[Adopted 11-13-1985 by Ord. No. 12-1985]
The following regulations shall apply within
the City of Linwood:
A.
No dog or cat or any animal shall be sheltered or
kept that is not domesticated and permitted by the State of New Jersey.
B.
The quarters where cats or dogs are kept shall be
clean and sanitary and such as not to create a health hazard or disturbances
by reason of noise, odor or other causes.
C.
No person who owns, keeps, harbors or maintains any
cat or dog shall permit or suffer it to do any damage to any person,
fowl or domestic animal or permit or suffer it to do any damage or
to soil or defile any lawn, shrubbery, garden flowers, grounds or
property other than that of the person owning, keeping, harboring
or maintaining such cat or dog.
D.
It shall be unlawful for the owner or custodian of
any cat or dog to keep, harbor or to have in his custody or control
any cat or dog 12 weeks of age or older for longer than seven days,
unless such cat or dog has been vaccinated with a rabies vaccine approved
by the State of New Jersey, Department of Health and the vaccination
is not beyond the expiration for such vaccination. After the initial
vaccination, each cat or dog shall be periodically vaccinated so as
to ensure that the cat or dog has, at all times, an effective vaccination
approved by the State of New Jersey, Department of Health.
[Added 8-14-1991 by Ord. No. 13-1991]
(1)
Rabies inoculation receipts, issued by a veterinarian
at the time of vaccination, shall be carefully preserved by the owner
or custodian of the cat or dog and exhibited promptly upon request
for inspection by any animal warden or other law enforcement officer.
(2)
Rabies inoculation tags, issued by a veterinarian
at the time of vaccination, shall be affixed to a collar which shall
be worn by dogs at all times. For cats, the tag must be exhibited
promptly for inspection by any animal warden or other law enforcement
officer or designee thereof.
(4)
Any cat or dog found at large in the City of Linwood,
exhibiting the signs and symptoms of a rabid animal, may be humanely
destroyed by the animal control officer or any police officer of the
City of Linwood. Any animal so destroyed shall have its head removed
and immediately forwarded to the state laboratory in Trenton for a
determination as to the animal's infection with rabies.
(5)
Before issuing a citation for violation of this article,
any police officer of the City of Linwood or the animal control officer
of the City of Linwood may give an oral warning or issue a written
warning ticket. If a person or persons receiving the oral warning
or the warning ticket do not discontinue the violation, a citation
for ordinance violation shall be issued to the violator. If it appears
necessary to make an arrest to preserve the public peace or safety,
a police officer may make an arrest for violation of this article
with or without a previous oral warning ticket.
(6)
Each and every day a cat or dog shall remain unvaccinated
or shall fail to display for dogs or exhibit for cats a vaccination
tag shall be deemed a separate violation and shall be punishable as
a separate and distinct violation.
Every person, whether he or she is the owner
or custodian of the dog, shall, when it is on the public streets or
sidewalks, curb said dog so as not to injure or damage any garden,
flower garden, land, plant, tree, shrubbery, grass, grounds or other
property of any person and under no circumstances shall allow any
dog to defecate or urinate upon any lawn, shrubbery, sidewalk, common
thoroughfare, passageway, bypath, bike path, play area, park or any
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 property.
[Amended 6-20-1990 by Ord. No. 9-1990]
Any person owning or in charge of any dog which
soils, defiles, defecates on or commits any nuisance on any common
thoroughfare, sidewalk, passageway, bypath, bike path, play area,
park or any 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 property shall immediately remove all feces deposited
by such dog by any sanitary method approved by the local health authority.
[Added 6-20-1990 by Ord. No. 9-1990]
The feces removed from the aforementioned designated
areas shall be disposed of by the person owning or in charge of any
such dog in accordance with the provisions of this article.
[Added 6-20-1990 by Ord. No. 9-1990]
The provisions of this article shall not apply
to blind persons who may use dogs as guides.
[Added 6-20-1990 by Ord. No. 9-1990]
Sanitary methods for removing all feces approved
by the local health authority are mechanical devices such as pooch
scoops, small shovels, etc. The person owning, harboring, keeping
or in charge of any such dog shall have an approved device or sanitary
method of disposal with him whenever his dog is on public property.
All feces shall be disposed of in a sealed, nonabsorbent, leakproof
container.
[Amended 6-20-1990 by Ord. No. 9-1990]
Any person or persons violating any of the provisions
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine
not exceeding the sum of $50. Each and every day such violation continues
shall be considered as a separate and specific violation of this article.
The penalties herein prescribed shall apply to such separate and specific
offenses.
