Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of
licensing age shall, in the month of January 1942 and annually thereafter,
apply for and procure from the Registrar to the Board of Health a
license and official metal registration tag for each such dog so owned,
kept or harbored and shall place upon such dog a collar or harness
with the registration tag securely fastened thereto.
The persons applying for the license and registration
tag shall pay the fee of $8.80 for each dog license and the sum of
$1 for the registration of each dog and an additional sum of $0.20
to be used for the pilot clinic as required by law (P.L. 1983, c.
181[2]) and, for each annual renewal, shall pay the same fee
for the license and registration tag as for the original license and
tag. However, if the person applying for said dog license cannot furnish
proof that the dog has had its reproductive capacity permanently altered
through sterilization, then and in that event there shall be an additional
surcharge licensing fee as mandated by the State of New Jersey (P.L.
1983, c.172[3]) in the amount of $3 per dog. Said license, registration
tag and renewal shall expire on the last day of January of each year.
[Amended 11-17-1966 by Ord. No. 263; 11-16-1981 by Ord. No. 453; 10-3-1983 by Ord. No. 477; 5-5-1986 by Ord. No. 519; 11-20-1989 by Ord. No.
576; 8-18-2010 by Ord. No. 1020-10]
License forms and uniform official metal registration
tags designed by the State Department of Health shall be issued and
shall be numbered serially and shall bear the year of issuance and
the name of the Township of Rochelle Park.
The owner of any newly acquired dog of licensing age
or of any dog which attains the licensing age, as in said Act provided,
shall make application for license and registration tag for such dog
within 10 days after such acquisition or age attainment. Said application
shall contain the information as in said Act required.
The Municipal Clerk to the Board of Health shall forward
to the State Department of Health each month, on forms furnished by
the State Department, the information contained in said application.
[Amended 3-18-1998 by Ord. No. 768-98; 8-18-2010 by Ord. No. 1020-10]
License fees collected or received under the provisions
of this article, except registration tag fees, shall be received and
disposed of in the manner provided in said Act.
The Chief of Police of the Township of Rochelle Park
shall promptly after February 1, 1942, and annually thereafter cause
a canvass to be made of all dogs owned, kept or harbored within the
limits of the township and shall cause a report of the result thereof
to be filed with the Municipal Clerk to the Board of Health in the
manner and form required by said Act.
[Amended 3-18-1998 by Ord. No. 768-98; 8-18-2010 by Ord. No. 1020-10]
Should any person who owns, keeps or harbors a dog
which is required to be licensed pursuant to township ordinance fail
to obtain a license by January 31, there shall be included in the
cost of said license fee a late charge of $5. Should a license not
be obtained before February 15 of a given year, then a summons will
be issued which will require the applicant to pay not only the cost
of the license but a fine in the amount of $45 plus court costs for
each violation. Said summons may be paid through the Violations Bureau
of the Municipal Court.
[Added 10-20-1993 by Ord. No. 662; amended 10-16-1996 by Ord. No. 736; 3-18-1998 by Ord. No. 768-98; 12-17-2003 by Ord. No. 903-03]
Should a dog be classified as potentially dangerous
pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-17 et seq., the owner thereof shall be required
to pay the sum of $700 per year for the continuing licensing of the
potentially dangerous dog.