As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
DOG LITTER
All fecal matter or excrement issuing from dogs.
OWNER
The person to whom the dog belongs and any other person having
possession or control of the animal either with or without the consent
of the person to whom such animal belongs.
PRIVATE PROPERTY
Any land, sidewalk, building, driveway, garden or roadway,
either residential or commercial, which is owned by any individual,
partnership, public utility, corporation, company or other business
or commercial entity.
PUBLIC PROPERTY
Any land, building, sidewalk, driveway, parking lot, street,
roadway or roadbed, park, playground or other recreation area which
is either owned or leased by the Township of Rochelle Park, or any
other such property owned or leased by the State of New Jersey, the
County of Bergen, the Rochelle Park Board of Education or any agency
thereof, which property is located within the geographic boundaries
of the Township of Rochelle Park.
STREET
That portion of a public roadway which is between the curbs.
Specifically excluded from this definition is any interpretation whereby
the sidewalk, grass strip or other public easement adjoining a roadway
shall be included as part of the term "street."
This Article shall apply to all persons who
own, possess or control a dog while such dog is physically in this
Township of Rochelle Park, whether or not such dog is generally maintained
or housed in the Township of Rochelle Park.
It shall be the duty and obligation of every
dog owner to collect any dog litter left by the owner's dog by retrieving
the same immediately following its deposit by the dog and thereafter
disposing of such dog litter by:
A. Placement in the sanitary sewer system;
B. Placement in an appropriate disposal system manufactured
for the purpose of dog litter disposal;
C. Placement of the dog litter in a sealed and fastened
plastic bag and disposal of the same in a public refuse container
provided by the Township of Rochelle Park; or
D. Placement of the dog litter in a sealed and fastened
plastic bag and disposal of the same in the owner's own refuse container.
This Article shall be enforced upon the filing
of a sworn complaint duly executed in accordance with law by any person
or by any police officer in whose presence any offense hereunder is
committed, and such police officer may issue process by summons rather
than sworn complaint or by any other law enforcement official in the
township in accordance with the law, rules and regulations governing
each official, but not necessarily by sworn complaint.