[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Teterboro as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 8-11-2001 by Ord. No. 438]
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing age, as defined in N.J.S.A. 4: 19-15.1 et seq., shall, in the month of January each year, apply to the Secretary of the Board of Health for a license and registration tag for each such dog. Such licenses and registration tags shall be issued pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of state statute, and all dogs shall be kept and controlled in the manner provided for in such statute and be subject to all the provisions thereof.
A. 
Pursuant to said statute, the annual license fee for any dog license and each renewal thereof shall be $7, plus those fees prescribed by state law for population-control funds.
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From February 1 until March 31 of each year, there shall be an additional late registration fee in the amount of $5, but the applicant shall not be subject to a summons.
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After March 31 of each year, in addition to the fees and late registration fee set forth above, an applicant shall be subject to a summons and fine.
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Only one license and registration tag shall be required in any licensing year for any dog owned and licensed in the State of New Jersey, and such license and tag shall be accepted by the Borough as evidence of compliance with this section.
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In the event that a procured license or registration tag is lost, a fee of $l shall be charged for the replacement thereof
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The annual fee for a potentially dangerous dog license and renewal thereof shall be $700.
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All other license fees shall be as provided in said statute, and all said fees and other funds collected shall be received and disposed of in accordance with said statute.
The Borough Council may hereafter, by resolution, establish a pound and shall appoint a Certified Animal Control Officer, who shall hold office for such length of time, perform such duties and receive such compensation as the Council may hereafter, by resolution, from time to time determine. Any dog taken into custody and impounded as provided in said statute shall be kept in said pound, if established, or in any private pound, or with some person or persons hereafter by resolution designated by the Borough Council, in the manner provided for and subject to the provisions of said statute.
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No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog, whether of licensing age or not or whether licensed or not, shall suffer or permit such dog to run at large within the limits of the Borough of Teterboro. Any dog not secured by a leash or not confined shall be considered running at large.
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No person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of any dog shall cause, suffer or allow such dog to soil, defile, defecate on or commit any nuisance on any common thoroughfare, sidewalk, passageway, bypath, 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. The restriction in this subsection shall not apply to that portion of the street lying between the curblines which shall be used to curb such dog under the following conditions:
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The person who so curbs such dog shall immediately remove all feces deposited by such dog by any sanitary method approved by the local health authority.
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The feces removed from the aforementioned designated area shall be disposed of by the person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of any dog curbed in accordance with the provisions of this article in a sanitary manner approved by the local health authority.
No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog, whether of licensing age or not or whether licensed or not, shall suffer or permit such dog to do any injury or damage to the lawn, shrubbery, grounds or property of another within the Borough of Teterboro.
The provisions of N.J.S.A. 4:19-17 through and including 4:19-37, amendments and supplements thereto, are hereby incorporated herein by reference. A copy of said statutory provisions shall be on file with the office of the Municipal Clerk.
Except as otherwise provided for in N.J.S.A. 4:19-17 and 4:19-37, any person who violates or who fails or refuses to comply with this article shall be liable for a penalty of $50 for each offense.
[Adopted 6-12-2012 by Ord. No. 533[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance was originally adopted as Ch. 67A of the Code. It was renumbered to maintain the organizational style of the Code and to keep like subject matter in the same chapter.
This article is adopted in order to protect the health, safety and well-being of persons and property by prohibiting certain animals within the Borough of Teterboro. The Borough Council of Teterboro finds that the harboring of certain animals within the Borough may be offensive to other residents so as to constitute a public nuisance and may pose a threat to the safety of its inhabitants and their property.
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It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain or have in his or her possession or under his or her control or to permit another to keep, maintain or have under his or her control within the Borough limits of the Borough of Teterboro any poisonous or constricting reptile or any other dangerous or carnivorous wild animal or reptile or any other animal or reptile of wild, vicious or dangerous propensities.
B. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to keep, maintain or have in his or her possession or under his or her control within the Borough of Teterboro any of the following animals, including but not limited to all dangerous mammals and avian and all poisonous and constricting reptiles and animals, including vipers; boas; pythons; apes; arachnids; chimpanzees; gibbons; goats; gorillas; orangutans; siamangs; baboons; bears; bison; bobcats; cheetahs; crocodilians; coyotes; elephants; foxes; gamecocks and other fighting birds; hippopotami; hyenas; jaguars; leopards; lions; lynx; monkeys (except those licensed for handicapped assistance); pumas, also known as "cougars," "mountain lions," and "panthers"; raccoons; rhinoceroses; snow leopards; tigers; wolves; cattle bulls; elk; moose; wolverines; and badgers.
Any of the animals set forth in this article which have been kept, maintained, possessed or controlled by any person within the Borough limits of the Borough of Teterboro prior to the effective date of this article shall be "grandfathered" and exempt from the regulations herein. However, the owner or any person keeping, maintaining or having possession or control of such animal(s) must nevertheless register such animal(s) with the Animal Control Officer within 60 days from the effective date hereof. No offspring or replacement of such exempt animal(s) shall be entitled to a continued exemption.
The provisions of this article shall be enforced by the Animal Control Officer or any designated agency of the Borough of Teterboro.
Any person who violates any provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both. A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances which are inconsistent with the provisions of this article are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word contained in this article shall be declared invalid for any reason whatsoever, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of this article, which shall remain in full force and effect, and to this end the provisions of this article are hereby declared to be severable.
This article shall take effect after final passage and publication as required by law.