Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing age in the Township shall annually, in the month of January apply for and procure from the Township Clerk a license and official metal registration tag for each dog so owned, kept or harbored, and shall place upon each dog a collar or harness with the registration tag securely fastened thereto.
No license to own, keep or harbor a dog shall be issued to or in the name of a minor.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
DOG OF LICENSING AGE
Any dog which has attained the age of seven months or which possesses a permanent set of teeth.
The application shall state the breed, sex, age, color and markings of the dog for which the license and registration are sought, and whether it is a long-haired or short-haired variety and also the name, street and post office address of the owner and the person who shall keep or harbor such dog.
A. 
The person applying for the license shall pay the Township Clerk the sum of $17 for the licensing and registration of each spayed dog and $20 for the licensing and registration of each nonspayed dog. Any person establishing residency in the Township subsequent to January 31 or acquiring a dog of licensing age or possessing a dog that attains licensing age subsequent to January 31 shall also be subject to the reduced fee of $12 for each spayed dog and $15 for each nonspayed dog.
[Amended 12-10-2008 by Ord. No. 23-2008]
B. 
Each license and tag shall be renewed annually, and for each annual renewal the person applying shall pay the same fee for the license and registration as hereinbefore provided. For each license tag renewed on or before January 31 of the year of issuance, the fee for a spayed dog shall be reduced to $12 and for the licensing and registration of each nonspayed dog to $15.
[Amended 12-10-2008 by Ord. No. 23-2008]
C. 
The licensing year shall run from January 31 of the year of issuance to January 31 of the following year.
Dogs used as guides for blind persons and commonly known as "Seeing Eye" dogs shall be licensed and registered as other dogs hereinbefore provided for, except that the owner or keeper of such dog shall not be required to pay any fee therefor.
Any dog owned in New Jersey and duly licensed for the current licensing year and bearing the proper registration tag for a New Jersey municipality shall be exempt from the licensing and tag provisions of this chapter.
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Township any dog licensed in a state other than New Jersey for the current licensing year and shall keep the same in the Township for a period of more than 90 days shall immediately apply for a license and registration tag for such dog.
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Township any unlicensed dog and shall keep the same in the Township for a period of more than 10 days shall immediately apply for a license and registration tag for such dog.
The owner or keeper of any newly acquired dog of licensing age or of any dog which attains licensing age shall apply for a license and registration tag for such dog within 10 days after such acquisition or age attainment.
No person shall permit, suffer or allow any dog owned, kept or harbored by him to run at large off the premises of the person so keeping, owning or harboring the dog.
No dog shall be permitted off the premises of the person owning, keeping or harboring it unless accompanied by a person who is capable of controlling it and who has the dog securely confined and controlled by an adequate leash or chain not more than six feet long. The provisions hereof shall not apply to the training or use of dogs for hunting purposes, provided that the owner or handler of the dogs accompanies the dogs in such training or hunting.
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, flowers, grounds or property of persons other than the owner or persons having the care, custody or control of such dog.
A. 
No person shall permit, suffer or allow any dog owned or harbored by him to continually and unreasonably bark or howl to such an extent that such barking or howling shall constitute a nuisance to neighbors and other persons living in the immediate vicinity, and such barking and howling shall be deemed to constitute a nuisance prima facie when two or more persons residing in different houses and within hearing distance of the dog or dogs shall complain of such barking or howling.
B. 
Whenever a complaint by two such persons shall be made in writing to the Chief of Police setting forth that such barking or howling is continued for unreasonable periods to the annoyance and discomfort of the complainants and their neighbors and families, so that it can be established that such barking and howling is a nuisance to the immediate neighborhood, the Chief of Police shall forthwith notify the owner or harborer of such dog or dogs of the complaint, and if such barking and howling again occurs, it shall be deemed a prima facie violation of this section.
The Township Committee shall annually cause a canvass to be made of all dogs, owned, kept or harbored within the limits of the Township in accordance with N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.15 and make reports required under the statute.
[Amended 3-8-2006 by Ord. No. 7-2006]
A. 
No person owning, harboring, keeping, walking, or caring for or having custody of any pet shall cause, suffer, permit or allow such pet to soil, defile, defecate on or commit any nuisance on any thoroughfare, street, sidewalk, passageway, road, bypath, play area, park, or any other place where people congregate or walk, or upon any public property whatsoever, or upon any private property without the permission of the owner of said private property.
B. 
If any person owning, harboring, keeping, walking, or caring for or having custody of any pet shall cause, suffer, permit or allow such pet to soil, defile, defecate on or commit any nuisance on any of the areas aforesaid, said person immediately shall remove all feces and droppings deposited by such pet, which removal shall be in a sanitary manner such as by shovel container or disposal bag, and the feces and droppings shall be removed by the person from the aforesaid designated areas and disposed of by the person in a manner that will not endanger the public health, safety or welfare.
C. 
Any owner or keeper who requires the use of a disability assistance animal shall be exempt for the provisions of this section while such animal is being used for that purpose.
The Township Committee shall have the power to enter into a contract with one or more persons for the exercise of the duty of Animal Control Officer to enforce the provisions of § 65-18.
It shall be the duty of every police officer, as well as the contractor or Animal Control Officer appointed, or any person so designated, to enforce the provisions of this section and to take in custody and impound, or cause to take into custody and impound the following:
A. 
Any dog running at large in the Township.
B. 
Any dog off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring the dog, which the official or his agent has reason to believe is a stray dog.
C. 
Any dog off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring the dog, which is not controlled by a leash or chain as provided by this chapter.
D. 
Any dog with fierce, dangerous or vicious propensities or noticeably infected with rabies or bitten by a dog suspected of having rabies.
E. 
Any dog off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring said dog without a current registration tag on the dog's collar.
F. 
Any female dog in season off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring such dog.
Any dog seized under this chapter shall be handled and disposed of with proper notices given, as required by N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.16.
No person owning, keeping or harboring horses, cattle, sheep, goats or swine shall permit their running at large in the streets or highways or trespassing upon the lands of another, or permit or suffer such animals to do any injury, or to do any damage to any lawn, shrubbery, flowers, grounds or property of persons other than the owner. Any horse, cattle, sheep, goat or swine may be impounded under the provisions of this section to prevent further damage.
A. 
Any person who violates or who fails or who refuses to comply with the provisions of §§ 65-1 through 65-10 and 65-17 through 65-20 of this chapter shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $5, nor more than $50 for each and every offense, except that for the first offense or failure to secure a license, the penalty shall be not less than $1 and not more than $50.
B. 
Any person who violates or who fails or who refuses to comply with the provisions of §§ 65-14, 65-15 and 65-16 of this chapter, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $25 nor more than $50 for the first violation; to a penalty of not less than $50 nor more than $100 for the second violation; and to  penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $200 for the third violation.
C. 
In any proceeding before a Municipal Judge based upon a complaint duly made and filed in the Municipal Court, when it has been proven that on at least one previous occasion a complaint was on file with the Police Department or the Municipal Court charging the defendant with committing the same offense, involving the same dog, it shall not be necessary to prove defendant's knowledge, intention or scienter, it being intended that a presumption exists that the defendant, owner, possessor or harborer has suffered or permitted the dog to commit the prohibited act alleged in the complaint.