[Amended 3-14-1989 by Ord. No. 666-89; 11-28-2006 by Ord. No.
37-06; 7-10-2012 by Ord. No. 17-12]
In order to properly license each dog, dog kennel, pet store not prohibited by Chapter
98, §
98-70, shelter and pound in the municipality, as contemplated by P.L. 1941, c. 151, approved May 24, 1941 (N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.1 et seq.), the following employees and officials of this municipality are charged with the following responsibilities and duties:
A. The Township Clerk shall:
(1) Secure from the State Department of Health the license
forms and uniform official metal registration tags designed by said
Department and shall submit the same to the Township Council in order
that said Council shall be able to order a sufficient supply of such
forms and tags, as contemplated by N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.2.
(2) Prepare a sample form of application for a license
as contemplated by N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.5 and 4:19-15.7 and submit the
same to Township Council so that said Council may order said applications.
(3) See that all applications for licenses are properly
filled out and signed by applicants and that all information on each
application and the registration number issued for each dog are preserved
for a period of three years, forward similar information to the State
Department of Health each month on forms furnished by said Department
and see that all registration numbers are issued in the order of the
applications as set forth in N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.3.
(4) Take and receive all applications for licenses mentioned
in this article and said law and all moneys to be collected pursuant
hereto and said law, issue all licenses provided for by this article
and said law, and forward the proper fee to the State Department of
Health within the time fixed by N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.11.
(5) Grant and issue all licenses contemplated by this
article and said law and deliver all license fees belonging to this
municipality to the Treasurer thereof monthly.
(6) Forward to the State Department of Health a list of
all kennels, pet shops, shelters and pounds licensed in this municipality,
within 30 days after the several licenses are issued, as directed
in N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.13.
(7) Annually or biennially, cause a canvass to be made
of all dogs owned, kept or harbored within this municipality and report
to the local Board of Health and to the State Department of Health
the result 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 said persons,
together with the registration numbers of each of said dogs, and the
number of the unlicensed dogs owned, kept or harbored by each of said
persons, together with a complete description of each of said unlicensed
dogs, as directed by N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.15.
B. The Chief of Police shall:
(1) Take into custody and impound or cause to be taken
into custody and impounded and thereafter destroyed or disposed of
any dog as provided in N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.16.
(2) If he finds a dog wearing a collar or harness having
inscribed thereon or attached thereto the name and address of any
person, or registration tag of the owner, or if the person keeping
or harboring said dog is known, shall, either personally or by any
person authorized in his behalf, forthwith serve a notice on the person
whose address is given on the collar or is known to be keeping or
harboring said dog, such notice to be in writing, stating that the
dog has been seized and will be liable to be offered for adoption
or destroyed if not claimed within seven days after service of the
notice, said notice to be served as provided in N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.16.
(3) Destroy any dog seized by him under the provisions
of N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.16, provided that the dog has been detained for
seven days after notice, when notice can be given under the provisions
of N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.16, or has been detained for seven days after
seizure, and if the owner or person keeping or harboring said dog
has not claimed said dog and paid all expenses incurred by reason
of its detention, including maintenance at $4 per day, and if the
dog is unlicensed at the time of the seizure and the owner or person
keeping or harboring said dog has not produced a license or registration
tag for said dog. The person so authorized to destroy a dog may authorize
another person in his behalf to destroy said dog if he personally,
by reason of absence or illness, is unable to do so.
The governing body of this municipality shall
appoint some fit person to prosecute any action to be brought by or
for this municipality under said N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.1 et seq.