[Adopted 1-19-1951 by Ord. No. 337]
No dog shall be permitted to run at large within
the limits of this City.
[Amended 6-16-1998 by Ord. No. 1296]
The restriction imposed by § 126-6 shall not prohibit the appearance of any dog upon streets or public property (with the exception of the North Wildwood Boardwalk) when such dog is on a leash and is kept under the control of the accompanying person.
[Amended 8-7-2018 by Ord.
No. 1755]
No person shall keep any dog within the City
of North Wildwood without securing a license therefor from the Clerk,
who shall keep a record of all licenses issued and shall issue a metal
tag for each license. Licenses shall expire on the 31st day of December
next following their issuance.
[Amended 8-7-2018 by Ord.
No. 1755]
Dogs found at large within the limits of the
City shall be impounded by the Animal Control Officer and shall be
taken to the Cape May County Animal Shelter. The Animal Control Officer
shall make every effort to contact the rightful owner of said dogs
prior to transporting to the Shelter.
[Added 2-16-1982 by Ord. No. 808]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The person or entity appointed by, or under contract with,
the City of North Wildwood for animal control services.
[Added 8-7-2018 by Ord.
No. 1755]
A building or structure used for the purpose of boarding,
raising, breeding, training or otherwise dealing with dogs, except
that this definition shall not include a pet shop operated for the
sale of pets, their equipment and supplies or buildings or structures
used solely for the housing of a dog or dogs owned by the occupant
of the property and kept as a pet or pets.
[Added 2-16-1982 by Ord. No. 808]
No person shall at any time maintain a kennel
or kennels within the City limits of the City of North Wildwood.
[Added 2-16-1982 by Ord. No. 808]
Unless immediate cleanup and disposal is undertaken,
no person owning, harboring, keeping, walking or in charge of any
dog shall cause, suffer, permit or allow such dog to defecate on any
common thoroughfare, street, sidewalk, passageway, road, bypath, play
area, park or any place where people congregate or walk; or upon any
boardwalk, beaches or beachfront in this City; or upon any public
property whatsoever; or upon any private property, without the permission
of the owner of the private property in the last instance. "Proper
cleanup and disposal" shall mean that such person shall immediately
remove all feces and droppings deposited by such dog, which removal
shall be in a sanitary manner by shovel, container, disposal bag or
some other similar device, and said feces and droppings shall be removed
by said person from the aforesaid designated areas and disposed of
by said person in a sanitary manner, so as to prevent any noxious
odors, attraction of vermin or any other public health nuisance to
neighbors. This section shall not apply to or be enforced against
blind persons.
[Amended 2-16-1982 by Ord. No. 808; 3-20-1991 by Ord. No. 1054; 5-21-2002 by Ord. No. 1411; 3-16-2021 by Ord. No. 1829; at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person convicted of a violation of this article shall, upon
conviction thereof, be subject to a penalty of a fine of not more
than $$2,000, imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 90
days, or community service for not more than 90 days, or any combination
thereof, with the following exception:
A.
Any person or association of persons not undertaking, in connection with a dog in his/her/their control, the immediate cleanup and disposal of dog solid waste on the beaches or beachfront, as outlined in § 126-12 and § 138-3O(1)(c) of the Code of the City of North Wildwood, shall be subject, upon conviction, to a fine of not less than $100 for the first offense, $500 for the second offense and $1,000 for each subsequent offense.
