[Amended by Ord. No. 97-22; 8-30-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-29]
The terms used in this chapter shall have the
same meanings as in N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.1 et seq.
[Amended by Ord. No. 90-1.1; Ord. No. 96-28]
A.
Every person who shall own, possess, keep or harbor any dog or dogs, either male or female (and the word "dog" when hereinafter used shall be deemed to include male or female), within the Township shall obtain an annual license for each such dog and shall have the same registered and numbered with the Municipal Clerk and for each such dog license shall pay fees for the following as provided in Chapter 109, Fees:
(1)
Annual license fee.
(2)
Fee for nonspayed or nonneutered dogs. In addition
to the fees provided for above, there shall be an additional surcharge
on all licenses issued for dogs of reproductive age for which there
is not filed a veterinarian certificate or notarized affidavit by
the owner that the dog has been spayed or neutered as required by
state law.
(3)
Late fee. If application for a license is received
after January 31 of any year, in addition to the annual license fee,
there shall be a surcharge plus a monthly fee for each month thereafter
for which a license is not obtained.
B.
Guide dogs and service dogs as defined in N.J.S.A.
10:5-5 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.
[Amended 8-30-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-29; 6-27-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-20]
C.
All dogs born within the Township or brought therein
shall be licensed as required by this chapter when the dog obtains
the age of seven months or possesses a set of permanent teeth, whichever
first occurs. No written or verbal notice or warning shall be required
to the owner, keeper or possessor of any dog to make the requirement
for licensing applicable and effective.
D.
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.
[Added 6-27-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-20]
[Added by Ord. No. 93-16]
No person may keep, harbor, or maintain on a
residential property on six acres or less more than three dogs, and
not more than six dogs on a residential property of more than six
acres.
Any person who harbors, keeps or possesses any
dog for a period of 15 days or more shall, for the purposes of this
chapter, be deemed to be the owner of the dog or dogs so harbored
or possessed.
[Amended by Ord. No. 93-16]
A.
All applications for dog licenses for dogs owned prior
to February 1 in any year shall be made and the license fee paid on
or before that day to the Municipal Clerk, who shall register the
harboring, owning or possessing of any dogs and the number thereof
and the name of each dog registered and the number of the license
issued for it in a book to be kept for that purpose. Any person who
becomes the owner of a dog or dogs after February 1 shall, within
10 days from the date he/she obtained ownership thereof, make application
for a license and pay the license fee for the then current year to
the Municipal Clerk. No license shall be issued unless the application
is accompanied by a certificate issued by a veterinarian or municipal
clinic, which certificate shall certify that the dog is currently
immunized against the disease of rabies.
[Amended 8-30-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-29]
B.
Upon receipt of the application and license fee, the
Municipal Clerk shall issue a license for the keeping of such dog
or dogs, which license shall state the name and address of the owner
of such dog, the dog's name, breed, sex and markings and the number
of such license.
C.
All such licenses shall expire on February 1 of the
following calendar year.
D.
The Municipal Clerk shall issue to the licensee a
numbered metal tag for each dog licensed, which tag shall have marked
thereon the words, "Licensed Dog, Township of Robbinsville," with
the year for which it is issued, together with the number of the license,
which tag shall be securely attached by the licensee to the collar
of the dog so licensed.
A.
License required; fees. All persons who engage in the business of, own, operate or maintain what are commonly known as "dog kennels" and/or who engage in the business of raising or breeding or dealing in dogs or who keep, board or harbor dogs for hire may, in lieu of registering separately each of the dogs kept, owned, harbored or boarded, make application to the Municipal Clerk for a kennel license. The license shall cover the ownership or possession of any number of dogs. The annual license fees for kennel and pet shop licenses shall be as provided in Chapter 109, Fees.
[Amended 8-30-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-29]
B.
Such license, as well as the Municipal Clerk's record
of its issuance, shall show the payment of the fee therefor, specifying
the amount, the date of issuance, the name of the person to whom issued
and his or her address and the number of dogs to be covered.
Any and all moneys received by the Municipal
Clerk shall be turned over by him/her to the Chief Financial Officer
monthly.
