Borough of Ridgefield, NJ
chevron_right
2023-12-11
info
chevron_right
Part II: General Legislation
chevron_right
Chapter 131 Animals
chevron_right
Article I Chickens
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 13 Claims
- Ch 16 Commissioners of Assessment, Board of
- Ch 19 Construction Board of Appeals
- Ch 20 Contracts
- Ch 21 Court, Municipal
- Ch 23 Defense and Indemnification of Officials and Employees
- Ch 27 East Bergen Mutual Aid Association
- Ch 27A Emergency Services
- Ch 28 Eminent Domain
- Ch 29 Environmental Commission
- Ch 30 Ethics
- Ch 31 Expenses, Reimbursement of
- Ch 35 Fire Department
- Ch 38 Firemen, Deceased Volunteer
- Ch 39 First-Aid and Ambulance Corps
- Ch 41 Flag Display
- Ch 42 Free Public Library
- Ch 44 Health, Board of
- Ch 47 Housing Authority of Bergen County
- Ch 49 Inspections
- Ch 50 Insurance, Disability
- Ch 54 Local Assistance Board
- Ch 58 Meadowland Regional Development Agency
- Ch 66 Officers and Employees
- Ch 70 Personnel Policies
- Ch 75 Police Department
- Ch 79 Public Buildings, Use of
- Ch 82 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 85 Purchasing
- Ch 88 Recreation and Parks Department
- Ch 92 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 96 Sanitation Department
- Ch 99 Senior Citizens Advisory Committee
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 112 Adult Bookstores
- Ch 115 Affordable Housing
- Ch 118 Alarm Systems
- Ch 121 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 127 Amusement Games
- Ch 131 Animals
- Ch 131 Art I Chickens
- § 131-1 Repeal of prior ordinance.
- § 131-2 Time limit for compliance.
- § 131-3 Required removal of coops and runs; exception.
- § 131-4 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 133 Anti-Bullying Policy, Procedures and Programs
- Ch 140 Building Construction
- Ch 143 Buildings, Demolition of
- Ch 146 Carbon Monoxide Detectors
- Ch 149 Checks, Returned
- Ch 158 Coin-Operated Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 160 Communications Facilities Right-Of-Way Permits
- Ch 162 Condominium Conversions
- Ch 165 Curfew
- Ch 172 Dumping
- Ch 175 Entertainment
- Ch 179 Explosives and Fireworks
- Ch 183 Fees
- Ch 185 Films and Movies
- Ch 187 Firearms
- Ch 190 Fire Prevention Code
- Ch 197 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 200 Fuel Oil Delivery
- Ch 203 Games of Chance
- Ch 206 Garage Sales
- Ch 208 Garbage, Trash and Storage
- Ch 211 Gasoline Service Stations
- Ch 217 Handbills and Posters
- Ch 222 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 227 Hotels and Motels
- Ch 232 Houses, Numbering of
- Ch 235 Housing Code
- Ch 239 Hunting
- Ch 243 (Reserved)
- Ch 247 Jitneys
- Ch 255 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 257 Limousines
- Ch 259 Littering
- Ch 262 Massage Practitioners and Health Clubs
- Ch 266 Miniature Golf Courses
- Ch 271 Multiple Dwellings
- Ch 275 Noise
- Ch 278 Nuisances
- Ch 283 Oil-Burning Equipment
- Ch 289 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 293 Parks
- Ch 296 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 300 Personal Property, Removal and Transportation of
- Ch 306 Poolrooms
- Ch 310 (Reserved)
- Ch 314 Railroad Cars: Loading and Unloading
- Ch 317 Recycling
- Ch 319 Rental Units
- Ch 322 Rent Control
- Ch 328 Retail Business Hours
- Ch 333 Sewers
- Ch 334 Sex Offender Residency
- Ch 336 Shopping Carts
- Ch 341 Smoking
- Ch 345 Storm Sewer System
- Ch 348 Streetlighting
- Ch 350 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 355 Swimming Pools
- Ch 358 Taxation
- Ch 361 Taxicabs
- Ch 365 Tobacco
- Ch 366 Towing and Storage of Vehicles
- Ch 370 Trailers
- Ch 375 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 390 Zoning, Development and Construction
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 400 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 402 Administration
- Ch 412 Coin-Operated Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 418 Fees
- Ch 420 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 422 Food Handler's Certification
- Ch 423 Food Service Manager's Certification
- Ch 425 License Fees
- Ch 428 Penalty Enforcement
- Ch 429 Personnel Practices of the Board of Health
- Ch 431 Ragweed and Poison Ivy
- Ch 435 Retail Food Establishments
- Ch 438 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 440 Sanitary Code
- Ch 444 Smoke Emission
- Ch 447 Tattooing and Body Piercing
- Ch 448 Boarding and Rooming Houses
- Appendix
- Ch A451 Street Acceptances, Improvements and Vacations
- Ch A452 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A453 Salaries and Compensation: Library
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 11-6-1974 by Ord. No. 992 as Ch. 19 of the 1967 Code]
The ordinance entitled "An Ordinance Regulating
the Raising of Chickens In The Borough Of Ridgefield, Bergen County,
New Jersey," adopted on the 18th day of May 1943, is hereby repealed.
Any person, persons, firm or corporation who
or which has engaged in the raising, keeping or harboring of chickens
under the terms of said ordinance shall cease said practice not later
than 60 days from the date of the final adoption of this article.
Any person, persons, firm or corporation who
or which has erected chicken coops and runs pursuant to said ordinance
shall remove the same not later than 60 days from the date of the
final adoption of this article, unless the same are adaptable for
any other lawful purpose, and, if so adaptable, they may be permitted
to remain upon proper application to the Building Inspector, who shall
determine whether or not said coops or runs are adaptable for the
purpose recited in said application.
[Amended 3-25-1985 by Ord. No. 1281; 6-28-2010 by Ord. No. 2133]
A.
If this article of the Code of the Borough of Ridgefield
provides for the licensing or permitting of the violator, the Mayor
and Council of the Borough of Ridgefield reserve the right to revoke
such permit or license.
B.
Any person found guilty of violating this article
of the Code of the Borough of Ridgefield shall be subject to a penalty
consisting of a fine or imprisonment, or both, subject to the discretion
of the Judge, the maximum of which shall be the maximum fine or term
of imprisonment permitted to be imposed by the court having jurisdiction
over the violation of this Article of the Code of the Borough of Ridgefield;
provided, however, that the fine shall not be less than $100 nor more
than $2,000 per offense and the prison term shall not exceed 90 days
in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:49-5.
C.
In the event of a continuing violation, each day shall
constitute a separate offense.
