Township of Blairstown, NJ
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2023-12-27
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 62 Animals
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Article IV Animal Noise
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Chief Financial Officer
- Ch 8 Claims
- Ch 11 Clerk and Deputy Clerk
- Ch 14 Cooperative Pricing
- Ch 17 Court, Joint Municipal
- Ch 19 Land Development
- Ch 23 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 26 Environmental Committee
- Ch 27 Fire Department
- Ch 28 Health, Board of
- Ch 29 Historic Preservation Committee
- Ch 33 Office Manager
- Ch 33A Open Space Committee
- Ch 34 Personnel Practices
- Ch 35 Police Department
- Ch 37 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 39 Purchasing
- Ch 42 Recreation Committee
- Ch 43 Recreation Trust Fund
- Ch 46 Sexual Harassment
- Ch 47 Shade Tree Committee
- Ch 49 Township Committee
- Ch 51 Trust Funds
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 55 Affordable Housing
- Ch 56 Alarms
- Ch 59 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 62 Animals
- Ch 62 Art IV Animal Noise
- § 62-36 Unreasonable animal noise prohibited.
- § 62-37 Enforcement.
- § 62-38 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 69 Buildings and Lots, Numbering of
- Ch 73 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 76 Burning, Outdoor
- Ch 80 Charitable Donation Clothing Bins
- Ch 84 Concerts, Festivals and Outdoor Events
- Ch 87 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 92 Driveways
- Ch 95 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 99 Earth Removal
- Ch 104 Fees
- Ch 108 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 109 Fire Prevention
- Ch 112 Floodplain Management
- Ch 114 Flood Hazard Certifications
- Ch 116 Games of Chance
- Ch 118 Handicapped On-Street Parking
- Ch 118A Handicapped On-Street Parking Zones
- Ch 121 Junkyards and Junk Dealers
- Ch 128 Littering
- Ch 131 (Reserved)
- Ch 132 Maintenance of Vacant/Abandoned Properties
- Ch 139 Parking
- Ch 142 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 143 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 145 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 147 Property Maintenance
- Ch 150 Public Records
- Ch 151 Registration of Rental Properties and Businesses
- Ch 153 Right to Farm
- Ch 156 (Reserved)
- Ch 159 Shooting Ranges
- Ch 162 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 166 Solid Waste
- Ch 168 Stormwater Management
- Ch 171 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 177 Towing
- Ch 180 Trailers and Trailers Camps
- Ch 184 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 186 Vehicles, Motorized
- Ch 190 Water
- Ch 193 Water Use
- Appendix
- Ch A197 Sanitary Sewer Agreement
- Ch A198 Cable Television Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 6-24-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-02]
It shall be unlawful for any property owner or tenant to allow
any domesticated or caged animal to create a sound across real property
lines which unreasonably disturbs or interferes with the peace, comfort
and repose of any resident, or to refuse or intentionally fail to
cease the unreasonable noise when ordered to do so by any official
authorized to enforce this article. Violation of this article shall
include, but is not limited to:
A.
Vocalizing (howling, yelping, barking, squawking, etc.) by the animal
for five minutes without interruption, defined as an average of four
or more vocalizations per minute in that period; or
B.
Vocalizing by the animal for 20 minutes intermittently, defined as
an average of two vocalizations or more per minute in that period.
The Township Police Department and/or the Animal Control Officer
shall, in connection with their duties imposed by law, diligently
enforce the provisions of this article.
Any person violating the provisions of this article shall be
liable to a penalty of not less than $100 for a first offense and
a fine of not less than $500 for each subsequent offense, and upon
failure to pay the fine and the costs and charges incident thereto,
may be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not exceeding 10
days in the case of a first conviction, and in the case of a conviction
for any subsequent violation, for a period not exceeding 30 days.
