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As used in this chapter:
DOG
Shall mean any dog, bitch or spayed bitch, dog hybrid.
DOG OF LICENSING AGE
Shall mean any dog which has attained the age of seven months
or possesses a set of permanent teeth.
KEEPER
Shall mean any person exercising control over a dog or permitting
a dog to remain on premises under his control.
KENNEL
Shall mean any establishment wherein or whereon the business
of boarding or selling dogs or breeding dogs for sale is carried on,
except a pet shop.
OWNER
When applied to the proprietorship of the dog includes every
person having ownership of such dog, a right or property in such dog
or every person who has such dog in his keeping.
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DOG
Shall mean any dog or dog hybrid declared potentially dangerous
by a Municipal Court pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-23.
POUND
Shall mean an establishment for the confinement of dogs seized
under the provisions of this section or otherwise.
SHELTER
Shall mean any establishment where dogs or other animals
are received, housed and distributed.
VICIOUS DOG
Shall mean any dog which has attacked or bitten any persons
or which habitually attacks other dogs or domestic animals and any
dog or dog hybrid declared vicious by a municipal court pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 4:19-22. (N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.1, N.J.S.A. 4:19-22, N.J.S.A.
4:19-23)
[Ord. No. 1960-32, Ord. No. 3-9-82, Res. No. 7-36-2015, New]
a. Every dog shall be duly licensed in accordance with N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.1
et seq. and shall bear evidence of such license at all times. The
annual fee for such license shall be $5 for each spayed or neutered
dog. The annual license fee for each nonspayed or nonneutered dog
shall be $8.. Persons who fail to obtain a license within the time
period specified will be subject to a delinquent fee of $7 per month.
b. Additional fees required by the State of New Jersey shall be assessed
and collected in addition to the Township dog license fee stated above
in paragraph a.
c. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-16 et seq. and N.J.S.A. 4:19-31, the annual license fee for a potentially dangerous dog shall be as stated in Section
4-3.
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Licenses shall be required for the following dogs of licensing
age:
a. Dogs owned and kept within the Township on the first day of January
of any calendar year.
b. Any dog acquired by any person during the course of any calendar
year and kept within the Township for more than ten days after acquisition.
c. Any dog attaining licensing age during the course of the calendar
year.
d. Any unlicensed dog brought into the Township by any person and kept
within the Township for more than ten days.
e. Any dog licensed by another state, brought into the Township by any
person and kept within the Township for more than 90 days.
Only one license and registration tag shall be required in any
licensing year for any dog owned in New Jersey, and the license and
tag issued by any other municipality of this State shall be accepted
by the Township as evidence of compliance with this section. (N.J.S.A.
4:19-15.3)
[Ord. No. 1960-32]
Dogs used as guides for blind persons and commonly known as
"seeing eye" dogs, dogs used to assist handicapped persons and commonly
known as "service dogs," or dogs used to assist deaf persons and commonly
known as hearing ear" dogs shall be licensed and registered as other
dogs hereinabove provided for, except that the owner or keeper of
such dog shall not be required to pay any fee therefor. (N.J.S.A.
4:19-15.3)
No Municipal Clerk or other official designated by the Governing
Body shall grant any such license and official metal registration
tag for any dog unless the owner thereof provides evidence that the
dog to be licensed and registered has been inoculated with a rabies
vaccine of a type approved by and administered in accordance with
the recommendations of the United States Department of Agriculture
and the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare,
or has been certified exempt as provided by regulations of the State
Department of Health. Such vaccination shall be repeated at intervals
as provided by regulations of the State Department of Health, and
shall be administered by a duly licensed veterinarian or by such other
veterinarian permitted by law to do the same. The State Department
of Health shall promulgate regulations providing for the recognized
duration of immunity, interval of inoculation, certificate of vaccination,
certificate of exemption, and such other matters related to this act.
(N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.2a)
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Any person who violates or who fails or refuses to comply with
N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.2, Dogs; license and metal registration tag required;
placing tag on dog, N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.4, Time for applying for license;
N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.6, Dogs brought into State, N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.7, Removing
tag from dog without owner's consent; attaching tag to another
dog; N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.8, License for kennel, pet shop, shelter or
pound N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.10, Kennels, pet shops, shelters or pounds;
permitting dogs to go off premises; and N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.18, Interfering
with persons performing duties under act, or the rules and regulations
promulgated by the State Department of Health pursuant to N.J.S.A.
4:19-15.14, shall be liable to a penalty of $50 for each offense.
(N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.19)
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It shall be the duty of the Animal Control Officer to receive
and investigate complaints against dogs.
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It shall be the duty of the individual designated by the Township
Committee and the Animal Control Officer to receive and/or investigate
complaints against dogs.
[Ord. No. 1980-3]
It shall be unlawful for the owner or person having custody
of any dog to permit that dog to run at large other than on the private
property of the owner or custodian or on other property for which
the owner or custodian has received permission from the owner or lessee
of the property for the running of the said dog.
[Ord. No. 1980-3]
Violation of this Section
4-5 shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $200.
[Ord. 12-8-98]
Regulations for amateur or hobby kennels shall be as provided in Chapter
26, Zoning. Licensing of amateur or hobby kennels shall be as provided in Chapter
10, Licenses and Permits.
The annual license fee for a kennel providing accommodations
for 10 or less dogs shall be $10 and for more than ten 10 dogs $25.
The annual license fee for a pet shop shall be $10. No fee shall be
charged for a shelter or pound. (N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.9)