[1973 Code § 3:1-1; N.J.S.A. 4:19-18]
As used in this chapter:
Shall mean any dog, bitch, or spayed bitch or dog hybrid.
Shall mean any dog which has attained the age of seven months
or which possesses a set of permanent teeth.
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.
When applied to the proprietorship of a dog shall mean and
include every person having a right of property in such dog and every
person who has such dog in his keeping.
Shall mean any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition
pen, not part of a kennel, wherein dogs for sale are kept or displayed.
Shall mean an establishment for the confinement of dogs seized
either under the provisions of this chapter or otherwise.
Shall mean any establishment where dogs are received, housed
and distributed without charge or at nominal charge.
[1973 Code § 3:1-2; N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.2a]
No person shall keep or harbor any dog within the Township without
first obtaining a license therefor, to be issued by the Township Clerk
upon application by the owner and payment of the prescribed fee, and
no person shall keep or harbor any dog in the Township except in compliance
with the provisions of this chapter. Evidence of inoculation with
rabies vaccine or certification of exemption shall be required for
the issuance of a license.
[1973 Code § 3:1-3]
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing
age shall annually in the month of January, apply for and procure
from the Township Clerk a license and official metal registration
tag for each such dog so owned, kept or harbored, and shall place
upon each such dog a collar or harness with the registration tag securely
fastened thereto.
[1973 Code § 3:1-4; Ord. 3-15-79 § 1; Ord. 12-11-80 § 1; Ord. 10-13-83 § 1; Ord. 4-10-86 § 1; Ord. No. 2001-662 § 1; Ord. No. 2001-665; Ord. No. 2007-722]
The person applying for the license and registration shall pay
a fee of $21 for each dog, which fee is hereby established as the
annual license and registration fee.
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)
The licenses and registration tags for all dogs, and renewals
thereof, shall expire on January 31 of each year. To cover the added
costs to the Township of enforcement and requiring compliance with
this chapter and with the laws of New Jersey relating to dog census,
each license and registration tag renewed after January 31 of each
year shall require an additional $5 fee.
[1973 Code § 3:1-5]
The owner of any newly-acquired dog of licensing age or of any
dog which attains licensing age, shall make application for license
and registration for such dog within 10 days after such acquisition
or age attainment.
[1973 Code § 3:1-6]
The application shall state the breed, sex, age, color, and
markings of the dog for which license and registration are sought,
and whether it is of a long or short haired variety; also the name,
street and post-office address of the owner and the person who shall
keep or harbor such dog. The information on the application and the
registration number issued for the dog shall be preserved for a period
of three years by the Township Clerk. In addition he shall forward
similar information to the State Department of Health each month on
forms furnished by the department. Registration numbers shall be issued
in the order of the applications.
[1973 Code § 3:1-7]
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Township any dog 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 Township for a period of more than 90 days, shall immediately apply for a license and registration tag for each such dog, unless such dog is licensed under subsection 8-3.1 of this chapter.
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Township any unlicensed dog and shall keep the same or permit the same to be kept within the Township for a period of more than 10 days, shall immediately apply for a license and registration tag for each such dog, unless such dog be licensed under subsection 8-3.1 of this chapter.
[1973 Code § 3:1-8]
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 it was not issued.
[1973 Code § 3:1-9]
a.
Required. Any person who keeps or operates or proposes to establish
a kennel, a pet shop, a shelter or a pound shall apply to the Township
Clerk for a license entitling him to keep or operate such establishment.
b.
Application. The application shall describe the premises where the
establishment is located or is proposed to be located, the purpose
or purposes for which it is to be maintained, and shall be accompanied
by the written approval of the Health Officer or Sanitary Inspector
of the Board of Health of the Township showing compliance with the
local and State rules and regulations governing location and sanitation
at such establishments.
c.
Expiration; Revocation. All licenses issued for a kennel, pet shop,
shelter or pound shall state the purpose for which the establishment
is maintained and all such licenses shall expire on January 31 of
each year and be subject to revocation by the Township Committee on
recommendations of the State Department of Health or the Board of
Health of the Township for failure to comply with the rules and regulations
of the State Department or the Board of Health of the Township governing
the same after the owner has been afforded a hearing by either the
State Department or the Board of Health of the Township.
d.
Nontransferable. Any person holding such license shall not be required
to secure individual licenses for dogs owned by such licensee and
kept at such establishments; such licenses shall not be transferable
to another owner or different premises.
[1973 Code § 3:1-10]
The annual license fee for a kennel providing accommodations
for 10 or less dogs shall be $10 and for more than 10 dogs $25. The
annual license fee for a pet shop shall be $10. No fee shall be charged
for a shelter or pound.
[1973 Code § 3:1-11]
No dog kept in a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall be
permitted off such premises, except on leash or in a crate or other
safe control.
[1973 Code § 3:1-13]
The Township Clerk shall forward to the State Department of
Health a list of all kennels, pet shops, shelters and pounds licensed
within 30 days after the licenses therefor are issued, which list
shall include the name and address of the licensee and the kind of
license issued.
[1973 Code § 3:1-12]
License fees and other moneys collected or received under the
provisions of this chapter, except registration tag fees, shall be
forwarded to the Township Treasurer within 30 days after collection
or receipt and shall be placed in a special account separate from
any of the other accounts of the Township and which shall be used
for the following purposes only: for collecting, keeping and disposing
of dogs liable to seizure under this chapter; for local prevention
and control of rabies; for providing anti-rabies 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 prescribed
by the statutes of New Jersey governing the subject, and for administering
the provisions of this chapter. Any unexpended balance remaining in
such special account shall be retained therein until the end of the
third fiscal year following 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 Township any
amount then in such account which is in excess of the total amount
paid into the special account during the last two fiscal years next
preceding.
The registration tag fee for each dog, being the fee charged
by the State Department of Health, shall be forwarded within 30 days
after collection by the Clerk to the State Department of Health.
[1973 Code § 3:1-14; N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.15]
The Township Committee shall annually or biannually, cause a
canvass to be made of all dogs owned, kept or harbored within the
limits of the Township and such report shall be submitted on or before
September 1 of the year in which the census is taken to the Township
Clerk, the Board of Health of the Township and to the State Department
of Health the results thereof, setting forth in separate columns the
names and addresses of persons owning, keeping or harboring such dogs,
the number of licensed dogs owned, kept or harbored by each of the
persons, together with the registration numbers of each of the dogs,
and the number of unlicensed dogs owned, kept or harbored by each
of the persons, together with a complete description of each of the
unlicensed dogs.
[1973 Code § 3:1-15; N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.16b]
The Township Committee shall appoint a certified Animal Control
Officer whose duty it shall be to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
The Township Committee shall also have power to appoint one or more
persons, to be known as dog catchers or wardens, who may impound unlicensed
dogs running at large in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
[1973 Code § 3:1-16; Ord. 11-8-79 § 1]
The provisions of N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.16, P.L. 1978, Chapter 186,
as the same may be amended and supplemented, shall govern the impounding
of certain dogs, as set forth in the statute, and the fees which may
be charged therefor.
[1973 Code § 3:1-17]
Any officer or agent authorized or empowered to perform any
duty under this chapter is hereby authorized to go upon any premises
and seize for impounding any dog or dogs which he may lawfully seize
and impound when such officer is in immediate pursuit of such dog
or dogs, except upon the premises of the owner of the dog if the owner
is present and forbids the same.
[1973 Code § 3:1-18]
No person shall hinder, molest or interfere with anyone authorized
or empowered to perform any duty under this chapter.
[1973 Code § 3:1-19; Ord. No. 2003-675]
No person shall keep, harbor, or maintain any dog which habitually
barks or cries.
[1973 Code § 3:1-20, 21; Ord. 97-619]
No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog shall permit
it to run at large upon the public streets, in any public park, in
any public building, or in any other public place within the Township,
nor shall any such person permit the dog to run at large upon the
lands of another without his permission. Any person who commits any
act hereinbefore specified shall be deemed guilty of a violation of
this subsection.
[1973 Code § 3:1-20, 21; Ord. 97-619]
No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog shall permit
it to be upon the public streets or in any of the public places of
the Township unless such dog is accompanied by a person capable of
controlling it and is securely confined and controlled by an adequate
leash not more than six feet long. Any person who commits any act
hereinbefore specified shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this
subsection.
[1973 Code § 3:1-21]
No person owning, keeping or harboring a dog shall permit or
suffer it to do any injury, or to do any damage to any lawn, shrubbery,
flowers, grounds or property.
[1973 Code § 3:1-22]
Any dog which has attacked or bitten any human being, or which
habitually attacks other dogs or domestic animals, is hereby defined
to be a vicious dog, for the purposes of this section. It shall be
the duty of the Chief or Acting Chief of the Police Department to
receive and investigate complaints against dogs, and when any dog
complained against shall be deemed by such Chief, or Acting Chief
of the Police Department, to be a vicious dog, as herein defined,
the officer shall report the facts to the Judge of the Municipal Court
of the Township who shall thereupon cause the owner or person harboring
such dog to be notified in writing of the complaint against such dog,
and to appear before the Judge at a stated time and place. The Judge
at the time set for such hearing, shall inquire into the facts and
give all interested persons an opportunity to be heard, under oath,
and to be represented by counsel, and the Judge shall decide in accordance
with the evidence before him, and if the Judge shall decide that such
dog complained of is a vicious dog as defined by this section, notice
of such decision shall be given to the owner or person harboring such
dog. No dog which has been so determined to be a vicious dog shall
be permitted to run at large, or be upon any street or public place
in the Township except while securely confined by an adequate leash
as provided by this chapter, and the owner or person harboring any
such vicious dog who shall suffer or permit such dog to run at large
or be upon any street or public place in the Township while not securely
muzzled and under leash, shall be guilty of a violation of this section.
[1973 Code § 3:1-23]
Unless otherwise provided by law or in this chapter, any person who violates or who fails or refuses to comply with any part of this chapter except Sections 8-9 and 8-10, or with the rules and regulations promulgated by the State Department of Health governing the sanitary conduct and operation of kennels, pet shops, shelters and pounds, to preserve sanitation therein and prevent the spread of rabies and other diseases of dogs within and from such establishments, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $50 for each offense. (N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.19)
[Prior ordinance history includes portions of Ordinance 6-13-85.]
[Ord. No. 2005-704]
Shall mean the actual curbs of a public street, or, if there
be no curbs on a public street, the edges of the improved portion
of the public street.
Shall mean that the pet solid waste is removed at once, without
delay.
Shall mean any person who shall possess, maintain, house
or harbor any pet or otherwise have custody of any pet, whether or
not the owner of such pet.
Shall mean any individual, corporation, company, partnership,
firm, association, or political subdivision of this State subject
to municipal jurisdiction.
Shall mean a domesticated animal (other than a disability
assistance animal) kept for amusement or companionship.
Shall mean waste matter expelled from the bowels of the pet;
excrement.
Shall mean placement in a designated waste receptacle, or
other suitable container, and discarded in a refuse container which
is regularly emptied by the municipality or some other refuse collector;
or disposal into a system designed to convey domestic sewage for proper
treatment and disposal.
[Ord. No. 2005-704]
No person shall cause, suffer, or allow a pet to soil, defile
or defecate upon private property without permission from the owner
of the property, or upon any public property except between the curblines
of a public street; and provided further, that any person who shall
permit a pet to deposit solid waste between the curblines of a public
street shall immediately and properly dispose of their pet's
solid waste.
[Ord. No. 2005-704]
Any owner or keeper who requires the use of a disability assistance
animal shall be exempt from the provisions of this section while such
animal is being used for that purpose.
[Ord. No. 2005-704]
Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished in accordance with Section 1-5, General Penalty of the Township of Green Brook Revised General Ordinances, as amended, supplemented or revised.
[Ord. No. 2005-704]
The provisions of this section shall be enforced by the Green
Brook Township Police Department, a representative of the Board of
Health, or any other person having actual knowledge of a violation
of this section.
[Ord. 11-14-91 § 1]
For the purpose of 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 section.
Shall mean any member of the domestic feline species; male,
female, or altered.
Shall mean any cat which has attained the age of seven months,
or which possesses a set of permanent teeth.
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 the agency or department of the Township of Green
Brook, or any designated representative thereof charged with administering
the issuance and/or revocation of permits and licenses under the provisions
of this section.
Shall mean rendered permanently incapable of reproduction
as certified by a licensed veterinarian.
When applied to the proprietorship of a cat shall include
every person having a right of property (or custody) in such cat and
every person who has such cat in his or her keeping, or who harbors
or maintains a cat or knowingly permits a cat to remain on or about
any premises occupied by that person.
Shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, organization
or institution commonly recognized by law as a unit.
[Ord. 11-14-91 § 1]
a.
Vaccination and License Requirements. No person shall own, keep,
harbor or maintain any cat more than seven months of age within the
Township of Green Brook, unless such cat is vaccinated and licensed.
The provisions of this section do not apply to cats held in a cattery,
or those held by a State or Federal licensed research facility, or
a veterinary establishment where cats are received or kept for diagnostic,
medical, surgical, or other treatments, or licensed animal shelters,
pounds, kennels, or pet shops.
b.
Vaccination. All cats 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
Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, except as provided
for in paragraph d.
c.
Vaccination Certificate. A certificate of vaccination shall be issued
to the owner of each animal vaccinated on a form recommended by the
State.
d.
Exemptions. Any cat may be exempted from the requirements of such
vaccination for a specified period of time by the local Board of Health,
upon presentation of a veterinarian's certificate stating that
because of an infirmity or other physical condition, or regimen of
therapy, the inoculation of such cat shall be deemed inadvisable.
[Ord. 11-14-91 § 1; Ord. No. 2001-662 § 3]
a.
Cats Must Have License Number Displayed. Any person who shall own,
keep, or harbor a cat of licensing age shall annually apply for and
procure from the Township Clerk, or other official designated by the
governing body thereof to license cats in the Township in which he
or she resides, a license and official registration tag with license
number, or a registration sleeve for each cat so owned, kept, or harbored,
and shall place upon such cat a collar, or other devise with the license
number securely fastened or displayed thereto. Acceptable methods
of displaying license number shall include, but are not limited to,
break-away or elastic collars. License tags or sleeves are not transferable.
b.
Time for Applying for License. The owner of any newly acquired cat
of licensing age, or of any cat which attains licensing age, shall
make application for license tag or sleeve for such cat within 10
days after such acquisition or age attainment. This requirement will
not apply to a nonresident keeping a cat within the Township of Green
Brook for no longer than 90 days.
c.
Cats Brought Into Jurisdiction. Any person who shall bring, or cause
to be brought into the Township of Green Brook, any cat licensed in
another State for the current year, and bearing registration tag or
sleeve, and shall keep the same or permit the same to be kept within
the Township of Green Brook for a period of more than 90 days, shall
immediately apply for a license and registration tag or sleeve for
each such cat.
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Township
of Green Brook any unlicensed cat, and shall keep same or permit same
to be kept within the Township of Green Brook for a period of more
than 10 days, shall immediately apply for a license and registration
tax or sleeve for each such cat.
d.
Application, Contents, Preservation of Information. The application
shall state the breed, sex, age, color, and markings of the cat for
which license and registration are sought, and whether it is of a
long or shorthaired variety; also the name, street, and post office
address of the owner, and the person who shall keep or harbor such
cat. The information on said application and the registration number
issued for the cat shall be preserved for a period of three years
by the Township Clerk or other local official designated to license
cats in the Township of Green Brook.
e.
License Forms and Tags. License forms and official tags or sleeves
shall be furnished by the Township and shall be numbered serially,
and shall bear the year of issuance and the name of the municipality.
f.
Evidence of Inoculation with Rabies Vaccine or Certification of Exemption;
Requirement for License. The Township Clerk or other official designated
by the governing body to license cats therein shall not grant any
such license and official registration tag or sleeve for any cat,
unless the owner thereof provides evidence that the cat 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 Human Services, or has been certified exempt as provided
by subsection 8-13.2d of this section. The rabies inoculation shall
be administered by a duly licensed veterinarian, or by such other
veterinarian permitted by law to do the same.
g.
License Fee Schedule. A license shall be issued after payment of
a fee of $10 for each unneutered cat, and $6 for each neutered cat,
effective with the January 1, 2002 renewal. Persons who fail to obtain
a license as required by January 31 of the current licensing year
will be subject to a delinquent fee of $3.
h.
Fees, Renewals, Expiration Date of License; License from Another
Municipality Shall Be Accepted. The person applying for the license
and registration tag and/or sleeve shall pay the fee fixed or authorized
by law. The fee for the renewal of license and registration tag or
sleeve shall be the same as for the original, and said license, registration
tag or sleeve and renewal thereof shall expire on January 31st in
the following year.
Only one license and registration tag or sleeve shall be required
in the licensing year for any cat in this Township. Any valid New
Jersey license tag or sleeve issued by a New Jersey municipality shall
be accepted by this Township as evidence of compliance.
i.
Loss of License. If a license tag or sleeve has been misplaced or
lost, the Township Clerk may issue a duplicate license and/or registration
sleeve for that particular cat for a fee of $0.50.
j.
Proof of Licensing. Proof of licensing shall be produced by any person
owning, keeping, maintaining, or harboring a cat, upon the request
of any health official, police officer, animal control officer, or
other authorized person.
k.
Interfering with Persons Performing Duties Under this Section. No
person shall hinder, molest, or interfere with anyone authorized or
empowered to perform any duty under this section.
l.
Disposition of Fees Collected. License fees and other moneys collected
or received under the provisions of this section, shall be forwarded
to the Treasurer of the Township, and shall be placed in a special
account separate from any of the other accounts of the Township and
shall be used for the following purposes only: collecting, keeping,
and disposing of cats liable to seizure, for local prevention and
control of rabies, providing anti-rabies treatment under the direction
of the local Board of Health for any person known or suspected to
have been exposed to rabies, and for administering the provisions
of this section. Any unexpected balance remaining in such special
account shall be retained until the end of the third fiscal year following,
and may be used for any of the purposes set forth in this section.
At the end of the said third fiscal year thereafter, there shall be
transferred from such special account to the general funds of the
municipality any amount then in such account which is in excess of
the total amount paid into the special account during the last two
fiscal years next preceding.
[Ord. 11-14-91 § 1]
Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person who violates, or who fails or refuses to comply with this section, shall be liable to the penalties set forth in Section 1-5 of the General Code of which this section forms a part.
