Borough of Beach Haven, NJ
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2023-12-28
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 51 Animals
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Article II Rabies Control
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administrative Code
- Ch 5 Claims Approval
- Ch 8 (Reserved)
- Ch 10 Environmental Commission
- Ch 11 False Alarms
- Ch 12 Fire Company
- Ch 13 First Aid Squad
- Ch 19 Land Use Administration
- Ch 23 Municipal Housing Liaison
- Ch 27 (Reserved)
- Ch 30 Police Department
- Ch 35 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 38 Sewer Utility
- Ch 40 (Reserved)
- Ch 41 Historic Preservation Advisory Commission
- Ch 42 Volunteer Incentives
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 43 Affordable Housing
- Ch 45 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 48 Amusements
- Ch 51 Animals
- Ch 51 Art II Rabies Control
- § 51-23 Vaccination required.
- § 51-24 Certificate of vaccination.
- § 51-25 Vaccination tags.
- § 51-26 Procedure for impounding and disposing of certain dogs and cats.
- § 51-27 Destruction of certain dogs and cats.
- § 51-28 Warning and warning tickets.
- § 51-29 Separate violations.
- § 51-30 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 55 Beaches, Use of
- Ch 57 Beach Protection
- Ch 59 Bicycles
- Ch 61 Boat Ramps, Municipal
- Ch 63 Body Piercing
- Ch 65 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 66 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 68 Chemical Applications
- Ch 71 Cisterns and Dry Wells
- Ch 74 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 77 Curfew
- Ch 81 Dock, Public
- Ch 81A Docks, Use of Leased
- Ch 84 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 90 Fees
- Ch 95 Fire Prevention
- Ch 98 Fireworks and Firearms
- Ch 101 Floodplain Management
- Ch 104 Food Establishments
- Ch 106 Games of Chance
- Ch 108 (Reserved)
- Ch 111 Hotel and Motel/Bed-And-Breakfast Room Occupancy Tax
- Ch 112 Houseboats
- Ch 117 Library
- Ch 120 Licenses
- Ch 123 Littering
- Ch 126 Loitering
- Ch 131 Newspaper Vending Machines
- Ch 134 Noise
- Ch 136 Nuisances
- Ch 137 Outdoor Dining
- Ch 138 Parking Lots, Municipal
- Ch 139 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 140 (Reserved)
- Ch 141 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 144 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 145 Pickleball Courts, Municipal
- Ch 146 Plumbing
- Ch 148 Poolrooms and Billiard Parlors
- Ch 151 Property Maintenance
- Ch 152 Property, Vacant or Abandoned
- Ch 153 Public Records
- Ch 154 Public Health, Safety and Welfare
- Ch 154A Public Health, Safety and Welfare: Emergency Management
- Ch 155 Rental Property
- Ch 157 (Reserved)
- Ch 158 Sales, Private
- Ch 160 Sewage and Waste Disposal
- Ch 163 Sewers and Sewer Utility
- Ch 167 Site Plan Review
- Ch 171 Smoking
- Ch 172 Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 173 Solid Waste
- Ch 174 Special Events and Block Parties
- Ch 176 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 177 Stormwater Management
- Ch 179 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 180 Swimming Pools
- Ch 182 Taxicabs, Limousines and Jitneys
- Ch 184 Tennis Courts, Municipal
- Ch 187 Towers
- Ch 189 Trailers and Campers
- Ch 192 Trespassing
- Ch 194 Unregulated Substances, Sale of
- Ch 196 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 199 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 204 Water
- Ch 209 Wild Bird Refuge
- Ch 210 Wildlife Feeding
- Ch 212 Zoning
- Ch 213 Single-Use Plastic Carryout Bags
- Appendix
- Ch A216 Lands Dedicated for Public Use
- Ch A217 Street Acceptances and Vacations
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 3-12-1990 by Ord. No. 90-4]
It shall be unlawful for the owner or custodian
of any cat or dog to keep, harbor or have in his custody or control
any cat or dog 12 weeks of age or older for longer that seven days,
unless such cat or dog has been vaccinated with a rabies vaccine approved
by the State of New Jersey Department of Health and the vaccination
is not beyond the expiration for such vaccination. After the initial
vaccination, each cat or dog shall be periodically vaccinated, once
each year, so as to ensure that the cat or dog has, at all times,
an effective vaccination approved by the State of New Jersey Department
of Health.
Rabies inoculation receipts, issued by a veterinarian
at the time of vaccination, shall be carefully preserved by the owner
or custodian of a cat or dog and exhibited promptly upon request for
inspection by any animal warden or other law enforcement officer.
Rabies inoculation tags, issued by a veterinarian
at the time of vaccination, shall be affixed to a collar which shall
be worn by the dog or cat at all times.
Any dog or cat found wandering off the premises of the owner may be impounded and disposed of by any police officer or animal control officer of the Borough of Beach Haven in the same manner as set forth in § 51-13 of this chapter.
Any dog or cat found at large in the Borough
of Beach Haven exhibiting the signs and symptoms of a rabid animal
may be humanely destroyed by the animal control officer or any police
officer of the Borough of Beach Haven. Any animal so destroyed shall
have its head removed and immediately forwarded to the state laboratory
in Trenton for a determination as to the animal's infection with rabies.
Before issuing a citation for violation of this
article, any police officer of the Borough of Beach Haven or the animal
control officer of the Borough of Beach Haven may give an oral warning
or issue a written warning ticket. If the person or persons receiving
the oral warning or the warning ticket do not discontinue the violation,
a citation for ordinance violation shall be issued to the violator.
If it appears necessary to make an arrest to preserve the public peace
or safety, a police officer may make an arrest for violation of this
article with or without a previous oral warning ticket.
Each and every instance of a violation of any
of the terms of this article, and each and every day a cat or dog
shall remain unvaccinated or shall fail to display a vaccination tag,
shall be deemed a separate violation and shall be punishable as a
separate and distinct violation.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this article shall be fined in accordance with the provisions of § 1-16 of this Code.
