[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Harmony as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 9-4-1956; amended in its entirety 6-4-2019 by Ord. No. 19-4 (Ch. 78, Art. I, of the 1990 Code)]
A. 
Any person or persons, firm, corporation or organization owning, keeping, maintaining, harboring or having charge of any dogs, cat, or other animals, including but not limited to horses, cattle, swine, sheep, goats or fowl in the Township shall:
(1) 
Prevent such animal from running at large upon any public highway, street, alley, park, sidewalk or other public place with the Township.
(2) 
Prevent such animal from running at large upon the lands or premises of any person, other than the person owning, keeping, maintaining, harboring or having charge of such animal, without the consent of the owner or lessee of such private lands and premises.
(3) 
Prevent such animal from injuring any other person or animal or damaging any lawns, shrubbery, flowers, grounds or property of any person other than the person owning, harboring or having charge of such animal.
B. 
No person or persons, firm, corporation or organization owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of any animal shall cause or allow such animal shall cause, suffer or allow such animal to soil, defile, defecate upon or commit any nuisance upon any private property whatsoever, except with the express authority or permission of the owner of said property.
C. 
Any person or persons, firm, corporation or organization owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of any animal shall not cause, suffer or allow such animal to defecate upon any public property without picking up the feces and disposing of the feces in a sanitary manner.
D. 
No person or persons, firm, corporation or organization owning or harboring a dog on the premises shall, at any time, suffer or permit such dog to indulge in loud, disturbing, continuous or repetitious barking, crying or whining so as to disturb the heath, comfort, sleep or peace of human beings at any time or to unduly annoy the neighborhood or constitute a nuisance therein. Such prohibition shall only be applicable to animals located on the outside of the premise(s)/residence(s).
[Added 5-7-2024 by Ord. No. 24-04]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalty provisions in Chapter 1, Article II, General Penalty, of the Code of the Township of Harmony. The owner shall also be responsible for restitution for damage caused by animals.
[Adopted 2-7-1967; amended in its entirety 10-6-1981 by Ord. No. 0:81-4 (Ch. 78, Art. III, of the 1990 Code)]
[Amended 8-7-1990 by Ord. No. O:90-15]
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing age shall, in the month of January 1982, and annually thereafter, apply for and procure from the Animal Control Officer of the Township of Harmony a license and official metal registration tag for each such registration of each dog and shall place upon each such dog a collar or harness with the registration tag securely fastened thereto.
[Amended 10-4-1983 by Ord. No. 0:83-8]
A. 
The person applying for the license and registration tag shall pay the fee of $10.80 for each dog license and the sum of $1 for the NJ registration fee for each dog. Said licenses, registration tags and renewals shall expire on January 31 in the year stated on the license. In addition to the fees payable as hereinbefore mentioned, the person applying for the license and registration tag shall:
[Amended 12-14-2010 by Ord. No. 10-14]
(1) 
Pay a N.J. nonspayed/neutered fee of $3 for any dog of reproductive age which has not had its reproductive capacity permanently altered through sterilization; and
(2) 
Pay an additional N.J. clinic fund fee of $0.20 for each dog licensed.
(3) 
Failure to apply for a license and pay the applicable fee by January 31 of year will result in the penalties described in § 133-6.
B. 
The Animal Control Officer shall forward all fees collected for registration tags together with the fee of $3 chargeable on all licenses issued for nonspayed and nonneutered dogs and the additional surcharge of $0.20 for each dog licensed to the State Department of Health within the time prescribed by statute.
[Amended 8-7-1990 by Ord. No. O:90-15]
C. 
Dogs used as guides dogs or service dogs (as defined in N.J.S.A. 10:5-5) shall be licensed and registered as other dogs as hereinabove provided for, except that the owner or keeper of such dog shall not be required to pay any fee therefor. A dog temporarily placed in a foster home as part of a formalized training to be a guide dog or service dog shall not be required to be licensed and registered while the dog remains in the foster home for such training.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
D. 
All dogs must be registered by January 31 of each year, unless an extension is permitted pursuant to § 133-5. Registrations received after January 31 shall be assessed a $5 late fee per month, per dog for every month beginning February 1.
[Added 10-2-2018 by Ord. No. 18-5]
The owner of any newly acquired dog of licensing age or of any dog which attains licensing age shall make application for a license and registration tag for such dog within 10 days after such acquisition or age attainment.
[Amended 12-14-2010 by Ord. No. 10-14; 10-2-2018 by Ord. No. 18-5]
Any person who violates or who fails or refuses to comply with any of the provisions of this article shall be liable to a penalty per dog of $50 for the first offense, $75 for the second offense, $100 for the third offense and for a fourth or subsequent offense, shall be subject to a mandatory court appearance and subject to a fine deemed appropriate by the Municipal Court not to exceed $1,000.