Borough of Haddon Heights, NJ
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2023-03-21
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 125 Animals
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Article II Nuisances
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Budget, Municipal
- Ch 12 Claims Approval
- Ch 14 Heights Grow Committee
- Ch 16 Business Advisory Committee
- Ch 18 Court, Municipal
- Ch 24 Criminal History Record Background Check
- Ch 28 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 32 Environmental Commission
- Ch 38 Fire Department
- Ch 43 Health, Board of
- Ch 50 Municipal Alliance Committee
- Ch 59 Officers and Employees
- Ch 66 Personnel Policies and Procedures
- Ch 71 Police Assistance, Reciprocal
- Ch 75 Police Department
- Ch 78 Records, Public
- Ch 86 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 90 Shade Tree Commission
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 100 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 107 Advertising Materials
- Ch 112 Alarm Systems
- Ch 116 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 120 Amusements, Licensed
- Ch 125 Animals
- Ch 125 Art II Nuisances
- § 125-3 Prohibited acts.
- § 125-4 Removal and disposal of feces.
- § 125-5 Maintenance of property.
- § 125-6 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 131 Borough Buildings, Usage of
- Ch 138 Brush, Weeds and Debris
- Ch 144 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 151 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 158 Cannabis and Cannabis Products
- Ch 162 Checks, Fraudulent
- Ch 175 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 178 Public Contract Reform
- Ch 183 Curfew
- Ch 196 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 205 Dumpsters and Storage Containers
- Ch 213 Fees
- Ch 224 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 229 Fire Lanes
- Ch 233 Fire Prevention
- Ch 236 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 242 Fuel Oil
- Ch 250 Grading Inspections
- Ch 256 Hazardous Substances
- Ch 261 Housing Standards
- Ch 262 Residential Certificate of Continued Occupancy
- Ch 277 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 278 Precious Metals, Gems and Jewelry
- Ch 282 Life Safety
- Ch 288 Littering
- Ch 291 Lockboxes
- Ch 293 Loitering
- Ch 296 Marriage and Civil Union Ceremonies
- Ch 301 Noise
- Ch 304 Obscene Materials
- Ch 306 Official Map
- Ch 307 Oil-Burning Equipment
- Ch 314 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 320 Parking
- Ch 326 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 337 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 340 Portable Storage Units
- Ch 348 Property Maintenance
- Ch 350 Rental Property
- Ch 365 Sewers
- Ch 368 Sex Offenders
- Ch 374 Skateboards, Skateboard Parks and Tennis Courts
- Ch 382 Smoke Detectors
- Ch 385 Smoking and Vaping on Public Property
- Ch 393 Solid Waste
- Ch 397 Stormwater Management
- Ch 400 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 407 Swimming Pools, Private
- Ch 416 Tattooing and Body Piercing
- Ch 417 Taxation
- Ch 418 Tax Map/GIS Database Updates
- Ch 425 Tobacco Products
- Ch 432 Tree Protection
- Ch 440 Wireless Communications
- Ch 450 Zoning and Land Development
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 465 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 477 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 484 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 491 Plumbing
- Ch 496 Sanitation
- Ch 503 Swimming Pools, Public
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 6-28-1983 by Ord. No. 674 (Ch.
52, Art. II of the 1975 Code)]
[Amended 6-19-2007 by Ord. No. 1235]
A.
No person who owns, keeps, harbors, walks or has custody
of a dog shall permit, cause, suffer, or allow such dog to defecate
upon, soil, defile or commit any nuisance of any kind on any public
or private property without the express permission of the owner of
such property.
B.
No person shall allow any dog in his or her keeping,
custody, control or ownership to bark, howl, cry or make other noises
for any period longer than 1/2 hour between the hours of 10:00 p.m.
and 7:00 a.m. or allow a dog to make noise for intervals of more than
1/2 hour at any time of the day or night.
C.
Complaint may be filed with the Municipal Court against
any person for violating this section.
In the event that a dog shall soil, defile or
defecate upon any public or private property, the owner, keeper, harborer
and/or person having custody of said dog shall immediately remove
and sanitarily dispose of said dog's feces and droppings deposited
by such dog, which removal shall be by a shovel, container, disposal
bag or any other sanitary manner.
A person who owns, keeps, harbors or has custody
of a dog shall maintain such person's property in a sanitary manner
so as to prevent any noxious odors, attraction of insects, attraction
of vermin breeders and any other public health nuisance.
[Amended 10-19-2004 by Ord. No. 1181; 6-19-2018 by Ord. No. 1451]
Any person or entity found guilty of violating this article shall be subject to a maximum penalty of a fine not exceeding $2,000 or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 90 days or by a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof. It shall be a defense to a conviction for violation of this article if the person or entity in question has complied with § 125-4 of this article.
