[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Alpine as Ch. IX (Ord. No. 190) of the 1970 Revised
General Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Noise — See Ch. 153.
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any cat, male or female or spayed.
Any cat which has attained the age of seven months.
Any dog, bitch or spayed bitch.
Any dog which has attained the age of seven months or which
possesses a set of permanent teeth.
To give, place, expose, deposit, distribute or scatter any
edible material with the intention of feeding, attracting or enticing
wildlife. Feeding does not include baiting in the legal taking of
fish and/or game.
[Added 11-15-2004 by Ord. No. 643]
Any person exercising control over a dog or permitting a
dog to remain on premises under his control.
When applied to the proprietorship of a dog, shall include
every person having a right of property in such dog and every person
who has such dog in his keeping.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this State subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
[Added 11-15-2004 by Ord. No. 643]
A domesticated animal (other than a disability assistance
animal) kept for amusement or companionship, including but not limited
to dogs and cats.
[Added 11-15-2004 by Ord. No. 643]
Any dog which has been declared by the Municipal Judge to
be a vicious dog which has attacked or bitten any human being, or
which habitually attacks other dogs or domestic animals.
All animals that are neither human nor domesticated.
[Added 11-15-2004 by Ord. No. 643]
A.
License; when required. Licenses shall be required
for the following dogs or cats of licensing age:
[Amended by Ord. No. 465]
(1)
Any dog or cat owned or kept within the borough by
a resident of the borough on the first day of January of any calendar
year.
(2)
Any dog or cat acquired by any person during the course
of any calendar year and kept within the borough for more than 10
days after acquisition.
(3)
Any dog or cat attaining licensing age during the
course of the calendar year.
(4)
Any licensed dog or cat brought into the borough by
any person and kept within the borough for more than 10 days.
(5)
Any dog or cat licensed by another state brought into
the borough by any person and kept within the borough for more than
90 days.
B.
Application for license. Each application for a license
under this chapter shall give the following information:
[Amended by Ord. No. 465]
(1)
A general description of the dog or cat sought to
be licensed, including breed, sex, age, color and markings, and whether
such dog is of a long- or short-haired variety.
(2)
Name, street and post office address of the owner
of, and the person who shall keep or harbor, such dog or cat. Registration
numbers shall be issued in the order in which applications are received.
(3)
With regard to the registration of a dog, proof of
current compliance with State of New Jersey Department of Health regulations
regarding rabies vaccination.
(4)
With regard to a cat, a currently valid certification
from a licensed veterinarian or from the Municipal Board of Health
certifying that the cat has been vaccinated for rabies in the same
manner prescribed for "dogs" in the regulations of the New Jersey
Department of Health.
C.
Application for license; when made. Applications for licenses for dogs or cats which are required to be licensed by the provisions of Subsection A(1) shall be made before the first day of February of each calendar year. In all other cases, the application for a license shall be made within 10 days of the day upon which the dog or cat in question first becomes subject to the provisions of this section.
[Amended by Ord. No. 465]
D.
License record. The information on all applications
under this chapter and the registration number issued to each licensed
dog shall be preserved for a period of three years by the Borough
Clerk. In addition, he shall forward similar information to the State
Department of Health each month on forms furnished by the Department.
E.
Fees.
[Amended by Ord. No. 342; Ord. No. 465; 2-25-1998 by Ord. No.
539; 6-27-2012 by Ord. No. 731]
(1)
The person applying for a license shall pay the following
fees:
(2)
Late fee; summons.
(c)
No summons will be issued between January 1 and March 31 for a dog or cat licensed in the prior year whose rabies vaccination remains current. However, an owner may be issued a summons at any time for a dog or cat whose rabies vaccination certificate on record has expired or if the dog or cat has not been licensed in a timely fashion as defined by the licensing provisions in § 68-2A.
(3)
A fee of $3 shall be charged for each replacement
tag.
F.
Expiration date. Each dog or cat license and registration
tag shall expire on the last day of January on the calendar year following
the calendar year in which it was issued.
[Amended by Ord. No. 465]
G.
Exceptions. Dogs used as guides for blind persons
and commonly known as "seeing eye dogs" shall be licensed in the same
manner as other dogs, except that the owner or keeper shall not be
required to pay any fee.
A.
License fees and other moneys collected or received
under the provisions of this chapter, except registration tag fees,
shall be forwarded to the Borough Treasurer within 30 days after collection
or receipt, and shall be placed in a special account separate from
any of the other accounts of the borough to be used for the following
purposes only: collecting, keeping and disposing of dogs liable to
seizure under this chapter; local prevention and control of rabies;
providing antirabies treatment under the direction of the local Board
of Health for any person known or suspected to have been exposed to
rabies; all other purposes prescribed by the statutes of New Jersey
governing the subject; and for administering the provisions of this
chapter. Any unexpended balance remaining in such special account
shall be retained therein until the end of the third fiscal year following
and may be used for any of the purposes set forth in this section.
At the end of the third fiscal year following, and at the end of each
fiscal year thereafter, there shall be transferred from such special
account in the general funds of the borough any amount then in such
account which is in excess of the total amount paid into the special
account during the last two fiscal years next preceding.
B.
The registration tag fee of $0.50 for each dog shall
be forwarded within 30 days after collection by the Clerk to the State
Department of Health.
The Chief of Police shall annually cause a canvass
to be made of all dogs owned, kept or harbored within the limits of
the borough and shall report to the Clerk, the Board of Health of
the borough and the State Department of Health the results thereof,
setting forth in separate columns the names and addresses of persons
owning, keeping or harboring dogs, the number of licensed dogs owned,
kept or harbored by each person, together with the registration number
of each dog; the number of unlicensed dogs owned, kept or harbored
by each person, together with a complete description of each unlicensed
dog.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 68-5, Vicious
dogs, was repealed 3-23-2005 by Ord. No. 647.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 68-6, Impounding
and destruction of certain dogs, as amended by Ord. No. 196, was repealed
3-23-2005 by Ord. No. 647.
No person shall own, keep or harbor a dog in
the borough except in compliance with the provisions of this chapter
and the following regulations:
A.
Wearing of registration tag. All dogs which are required
by the provisions of this chapter to be licensed shall wear a collar
or harness with the registration tag for such dog securely fastened
thereto.
B.
Use of registration tags. No person, except an officer
in the performance of his/her duties, shall remove a registration
tag from the collar of any dog without the consent of the owner, nor
shall any person attach a registration tag to a dog for which it was
not issued.
C.
Interference with official duties. No person shall
hinder, molest or interfere with anyone authorized or empowered to
perform any duty under this chapter.
D.
Disturbing the peace. No person shall own, keep, harbor
or maintain any dog which habitually barks or cries between the hours
of 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.
E.
Running at large. No person owning, keeping or harboring
any dog shall suffer or permit it to run at large upon the public
streets or in any public park, public building or other public place
within the borough or on private property other than the dog owner's
property.
[Amended by Ord. No. 425]
F.
Leashing of dogs. No person owning, keeping or harboring
any dog shall suffer or permit it to be upon the public streets or
in any of the public places of the borough unless such dog is accompanied
by a person over the age of 12 years and is securely confined and
controlled by an adequate leash not more than six feet long except
that no dog except a seeing eye dog shall be permitted in the municipal
building of the borough.
[Amended by Ord. No. 467]
G.
Property damage. No person owning, keeping or harboring
a dog shall permit or suffer it to do any injury or damage to any
lawn, shrubbery, flowers, grounds or property.
[Amended by Ord. No. 454; 11-15-2004 by Ord. No. 643]
A.
Curbing of pets. No person owning, keeping or harboring
any pet shall suffer or permit it to soil, defile, defecate or commit
any nuisance on any common thoroughfare, sidewalk, passageway, bypath,
play area, park, or any place where people congregate or walk, or
upon any lawns, shrubbery or trees on any public property, or upon
a lawn, shrubbery or tree on any private property not belonging to
the owner or custodian of such pet. For the purpose of this subsection,
the above-mentioned restrictions shall not apply to that portion of
the street lying between the curblines, which shall be used to curb
such pet as hereinafter provided.
B.
Defecation upon private property. No person being
the owner or in charge or control of any pet shall allow or permit
it to defecate upon or otherwise soil, defile or commit any nuisance
upon any private property other than the property of such person,
unless the owner consents thereto.
C.
Removal of feces. No person being the owner or in
charge or control of any pet shall allow it to defecate upon or otherwise
soil, defile or commit any nuisance upon any public property. When
the pet shall have defecated in the portion of a public street between
the curblines, it shall not be considered a violation of this subsection
if, and only if, the person owning or in charge or control of said
pet shall immediately remove or dispose of in a sanitary manner the
feces thus deposited.
D.
Responsibility for acts. Any pet found in any place specified in Subsection A, B or C shall be deemed to be in such place by permission or order of the owner, harborer or keeper of such pet, and any pet committing any of the acts specified therein shall be deemed to have committed such act by permission or order of the owner, harborer or keeper of such pet, and such owner, harborer and keeper shall be guilty of a violation of this subsection.
E.
Exemptions. Any owner or keeper who requires the use
of a disability assistance animal shall be exempt from the provisions
of this section while such animal is being used for that purpose.
F.
Violations and penalties. Any person found to be in
violation of this section shall be subject to a fine not exceeding
the maximum penalty permitted under the Alpine Municipal Code.
[Added 11-17-2003 by Ord. No. 623]
No person, corporation or business entity shall
raise, keep or harbor any bees for commercial or noncommercial purposes
within the Borough of Alpine.
The Borough Council shall have the power to
appoint a Dog Warden whose duty it shall be to enforce the provisions
of this chapter. The Borough Council shall also have the power to
appoint one or more persons, to be known as dog catchers, who may
impound unlicensed dogs running at large in violation of the provisions
of this chapter, and who shall make a monthly and annual report to
the Council.
[Amended by Ord. No. 199]
Where it has been determined by a physician
that a person has been bitten by a dog, such individual or his/her
parent or guardian, if a minor, shall immediately notify the police.
When the owner or keeper of any dog shall be notified by the police
that the dog has bitten any individual, the owner or keeper of the
dog must comply with the following procedures:
A.
Have the dog examined by a licensed veterinarian within
12 hours.
B.
Have the dog kept in quarantine in the owner's home
or at a kennel for a period of 10 days.
C.
At the end of 10 days have the dog reexamined by a
veterinarian and a written report of the dog's state of health sent
to the Board of Health.
The Borough Council may, by proclamation, require
all dogs and cats to be quarantined during such period in each year
as it may deem advisable.
[Added 11-15-2004 by Ord. No. 643]
A.
Purpose. An ordinance to prohibit the feeding of unconfined
wildlife in any public park or on any other property owned or operated
by the Borough of Alpine, so as to protect public health, safety and
welfare, and to prescribe penalties for such failure to comply.
B.
Prohibited conduct. No person shall feed, in any public
park or on any other property owned or operated by the Borough of
Alpine, any wildlife, excluding confined wildlife (for example, wildlife
confined in zoos, parks or rehabilitation centers, or unconfined wildlife
at environmental education centers).
C.
Enforcement. This section shall be enforced by the
Borough of Alpine Police Department.
D.
Violations and penalties. Any person found to be in
violation of this section shall be ordered to cease the feeding immediately
and shall be subject to a fine not exceeding the maximum penalty permitted
under the Alpine Municipal Code.
