As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ANIMAL
Except where the context indicates otherwise, any domestic
animal other than a dog as herein defined or any wild life in its
natural state or which has been tamed.
DOG
Any dog, bitch or spayed bitch.
DOG OF LICENSING AGE
Any dog which has attained the age of seven months or which
possesses a set of permanent teeth.
KENNEL
Any establishment wherein or whereon the business of boarding
or selling dogs or breeding dogs for sale is carried on, except a
pet shop.
OWNER
When applied to the proprietorship of a dog, includes every
person having a right of property in such dog and every person who
has such dog in his keeping.
PET SHOP
Any room or groups of rooms, cage or exhibition pen, not
part of a kennel, wherein dogs for sale are kept or displayed.
POUND
An establishment for the confinement of dogs seized either
under the provisions of this article or otherwise.
SHELTER
Any establishment where dogs are received, housed and distributed
without charge.
VICIOUS ANIMAL
As defined in N.J.S.A. 4:19-18.
[Added 2-2-1988 by Ord. No. 1743; amended
by 10-1-2013 by Ord. No. 2729-13]
[Amended 10-1-2013 by Ord. No. 2729-13]
No person shall keep or harbor any dog within
the Township without first obtaining a license therefor, to be issued
by the Health Department or other official as designated by the governing
body of the Township upon application by the owner and payment of
the prescribed fee; no person shall keep or harbor any dog within
the Township except in compliance with the provisions of this article.
No person shall own, keep or harbor a dog in
the Township except in compliance with the provisions of this article
and the following regulations:
A. Wearing of registration. All dogs which are required
by the provisions of this article 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 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 article.
D. No person shall own, keep, harbor or maintain any
dog which habitually barks or cries continuously at any hour of the
day or night.
[Amended 10-7-1980 by Ord. No. 1564]
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 Township.
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 Township unless such dog is securely confined
and controlled by an adequate leash not more than six feet long. Additionally,
no dog, leashed or unleashed, shall be permitted to enter upon any
basketball, tennis or paddle tennis courts within the Township of
Maplewood.
[Amended 1-17-2017 by Ord. No. 2846-17]
G. Property damage. No person owning, keeping or harboring
a dog shall permit or suffer it to do any injury or to do any damage
to any lawn, shrubbery, flower, grounds or property.
H. No person owning, keeping, harboring, walking or in
charge of any dog shall cause, suffer, permit or allow such dog to
soil, defile or defecate on any common thoroughfare, street, sidewalk,
passageway, road, bypath, play area, park or place where people congregate
or walk, or upon any public property whatsoever or upon any private
property without the permission of the owner of the private property
in the last instance. When the dog shall defecate on the areas aforesaid,
it shall not be considered a violation of this article if, and only
if, the person owning or in charge or control shall immediately remove
and dispose of all feces thus deposited in a sanitary manner. The
provisions of this section shall not apply to blind persons who may
use dogs as guides.
[Added 6-15-1976 by Ord. No. 1465; amended 9-21-1982 by Ord. No.
1616]
[Added 6-15-1976 by Ord. No. 1465; amended 10-6-2009 by Ord. No.
2600-09; 11-7-2012 by Ord. No. 2706-12]
A. Any person found in violation of the provisions of this article shall
be subject to a fine as follows:
(3) Any subsequent offense: an amount not to exceed $500.
B. Each day a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.
[Added 6-15-1976 by Ord. No. 1465; amended 10-1-2013 by Ord. No.
2729-13]
The provisions of this article shall be enforced by the Maplewood
Police Department, the Maplewood Animal Control Officer, the Maplewood
Health Officer and any Township official designated by the Township
governing body.