[Adopted 10-4-2005 by Ord. No. 36-2005]
A.
No person owning, walking or otherwise having custody or possession
of any dog shall cause, suffer or permit such dog to soil, defile,
defecate on, or commit any nuisance on any curb, street, sidewalk,
park, playground, school land, or upon any private property without
the permission of the owner of the private property obtained in the
last instance.
B.
Any person owning, walking or otherwise having custody or possession
of any dog which soils, defecates on, or commits any nuisance on any
curb, street, sidewalk, park, playground, school land, or upon any
private property without the permission of the owner of said private
property obtained in the last instance shall immediately remove all
feces deposited by any such dog, which removal shall be in a sanitary
manner by shovel or placed in a container and promptly disposed of
in a sanitary manner.
Any owner or keeper who requires the use of a disability assistance
animal shall be exempt from the provisions of this article while such
animal is being used for that purpose.
The provisions of this article shall be enforced by the Police
Department and the local Board of Health of the Borough of Spring
Lake.
Any person who shall violate any provisions of this article, and including all the provisions of the ordinance adopted on April 11, 1955, and as amended and supplemented, shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to penalties as provided in Chapter 1, Article I, General Penalty, in the discretion of the Judge of the Municipal Court before whom the complaint is heard.
