[Adopted 7-23-1969 as Ch. 29 of the 1969 Code]
[Amended 1-12-2000 by Ord. No. 17-1999]
No dog shall run at large at any time within the Borough of Eatontown, except that this provision shall not apply to dogs while they are being trained, provided that at all times such dogs are under the control of the owner or trainer.
No person owning or having the care, custody or control of any dog shall suffer or permit such dog to go or be off the premises owned by or in possession of such person unless the dog shall be accompanied by a person who is capable of controlling such dog and who has the dog securely confined and controlled by an adequate leash not more than six feet long.
[Amended 1-12-2000 by Ord. No. 17-1999]
A. 
Prohibited conduct; exception. No person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of any dog shall cause, suffer or allow such dog to soil, defile, defecate on or commit any nuisance on any common thoroughfare, sidewalk, passageway, bypath, play area, park, public sports playing field, or any place where people congregate or walk or upon any public property whatsoever or upon any private property without the permission of the owner of said property. This restriction shall not apply to that portion of the public street lying between the curblines, which portion of the street shall be used to curb dogs, provided that said person who curbs such dog shall remove all feces deposited by such animal in a sanitary container or such other means as may be approved by the Board of Health and that the feces removed shall be disposed of by the person owning, possessing or controlling said dog in a sanitary manner approved by said Board of Health.
B. 
Removal of feces. In the event that any dog shall, through inadvertence or otherwise, soil, defile, defecate or commit any nuisance, the person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of such dog shall immediately remove all feces deposited by such dog by any sanitary method approved by the Board of Health.
C. 
Exempt persons. This section shall not apply to or be enforced against blind persons in connection with their use of Seeing Eye dogs.
No person owning or having the care, custody or control of any dog shall suffer or permit it to soil or defile or do any injury or damage to any lawn, shrubbery, flowers, grounds, trees or any property of persons other than the owner or person having the care, custody or control of such dog.
No person shall keep, harbor or maintain any dog which habitually barks or cries so as to disturb the public peace.
[Amended 11-12-1969; 11-25-1981 by Ord. No. 24-81; 10-13-1982 by Ord. No. 11-82; 1-12-2000 by Ord. No. 17-1999; 5-9-2007 by Ord. No. 17-2007]
Each and every dog shall be duly licensed and shall bear evidence of such license at all times in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey. The annual fee for such license shall be $15 for neutered dogs and $18 for dogs that have not been neutered, inclusive of state fees. Said licenses, registration tags and renewal thereof shall expire on the last day of December of each year. The owner of any dog who fails to renew its license on or before January 31 shall be charged a late fee in the amount of $7. The owner of any dog representing a duplicate registration tag shall be charged $2 for each additional tag.
[Amended 1-12-2000 by Ord. No. 17-1999]
The Mayor and Council shall have the power to appoint a Poundmaster or other designated authority, whose duty it shall be to enforce the provisions of this article. The Mayor and Council shall also have power to enter into a contract with one or more persons for the exercise of the duty of Dog Catcher, Dog Warden or Poundmaster and to enforce the provisions of this article. The provisions of this article shall also be enforced upon written complaint by any complaining witness filed in the Borough Municipal Court and/or by the Eatontown Police Department.
A. 
The Poundmaster or any other person appointed for the purpose shall take into custody and impound or cause to be taken into custody and impounded and thereafter destroyed or disposed of, as provided in this section:
(1) 
Any dog running at large in this municipality.
(2) 
Any dog off the premises of the owner or the person keeping or harboring said dog without a current registration tag on his collar and not controlled by a leash, as provided in this article.
(3) 
Any female dog in season off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring said dog.
B. 
When any dog so seized has been detained for seven days after notice, when notice can be given, or has been detained for seven days after seizure when notice cannot be given in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey, 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 seizure and detention 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 and registration tag for said dog, the Poundmaster or other designated authority may cause the dog to be destroyed in a manner causing as little pain as possible.
[Amended 4-13-1994 by Ord. No. 4-94]
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $50 for the first conviction of such violation and, upon failure to pay said fine and the costs and charges incidental thereto, may be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not exceeding 10 days and, in the case of a conviction for a second, subsequent or continuing violation, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $100 for each offense and, upon failure to pay said fine and costs and charges incidental thereto, may be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not exceeding 30 days.