Township of Ewing, NJ
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2023-07-11
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 55 Officers and Employees
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Article V Animal Cruelty Investigator
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administration of Government
- Ch 9 Authorities
- Ch 14 Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 18 Code Enforcement
- Ch 22 Criminal Background Checks
- Ch 26 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 32 Fire Companies
- Ch 43 Insurance
- Ch 50 Mutual Aid
- Ch 55 Officers and Employees
- Ch 55 Art V Animal Cruelty Investigator
- § 55-27 Position created.
- § 55-28 Appointment and term of office.
- § 55-29 Duties.
- § 55-30 Qualifications.
- Ch 58 Payroll
- Ch 59 Pay-To-Play Regulations
- Ch 65 Redevelopment Agency
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 81 Affordable Housing
- Ch 85 Alarms
- Ch 91 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 97 Animals
- Ch 110 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 114 Building Construction
- Ch 119 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 124 Burning, Open
- Ch 127 Cannabis Businesses
- Ch 131 Child-Care Providers
- Ch 136 Circuses and Carnivals
- Ch 140 Construction Contracts
- Ch 147 Curfew, Juvenile
- Ch 151 Deeds, Plotting of
- Ch 157 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 161 Dwellings, Unfit
- Ch 165 Emergency Management
- Ch 168 Employment of Police Officers by Outside Entities
- Ch 172 Fees
- Ch 177 Firearms
- Ch 182 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 187 Fire Prevention
- Ch 191 Fireworks
- Ch 195 Floodplain Management
- Ch 200 Gambling
- Ch 211 Sale of Used Goods and Equipment
- Ch 215 Land Development
- Ch 220 Licensing
- Ch 224 Littering
- Ch 225 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 230 Multiple Dwellings
- Ch 235 Newsracks
- Ch 240 Noise
- Ch 246 Parades
- Ch 252 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 257 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 267 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 278 Publications, Unsolicited
- Ch 284 Rental Property
- Ch 290 School Enrollment
- Ch 295 Self-Operated Businesses
- Ch 300 Sewers
- Ch 315 Smoking
- Ch 319 Solid Waste
- Ch 325 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 331 Swimming Pools
- Ch 337 Taxation
- Ch 342 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 349 Towing and Storage
- Ch 354 Trailers, Portable On-Demand Storage Structures and Portable Storage Containers
- Ch 359 Trampoline Centers
- Ch 366 Vehicle Junk Businesses
- Ch 371 Vehicles
- Ch 377 Vehicles and Machinery, Unregistered
- Ch 380 Emergency Conservation of Water
- Part III: Health Legislation
- Ch 388 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 392 Administration
- Ch 400 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 407 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 408 Nuisances, Noise
- Ch 413 Swimming Pools, Public
- Ch 415 Communicable Diseases
- Ch 418 Body Art Facilities
- Ch 421 Animal Slaughtering and Processing Facilities
- Ch 425 Tree Removal and Replacement
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 2-14-2006 by Ord. No. 06-06]
There is hereby created within the Township
of Ewing the position of Animal Cruelty Investigator.
The Animal Cruelty Investigator shall be appointed
by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Township Council,
and shall serve a term of office of three years, commencing on January
1 of the year of appointment and ending on December 31 of the third
year or until a successor shall be appointed and qualified.
The duties of the Animal Cruelty Investigator
shall include but not be limited to the following:
A.Â
Enforce all laws and ordinances enacted for the protection
of animals, including but not limited to animal control, animal welfare
and animal cruelty laws of the State of New Jersey and local ordinances.
B.Â
Conduct investigations and initiate and prosecute
complaints and/or violations of animal control, animal welfare or
animal cruelty laws of the State of New Jersey, as well as local ordinances.
C.Â
Engage in the apprehension and arrest and detection
of offenders who have violated animal control, animal welfare and
animal cruelty laws of the State of New Jersey as well as local ordinances.
D.Â
Working in consultation and cooperation with the Township
of Ewing Police Department, the Chief Animal Control Officers and
other animal cruelty investigators under the direction of the Chief
Animal Control Officer as well as the Business Administrator, when
applicable, and when necessary, cooperatively determining whether
probable cause exists for the application and issuance of a search
or arrest warrant and implementing same.
To be appointed to the position of Animal Cruelty
Investigator, a person must hold a certified animal control officer
certificate from the State of New Jersey and have and maintain the
New Jersey State Animal Cruelty Investigators Certification pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.16a.
