As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
DOG
Any dog, bitch or spayed bitch.
DOG OF LICENSING AGE
Any dog which has attained the age of seven months or which
possesses a set of permanent teeth.
KEEPER
Any person exercising control over a dog or permitting a
dog to remain on premises under his control.
PET SHOP
Any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition pen, not part
of a kennel, where dogs for sale are kept or displayed.
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DOG
Any dog or dog hybrid declared potentially dangerous by a
municipal court pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-23. (N.J.S.A. 4:19-18)
POUND
An establishment for the confinement of dogs seized either
under the provisions of this Article or otherwise.
SHELTER
Any establishment where dogs are received, housed and distributed.
VICIOUS DOG
Any dog or dog hybrid which has been declared by a Municipal
Court to be a vicious dog pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-22. (N.J.S.A.
4:19-18)
The Dog Warden of the city shall annually cause a canvass to
be made of all dogs owned, kept or harbored within the city and shall
report the results to the Clerk and the Health Officer, setting forth
in separate columns the names and addresses of persons owning, keeping
or harboring dogs, the number or licensed dogs owned, kept or harbored
by each person and the registration number of each dog, and the number
of unlicensed dogs owned, kept or harbored by each person, with a
complete description of each unlicensed dog.
No person shall own, keep or harbor a dog in the city except
in compliance with provision of this Article and the following regulation:
A. Wearing of registration. All dogs for which licenses are required
shall wear a collar or harness with a registration tag securely fastened
thereto.
B. Use of registration tags. No person except an officer in the performance
of his duties shall remove a registration tag from the collar of any
dog without the consent of the owner, nor shall any person attach
a registration tag to a dog for which I was not issued.
C. Interference with official duties. No person shall hinder, molest
or interfere with anyone authorized or empowered to perform any duty
under this Article.
D. Disturbing the peace. No person shall own, keep, harbor or maintain
any dog which habitually barks or cries between the hours of 9:00
p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
E. Running at large. No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog
shall permit it to run at large on the public streets or in any of
the public park or building or other public place within the city.
F. Leashing of dogs. No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog
shall permit it to be on public streets or in any of the public places
of the city unless the dog is accompanied by a person over the age
of 12 years and is securely confined and controlled by an adequate
leash not more than six feet long.
G. Property damage. No person owning, keeping or harboring a dog shall
permit it to damage any lawn, shrubbery, flowers, grounds or property.
H. Nuisances by dogs on streets. No owner of any dog shall permit such
dog to soil or defile or to commit any nuisance upon any sidewalk,
street or thoroughfare, in or upon any public property except public
roadways or upon the property of persons other than the owner.
I. Nuisance by dogs on private property. No owner of any dog shall suffer
or permit it to soil or defile or to do any injury or damage to any
lawn, shrubbery, flowers, grounds, trees or any property of person
other than the owner.
The Council shall have the power to appoint a Dog Warden, whose
duty it shall be to enforce the provisions of this Article. The Council
shall also have the power to appoint one or more person to be known
as "dogcatchers," who may impound unlicensed dogs running at large
in violation of the provisions of this Article.
[Ord. No. 28-2001]
Unless otherwise provided by N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.19 or N.J.S.A.
4:19-29, any person convicted of violating any provision of this Article
shall pay a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100 for each
offense.