The Board of Health, its Animal Control Officer and other designated municipal officials shall proceed in accordance with N.J.S.A. 4:19-17 et seq. and the regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to vicious and potentially dangerous dogs.
In addition to license and registration fees set forth in Article I of this chapter, the owner of a potentially dangerous dog shall pay a special annual fee of $700 for a potentially dangerous or vicious dog license.
Any person found by a preponderance of the evidence to have violated any of the provisions of this article shall be subject to a fine of a minimum of $100 and not more than $1,000 per day of the violation and each day's continuance of the violation shall constitute a separate and distinct violation. When its owner violates the provisions of this article, a potentially dangerous dog may be seized and impounded and the Municipal Court may order its humane destruction 10 days or longer after the conviction.