The Animal Control Officer of the City shall
take into custody and impound or cause to be taken into custody and
impounded, and thereafter destroyed or offered for adoption pursuant
to N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.16 or disposed of as provided in this article:
A. Any cat or dog off the premises of the owner or of
the person keeping or harboring the cat or dog which the Animal Control
Officer or his agent have reason to believe is a stray cat or dog.
B. Any cat or dog off the premises of the owner or of
the person keeping or harboring the cat or dog without a current registration
tag on his collar.
C. Any female cat or dog in season off the premises of
the owner or of the person keeping or harboring the cat or dog.
D. Any owner of a dog as defined by §
132-16.1 who fails to obtain liability insurance for registration and licensing purposes.
[Added 12-26-2006 by Ord. No. 34-2006]
For every cat or dog seized pursuant to this article, there shall be an impoundment fee as provided for in Chapter
170, Licenses and Fees. When any cat or dog so seized has been detained for seven days after notice, when notice can be given as set forth in the preceding section, or has been detained for seven days after seizure, when notice has not been and cannot be given as set forth in the preceding section, and if the owner or person keeping or harboring the cat or dog has not claimed the cat or dog and paid expenses incurred by reason of its detention, including the impoundment fee, and if the cat or dog is unlicensed at the time of the seizure and the owner or person keeping or harboring the cat or dog has not produced a license and registration tag for such cat or dog, the Animal Control Officer may cause the cat or dog to be destroyed in a manner causing as little pain as possible.
Any officer or agent authorized or empowered
to perform any duty under this chapter is hereby authorized to go
upon any premises to seize for impounding any cat or dog which he
may lawfully seize and impound when such officer is in immediate pursuit
of such cat or dog, except upon the premises of the owner of the cat
or dog if the owner is present and forbids the same.