Township of Bridgewater, NJ
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2023-10-05
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 78 Dogs, Cats and Other Animals
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Article III Animal Cleanup
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2A Third-Party Payroll Disbursement
- Ch 4 Administrative Organization
- Ch 6 Assessment Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 9 Community Development Consortium
- Ch 9A Cooperative Pricing Agreement
- Ch 10 Court
- Ch 12 Economic Development Advisory Committee
- Ch 13 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 Financial Disclosure
- Ch 17 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 18 Creative Arts Advisory Committee
- Ch 19 Veterans Advisory Committee
- Ch 20 Open Space Advisory Committee
- Ch 21 Youth Services Commission
- Ch 22 Bridgewater-Raritan Municipal Alliance Committee
- Ch 23 Pension Fund
- Ch 24 Defined Contribution Retirement Program
- Ch 25 Historic Preservation
- Ch 26 Personnel Policies
- Ch 27 Indemnification of Municipal Employees, Appointees and Officials
- Ch 28 Criminal History Background Check for Recreation Personnel
- Ch 29 Purchasing
- Ch 30 Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee
- Ch 32 Raritan and Millstone Rivers Flood Control Commission
- Ch 37 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 40 Substances, Hazardous
- Ch 41 Tax Search Officer
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 48 Air Pollution Control
- Ch 52 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 53 Recreational Cannabis
- Ch 54 Cannabis Limitations
- Ch 62 Building Construction
- Ch 65 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 70 Carnivals, Circuses and Entertainment
- Ch 74 Closing of Streets
- Ch 75 Tobacco- and Cannabis-Free Events
- Ch 76 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 78 Dogs, Cats and Other Animals
- Ch 78 Art III Animal Cleanup
- § 78-31 Duty of owner or person in charge.
- § 78-32 Enforcement.
- Ch 79 Cat Licensing
- Ch 80 Wild Animals
- Ch 81 Drainage
- Ch 82 Leaf Collection
- Ch 84 Drug-Free School Zones
- Ch 89 Excavations
- Ch 94 Fees
- Ch 99 Fire Prevention
- Ch 100 Emergency Panel and Private Alarm Systems
- Ch 102 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 104 Games of Chance
- Ch 105 Outdoor Storage
- Ch 106 Dumpster and Recycling Center
- Ch 107 Mandatory Recycling
- Ch 108 Solid Waste
- Ch 114 Municipal Stormwater Regulation Program
- Ch 124 Quarries
- Ch 125 Landfill Operations
- Ch 126 Land Use
- Ch 129 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 132 Littering and Handbills
- Ch 135 Loitering
- Ch 138 Massage and Bodywork Therapy
- Ch 142 Noise
- Ch 145 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 146 Brush, Weeds and Debris
- Ch 147 Notices
- Ch 149 Parking Yards, Public
- Ch 150 Parks and Playgrounds: Curfew
- Ch 151 Park Regulations
- Ch 152 (Reserved)
- Ch 153 Precious Metals and Secondhand Goods, Dealers of
- Ch 154 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 165 Retail Food Establishments: Licensing
- Ch 166 Roadway Solicitation/Coin Toss
- Ch 168 Donation Clothing Bins
- Ch 169 Body Art Licensing and Procedures
- Ch 170 Sanitation
- Ch 173 Sewage Disposal System, Individual
- Ch 175 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 182 Snow and Ice Removal
- Ch 183 Qualified Private Community Services Reimbursement
- Ch 195 Swimming Pools
- Ch 196 Fences and Retaining Walls
- Ch 200 Street Addresses, Numbering of
- Ch 201 Taxes
- Ch 202 Fleeing From Law Enforcement Officer
- Ch 203 Extraneous Employment of Off-Duty Police Personnel
- Ch 204 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 205 Vehicles, Off-Road
- Ch 206 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 208 Vending Machines, Food and Beverage
- Ch 210 Water Connections
- Ch 212 Water Supply, Individual and Semipublic
- Ch 216 Wrecker Roster
- Ch 217 Ambulances
- Appendix
- Ch A225 (Reserved)
- Ch A226 Fire Districts
- Ch A227 Master Plan
- Ch A229 Topographic Maps
- Ch A232 Wastewater Collection and Conveyance Consent Agreement for Certain Properties
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
No person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of any dog shall cause,
suffer or allow such dog to soil, defile, defecate on 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 public property
whatsoever, or upon any private property without the permission of the owner
of said property, except under the following conditions:
A.
The person who owns, harbors, keeps or is in charge of
such dog shall immediately remove all feces deposited by such dog by any sanitary
method approved by the local health authority.
B.
The feces removed from the aforementioned designated
area shall be disposed of by the person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge
of any dog curbed in accordance with the provisions of this article, in a
sanitary manner approved by the local health authority.
The provisions of this article shall be covered by the local Police
Department,[1] the Regional Animal Shelter[2] and the Municipal Health Officer.
[1]
Editor's Note: The Police Rules and Regulations as adopted by the
Police Commission 2-17-1976 are on file in the office of Township Clerk.
[2]
Editor's Note: On 2-7-1972 by Ord. No. 72-2, the Township Council
of the Township of Bridgewater authorized the Township to enter into a joint
contract with other municipalities to establish a Regional Animal Shelter.
The long title of said ordinance read: "An Ordinance of the Township of Bridgewater
in the County of Somerset Authorizing a Joint Contract for a Period Not to
Exceed Forty Years Between the Township of Bridgewater in the County of Somerset,
the Borough of Somerville in the County of Somerset and Such Other Municipalities
as May From Time to Time Enact Similar Ordinances for the Establishment of
a Regional Animal Shelter in Accordance with the Provisions of R.S. 40:48B-1
et seq."
