 1-5.
