[1985 Code § 5-1.1]
Any person in the Borough who owns, keeps or harbors any dog
of licensing age, shall have the same licensed, numbered and registered
with the Borough Clerk, and shall have placed upon each dog, a collar
or harness with an official metal registration tag securely fastened
thereto, as provided for pursuant to Chapter 151, of the Laws of 1941,
and in accordance with the provisions of this section.
[1985 Code § 5-1.2; Ord. 12/14/85 § 1; Ord. No. 02-00 § 1; amended 5-12-2021 by Ord. No. 04-2021]
a.
Any person who owns, keeps or harbors a dog of licensing age shall
in the month of January of each year apply for and procure from the
Clerk a license and official metal registration tag for each dog and
shall place upon each such dog a collar or harness with the registration
tag securely fastened thereto. However, any person who becomes a resident
of the Borough and keeps or harbors a dog of licensing age shall apply
for and procure from the Clerk a license and official metal registration
tag for each dog within 30 days of becoming a Borough resident. Proof
of residency shall be required (i.e., lease, tax bill, etc.).
b.
The applicable fee for such licensing will be:
1.
Neutered dogs: $15 fee, consisting of $13.80 for the Borough and
$1.20 for the State of New Jersey.
2.
Nonneutered dogs: $20 fee, consisting of $15.80 for the Borough and
$4.20 for the State of New Jersey.
3.
Each dog license and registration tag whenever issued throughout
the calendar year shall expire on the last day of January of the calendar
year following the calendar year in which it was issued.
4.
A metal tag marked with a number to correspond with the number of
the license shall be attached to a collar and shall at all times be
worn by the dog so licensed when at large.
The tag shall be procured from the Health or the Clerk's
Office who shall have the responsibility of issuing the licenses hereunder.
In the event the tag shall be lost or destroyed, the Borough Clerk
is hereby authorized to issue a duplicate tag for that particular
dog, at a fee of $5. Tags shall not be transferable to a dog other
than the one for which the tag was originally issued.
c.
Proof of current rabies vaccination is required for each license
issued.
1.
The rabies vaccination must have a duration of immunity which extends
throughout at least 10 of the 12 months of the licensing one-year
period.
2.
The requirement of rabies vaccination can be waived for any dog that
a veterinarian certifies in writing to be incapable of being vaccinated.
The applicant must present this written certification at the time
of application.
[1985 Code § 5-1.3]
Dogs used as guides for blind persons and commonly known as
"seeing eye" dogs, shall be licensed and registered as other dogs,
except that the owner or keeper of any such dog shall not be required
to pay a fee therefor.
[1985 Code § 5-1.4]
The uniform official metal registration tag, designed by the
State Department of Health, shall be issued by the Borough Clerk and
shall be numbered serially and shall bear the year of issuance and
the name of the Borough of East Newark.
[1985 Code § 5-1.5]
The Borough Clerk shall provide a book for the purpose of registering
the owner's name and address of every such dog so licensed and registered,
and to whom is issued a uniform official registration tag, together
with the number of such tag; numbering all such licenses in order
of the application therefor.
[1985 Code § 5-1.6]
It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police, Police Officers
and the Board of Health or anyone duly authorized by the Chief of
Police or by the Board of Health of the Borough to seize any and all
dogs found running at large or straying off the owner's premises without
any such collar or harness or uniform official metal registration
tag on the dog; and to dispose of any such dogs in accordance with
the provisions of Chapter 151, of the Laws of 1941.
[1985 Code § 5-1.7]
The Chief of Police shall promptly after February 1 annually
cause a canvass to be made of all dogs owned, kept or harbored within
the limits of the Borough, and shall file this report with the Borough
Clerk and with the State Department of Health and the Board of Health
of the Borough, as provided by Chapter 151, of the Laws of 1941.
[1985 Code § 5-1.8]
No person shall permit any dog owned, kept or harbored by him,
to attack or bite any person while upon any street or public place
in the Borough or while such dog is trespassing upon the property
of another.
[1985 Code § 5-1.9; Ord. No. 06-11]
No person shall permit any dog owned, kept or harbored by him
to disturb the comfort or sleep of the neighborhood by barking or
howling.
[1985 Code § 5-1.10; amended 5-12-2021 by Ord. No. 04-2021]
As used in this section:
Shall mean any dog which has attained the age of six months,
or which possesses a set of permanent teeth; and shall include male
and female dogs.
[1985 Code § 5-2.1]
It shall be the duty of the owner of every dog within the Borough
to keep the dog in a pen, enclosure or building except when on a leash
accompanied by a responsible person.
[Ord. 7/7/59 § 1]
It shall also be the duty of the owner of each dog and of each
person having a dog under his control to prevent the dog from depositing
any excretion or from committing any other nuisance or from causing
damage, except however in cases of emergency the street side of the
curb may be used provided any feces deposited is immediately removed
by the owner or person in charge of the animal to a proper place so
as to prevent access of flies, odors or any other nuisance. This shall
apply to:
a.
Any public sidewalk, lawn, park or building.
b.
Any private grounds, lawns, fences, shrubbery, buildings or structures
not owned by the owner of the dog;
c.
Any private ground, lawns, fences, shrubbery, buildings or structures
owned by the owner of the dog which are used or occupied in whole
or in part by a tenant of the owner.
[1985 Code § 5-2.3; amended 5-12-2021 by Ord. No. 04-2021]
Any person who violates or who fails or refuses to comply with
this chapter, shall be liable to a penalty of $150 for a first offense,
and $250 for a second and subsequent offenses.
[Ord. No. 16-07 §§ 1
— 3]
a.
VICIOUS DOGS
Definition.
Shall mean dogs who, unprovoked, have attacked or bitten
a human being or animal, or have a known propensity, tendency or disposition
to attack unprovoked, to cause injury or to endanger the safety of
human beings or animals. The definition of vicious dog also includes
dogs who are trained or kept for dogfighting or any of the breeds
commonly referred to as belonging to the "Pit Bill" variety or terrier,
which consists of the following breeds or breed types and mixtures:
American Staffordshire Terrier, Staffordshire Terrier, American Pit
Bull and Pit Bull Terrier.
b.
Leash and Muzzle Required in Public Places. It shall be unlawful
for any person or corporation owned, keeping, harboring or having
the custody or possession of a vicious dog, as defined, whether registered
or not, to permit such dog to be in or upon any public street, avenue,
sidewalk, passageway, bypath, play area, park, road or highway or
in or upon any public or quasi-public place, whatsoever, unless such
dog at such time shall be securely muzzled and restrained by a leash
or tether in the hands of a person capable of leading and controlling
such dog.
[Ord. 7/9/90 § 2]
As used in this section:
Shall mean any cat over the age of six months.
Shall mean a house, apartment, store or other building whether
or not used or designated for use as a dwelling.
Shall mean the immediate family group occupying one dwelling
unit.
[Ord. 7/9/90 § 3]
It shall be unlawful to own, harbor, or maintain a cat of more
than six months of age, unless the owner thereof or the person harboring
or maintaining the same shall have a valid license for such cat.
[Ord. 7/9/90 § 4; Ord. No. 02-00 § 1]
a.
Any person who owns, keeps or harbors a cat of licensing age shall
in the month of January of each year apply for and procure from the
Clerk a license and official metal registration tag for each cat so
owned and shall place upon each such cat a collar or harness with
the registration tag securely fastened thereto. However, any person
who becomes a resident of the Borough and keeps or harbors a cat of
licensing age shall apply for and procure from the Clerk a license
and official metal registration tag for each cat within 30 days of
becoming a Borough resident. Proof of residency shall be required
(i.e., lease, tax bill, etc.). The applicable fee for such licensing
will be:
Neutered cats: $15 fee, consisting of $13.80 for the Borough
and $1.20 for the State of New Jersey.
Nonneutered cats: $20 fee, consisting of $15.80 for the Borough
and $4.20 for the State of New Jersey.
[Amended 5-12-2021 by Ord. No. 04-2021]
b.
A metal tag marked with a number to correspond with the number of
the license shall be attached to a collar and shall at all times be
worn by the cat so licensed when at large.
The tag shall be procured from the Health or the Clerk's office
who shall have the responsibility of issuing the licenses hereunder.
In the event the tag shall be lost or destroyed, the Borough Clerk
is hereby authorized to issue a duplicate tag for that particular
cat, at a fee of $5. Tags shall not be transferable to a cat other
than the one for which the tag was originally issued.
[Amended 5-12-2021 by Ord. No. 04-2021]
c.
The fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the general
funds of the Borough.
[Ord. 7/9/90 § 5]
Each cat license and registration tag shall expire on the last
day of January of the calendar year following the calendar year in
which it was issued.
[Ord. 7/9/90 § 6]
The Health Office shall keep a record book showing the names
of the owners, custodian or harborers of cats, the description of
each cat owned or harbored, date of the issuance of license and the
amount of fee.
[Ord. 7/9/90 § 7]
a.
If any cat is seized running at large, wearing a collar or harness
having inscribed or attached thereto the name and address of any person,
or a registration tag or if the owner or person seizing the cat shall
cause to be served on the person whose address is given on the collar,
or on the owner or the person keeping or harboring the cat is known,
a notice in writing stating that the cat has been seized and will
be liable to be disposed of or destroyed if not claimed within seven
days after service of the notice.
b.
A 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 residence, or at the address given on
the collar or by forwarding it by mail in a prepared letter address
given on the collar.
[Ord. No. 01-09 § 1]
Shall mean any member of the following families, including
hybrids thereof, which, due to their inherent nature, may be considered
dangerous to humans, and further defined as follows:
1.
Class Mammalia:
(a)
Order Artiodactyla (hippopotamuses, giraffes, camels, deer, cattle
or swine or sheep or goats);
(b)
Order Carnivora:
(1)
Family Felidae (lions, tigers, cougars, leopards, ocelots, servals,
not domestic cats);
(2)
Family Canidae (wolves, coyotes, foxes, jackals, not domestic
dogs);
(3)
Family Ursidae (all bears);
(4)
Family Mustelidae (weasels, skunks, martins, minks, ferrets);
(5)
Family Procyonidae (raccoons, coatis);
(6)
Family Hyaenidae (hyenas);
(7)
Family Viverridae (civets, genets, mongooses, binturongs);
(c)
Order Edentatia (anteaters, armadillos, sloths);
(d)
Order Marsupialia (opossums, kangaroos, wallabies, sugar gliders);
(e)
Order Perissodactyla (rhinoceroses, tapirs, not horses or donkeys
or mules);
(f)
Order Primates (lemurs, monkeys, chimpanzees, gorillas);
(g)
Order Proboscidae (elephants);
(h)
Order Rodentia (squirrels, beavers, porcupines, prairie dogs, not
guinea pigs, or rats, or mice, or gerbils, or hamsters).
2.
Class Reptilia:
(a)
Order Squamata:
(1)
Family Varanidae (such as water monitors and crocodile monitors);
(2)
Family Iguanaidae (such as green iguanas and rock iguanas);
(3)
Family Boidae (all species whose adult length has the potential
to exceed eight feet in length);
(4)
Family Colubridae (such as boomslangs and African twig snakes);
(5)
Family Elapidae (such as coral snakes, cobras, mambas, etc.)
- All species;
(6)
Family Nactricidae (such as keelback snakes);
(7)
Family Viperidae (such as copperheads, cottonmouths, rattlesnakes,
etc.) - All species;
(b)
Order Crocodilia (such as crocodiles, alligators, caimans, gavials,
etc.) - All species.
[Ord. No. 01-09 § 2]
No person shall keep or allow to be kept in any dwelling house
or any part thereof, any horse, cattle, swine, goat, fowl or pigeon
or exotic animals on any lot less than 50 feet in width in front and
rear and 100 feet in depth.
[Ord. No. 01-09 § 3]
No slaughter house or place where cattle, horses, sheep, swine,
fowl or pigeons are slaughtered or killed shall be allowed within
the Borough.
[Ord. No. 01-09 § 4]
Any violation of this section shall be punishable as provided
in the general penalty provision of Code of the Borough of East Newark.
[Ord. No. 11-12 § 1]
The Borough hereby finds that a large pigeon population is a
health hazard and creates many problems in the Borough. Pigeon droppings
dirty public spaces, do costly damage to buildings, and can spread
life-threatening diseases, especially to the elderly and immune-deficient.
Their nesting materials block drains and harbor parasites like bird
mites. Pigeon food makes a mess and attracts rats.
Pigeon feeding produces overbreeding. Pigeons normally breed
two or three times a year, producing two eggs per brood. Overfed city
pigeons can breed up to eight times a year.
When pigeons are fed, people are causing harm to the pigeons.
They lose their natural ability to scavenge and survive on their own.
Pigeon over-population leads to overcrowded, unsanitary conditions
and produces sick and injured birds. A smaller flock is healthier
and does less damage.
It is the purpose of this section to prohibit the feeding and
keeping of pigeons within the Borough so as to prevent the health
hazards and damage referenced herein.
[Ord. No. 11-12 § 2]
No person, firm, corporation or other entity shall keep, raise,
breed or sell pigeons in the Borough of East Newark, nor shall anyone
attract or attempt to attract pigeons by means of feeding or the placing
of quantities of bread, crackers, meal or any other food generally
known to attract pigeons, nor shall anyone maintain any condition
whereby the leaving of such food has the effect of attracting pigeons
to feed upon such food in such condition.
[Ord. No. 11-12 § 3]
No person, firm, corporation or other entity shall build or
maintain a shelter or coop for the keeping of pigeons within the Borough
of East Newark.
[Ord. No. 11-12]
[Ord. No. 01-17]
Means an animal control center or animal shelter, maintained
by or under contract with any state, county, or municipality, whose
mission and practice is, in whole, or significant part, the rescue
and placement of animals in permanent homes or rescue organizations.
Means any not-for-profit organization, which has tax-exempt
status under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue
Code, whose mission and practice is, in whole or in significant part,
the rescue and placement of animals in permanent homes.
Means a member of the species of domestic cat, Felis catus.
Means a member of the species of domestic dog, Canis familiaris.
Means to sell, offer for sale or adoption, advertise for
the sale of, barter, auction, give away or otherwise dispose of a
dog or cat.
Means a retail establishment where dogs and cats are sold,
exchanged, bartered or offered for sale as pet animals to the general
public at retail. Such definition shall not include an animal care
facility or animal rescue organization, as defined.
