Borough of Clementon, NJ
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2023-11-21
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 78 Animals
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Article I Keeping Domestic Animals
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 9 Civil Service
- Ch 13 Claims Approval
- Ch 15 Contracts, Public
- Ch 17 Cooperative Pricing
- Ch 21 Court, Municipal
- Ch 26 Fire Rescue
- Ch 30 Health, Board of
- Ch 34 Housing Authority
- Ch 38 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 42 (Reserved)
- Ch 43 Officers and Employees
- Ch 47 Personnel Regulations
- Ch 51 Police Department
- Ch 55 Public Works Department
- Ch 57 Public Records
- Ch 59 Salaries and Compensation
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 70 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 74 Amusements
- Ch 78 Animals
- Ch 78 Art I Keeping Domestic Animals
- § 78-1 Permit required.
- § 78-2 Distance requirement.
- § 78-3 Fees.
- § 78-4 Revocation of permit.
- § 78-5 Animals to be confined.
- § 78-6 (Reserved)
- § 78-7 Exception.
- § 78-8 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 87 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 91 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 96 Certificates of Occupancy for Rental Properties
- Ch 100 Checks, Returned
- Ch 105 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 109 Curfew
- Ch 112 Department of Finance
- Ch 115 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 119 Dry-Cleaning Establishments, Coin-Operated
- Ch 125 Fees
- Ch 130 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 134 Fire Safety
- Ch 138 Floodplain Management
- Ch 142 Food and Beverages
- Ch 146 Games of Chance
- Ch 151 Hazardous Substances
- Ch 155 Housing Standards
- Ch 159 Jitneys and Autobuses
- Ch 164 Library
- Ch 168 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 172 Littering
- Ch 175 (Reserved)
- Ch 186 (Reserved)
- Ch 189 Omnibuses
- Ch 193 Parades
- Ch 194 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 198 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 202 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 206 Political Fund-Raising
- Ch 210 Precious Metals and Gems
- Ch 212 Property, Abandoned
- Ch 214 Property Maintenance
- Ch 215 Recreational Motor Vehicles
- Ch 218 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 220 Rental Properties
- Ch 220A Rentals, Short-Term
- Ch 222 Sales, Special
- Ch 226 Sewers
- Ch 228 Sex Offenders
- Ch 230 Shopping Carts
- Ch 236 Soil Removal
- Ch 240 Solid Waste
- Ch 243 Stormwater Control
- Ch 245 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 249 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 253 Swimming Pools
- Ch 257 Tattooing and Body Piercing Establishments
- Ch 261 Taxation
- Ch 266 Towing and Wrecking
- Ch 270 Trailers
- Ch 274 Trees
- Ch 277 Municipal Facilities
- Ch 278 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 281 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 283 Video Surveillance and GPS Policy
- Ch 285 (Reserved)
- Ch 290 Water
- Ch 291 Water and Sewer Connections
- Ch 294 Weed Control
- Ch 298 Zoning
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 299 General Provisions
- Ch 303 (Reserved)
- Ch 308 (Reserved)
- Ch 312 Retail Food Establishments
- Ch 316 Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual
- Appendix
- Ch A322 Urban Renewal Area
- Ch A323 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 3-6-1945]
[Amended 9-16-1968 by Ord. No. 68-11; 6-17-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-09]
No person shall keep, raise, breed or sell horses or ponies
in the Borough without obtaining a permit for that purpose from the
Borough Clerk.
[Amended 9-16-1968 by Ord. No. 68-11; 6-17-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-09]
No such horses and ponies shall be kept less than 30 feet away
from the doors or windows of any building in the Borough occupied
by human beings, whether for dwelling or business purposes.
The written permit therefor shall be issued
by the Borough Clerk of the Borough upon written signed application
therefor and the payment of a fee of $1. Permits issued under this
article shall remain in force for the calendar year for which issued
and must be renewed annually, unless previously revoked by Borough
Council. The Borough Council shall give notice in writing of its intention
to revoke.
[Amended 9-16-1968 by Ord. No. 68-11; 6-17-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-09]
A permit to maintain horses or ponies may be revoked by the
Borough Council based upon a signed written complaint and hearing
demonstrating that a building, house or structure used for the keeping
of horses and ponies has become a public nuisance.
[Amended 9-16-1968 by Ord. No. 68-11]
No live poultry, fowl, rabbits, hares, sheep,
swine, goats, pigs, guinea pigs, cattle, horses and ponies shall be
permitted to roam at large, and all such beings shall be securely
confined upon the property of the owners thereof.
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Editor's Note: Former § 78-6, Requirements for coops,
etc., was repealed 6-17-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-09.
This article shall not apply to or affect persons,
firms or corporations, which keep live poultry, fowls, rabbits, hares,
sheep, swine, goats, pigs, guinea pigs and cattle in crates or coops,
at wholesale or retail markets, in the business section or district,
for sale for human consumption.
[Amended 9-16-1968 by Ord. No. 68-11]
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this article shall, upon conviction thereof in the Municipal Court
of the Borough of Clementon, be subject to pay a fine not in excess
of $200 or be subject to imprisonment in the County Jail of Camden
County for a period not exceeding 60 days or both. Each day or part
thereof during which such violation shall continue shall constitute
a separate offense.
