City of Paterson, NJ
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Part II General Legislation
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Chapter 121 Animals
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Article V Prohibited Animals
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 9 Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
- Ch 15 (Reserved)
- Ch 21 Constables
- Ch 23 Contracts
- Ch 25 Court, Municipal
- Ch 31 Emergency Medical Technician Certification
- Ch 35 Enterprise Zone
- Ch 37 Environmental Commission
- Ch 39 Fire Division
- Ch 41 Flood Control Commission
- Ch 43 Grass Roots Cultural Arts Commission
- Ch 45 (Reserved)
- Ch 49 Housing Authority
- Ch 53 Insurance Fund Commission
- Ch 59 Library Board of Trustees
- Ch 65 (Reserved)
- Ch 71 Parking Authority
- Ch 75 Pensions
- Ch 77 Personnel Policies
- Ch 81 Police Division
- Ch 85 Recreation Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 89 Salaries, Payment of
- Ch 90 Service Charges
- Ch 92 Special Improvement Districts
- Ch 93 Tenant Advisory Board
- Ch 95 Water Commission
- General Legislation
- Ch 102 Advertising
- Ch 105 Air Pollution
- Ch 109 Alarm Systems
- Ch 113 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 117 Amusements and Amusement Devices
- Ch 121 Animals
- Ch 121 Art V Prohibited Animals
- § 121-43 Types of prohibited animals; exceptions.
- § 121-44 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 125 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 129 Bazaars
- Ch 133 Billiard and Pool Rooms, Public
- Ch 134 Bins for Donated Items
- Ch 137 Block Parties
- Ch 141 Boarding Homes for Children
- Ch 143 Boating and Bathing
- Ch 145 Boat Rentals
- Ch 149 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 153 Builders and Contractors
- Ch 157 Buildings, Dangerous and Unfit
- Ch 161 Buildings, Demolition of
- Ch 165 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 169 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 172 Cannabis Licensing and Operating
- Ch 175 Certificates of Re-Rental Approval and Compliance
- Ch 179 Cigarette Vending Machines
- Ch 181 Commercial Hours of Operation
- Ch 183 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 187 Conversions, Illegal
- Ch 191 Dance Halls and Dancing Academies
- Ch 195 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 203 Entertainment and Shows
- Ch 209 Facilities, Municipal
- Ch 212 Filming
- Ch 215 Fire Safety
- Ch 219 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 223 Florists, Retail
- Ch 227 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 231 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 235 Food Handler's Certificate
- Ch 239 Food, Preparation and Sale of
- Ch 243 Food Vending Vehicles
- Ch 249 Garage Sales and Flea Markets
- Ch 255 Graffiti
- Ch 257 Green Team
- Ch 259 Handicapped Parking Policy
- Ch 263 Health Services
- Ch 267 Heating
- Ch 271 Housing-Property Maintenance
- Ch 275 Housing Standards
- Ch 279 Ice, Sale of
- Ch 283 Insurance
- Ch 287 Junk Dealers, Motor Vehicle
- Ch 291 Junkyards
- Ch 297 Land Subdivision
- Ch 301 Laundries, Coin-Operated
- Ch 305 Library
- Ch 309 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 313 Littering
- Ch 315 Loitering
- Ch 319 Lots, Vacant
- Ch 322 Mercantile Establishments
- Ch 325 Milk and Milk Products
- Ch 331 Motion-Picture Theaters
- Ch 332 Municipal Identification Card
- Ch 337 Noise
- Ch 341 Nuisances
- Ch 345 Obscene Materials
- Ch 349 Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 351 Paint, Lead-Based
- Ch 355 Parades and Processions
- Ch 359 Parking Lots, Open-Air
- Ch 363 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 367 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 371 Property Registration
- Ch 373 Public Construction Contracts
- Ch 377 Records, Availability of
- Ch 381 Rent Leveling
- Ch 385 Rodent Control
- Ch 389 Roller-Skating Rinks
- Ch 395 Sales, Close-Out
- Ch 399 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 403 Security Gates
- Ch 407 Sewers
- Ch 411 Sex Offenders
- Ch 412 Sick Leave for Private Employees
- Ch 414 Signs
- Ch 417 Slaughterhouses
- Ch 421 Smoking
- Ch 427 Solid Waste
- Ch 429 Speed Humps
- Ch 431 Spitting
- Ch 433 Stormwater Control
- Ch 435 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 438 Swimming Pools
- Ch 441 Tattooing
- Ch 445 Taxation
- Ch 448 All-Terrain Vehicle, Dirt Bike and Snowmobile Regulation
- Ch 449 Taxicabs, Autocabs and Rented Motor Vehicles
- Ch 451 Telephones, Mobile
- Ch 452 Telephones, Public
- Ch 453 Towing
- Ch 455 Traffic Signalization System
- Ch 460 Utilities, Underground
- Ch 463 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 466 Vehicles, Seizure of
- Ch 473 Water
- Ch 474 Newsracks
- Ch 477 Wireless Communication Facilities
- Ch 483 Zoning and Land Development
- Appendix
- Ch A495 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A505 Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners Rules and Regulations
- Ch A513 Telephone Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
- Distribution Table
- Ch DT Distribution Table
[Adopted 5-1-1984 as Ord. No. 84-042 (Secs.
5-35 and 5-36 of the 1979 Revised General Ordinances of Paterson)]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain
or have in his or her possession or under his or her control within
the City limits of the City any poisonous reptile or any other dangerous
or carnivorous wild animal or reptile, any vicious or dangerous domesticated
animal or any other animal or reptile of wild, vicious or dangerous
propensities.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain
or have in his or her possession or under his or her control within
the City limits of the City of Paterson any of the following animals:
all poisonous animals, including rear-fanged snakes; apes; chimpanzees;
gibbons: gorillas; orangutans; siamangs; baboons; bears; bison; cheetahs;
crocodilians 30 inches or more in length; coyotes; deer; elephants;
gamecocks and other fighting birds; hippopotamuses; hyenas; jaguars;
leopards; lions; lynx; monkeys; ostriches; piranha fish; pumas, also
known as "cougars," "mountain lions" and "panthers"; rhinoceroses;
sharks; snow leopards; swine; tigers; wolves; horses; cows; goats;
turkeys; sheep; pigs; steers; bulls; donkeys; burros; ponies and any
other members of the bovine or equine animal families. This section
shall not apply to any horse or pony maintained or kept within the
City of Paterson prior to May 1, 1984. A person who maintained or
kept a pony prior to May 1, 1984, may subsequently maintain or keep
a new pony or ponies, provided that the number of ponies under his
or her control when this subsection was enacted does not increase.
[Amended 11-10-1987 by Ord. No. 87-041; 10-19-1999 by Ord. No. 99-052]
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain or have in his or her possession or under his or her control in the public areas of the City of Paterson any snake unless the same is in a secure approved carrier for the same. This section is intended to apply to those snakes whose possession is not entirely prohibited pursuant to Subsections A and B above. Snakes whose possession is not prohibited pursuant to Subsections A and B above may be maintained within the dwelling unit of the owner of said snake. For the purposes of this section, a public area of the City of Paterson shall be deemed to include, but not be limited to, streets, sidewalks, public parks, public buildings or any retail, industrial or commercial establishment which is open on a regular basis to members of the public.
[Added 5-27-1997 by Ord. No. 97-025[1] ]
D.
The provisions of Subsections A and B shall not apply to licensed permitted uses such as pet shops, menageries, zoological gardens and circuses if:
[Amended 12-19-1995 by Ord. No. 95-068]
Any person who violates any provision of this
article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not
exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days
or by a period of community service for not more than 90 days, or
any combination thereof. A separate offense shall be deemed committed
on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
