Town of Dover, NJ
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2023-02-21
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 113 Animals
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Article IV Dogs Running At Large
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administration of Government
- Ch 4 Affirmative Action
- Ch 8 Community Action Mediation Program Organization
- Ch 10 Contracts
- Ch 14 (Reserved)
- Ch 16 Employee Awards Program
- Ch 20 Fire Department, Volunteer
- Ch 25 Health, Board of
- Ch 29 Housing Authority
- Ch 40 Meetings, Attendance at
- Ch 44 Municipal Public Property
- Ch 49 Officers and Employees
- Ch 52 Open Government Transparency and Participation
- Ch 57 Police Department
- Ch 61 Purchasing, Joint
- Ch 67 (Reserved)
- Ch 68 Recreation, Arts and Cultural Affairs, Department of
- Ch 69 Redevelopment
- Ch 72 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 80 Sewerage Authority
- Ch 84 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 90 Ward and Election Districts
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 99 Affordable Housing
- Ch 101 Alarm Systems
- Ch 105 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 109 Amusement Devices
- Ch 113 Animals
- Ch 113 Art IV Dogs Running At Large
- § 113-33 Dogs running at large on public property; restraint.
- § 113-34 Dogs running at large deemed strays; seizure of stray dogs.
- § 113-35 Applicability.
- § 113-36 Enforcement.
- § 113-37 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 118 Auctions
- Ch 123 Bicycles and Similar Vehicles
- Ch 133 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 138 Businesses, Registration of
- Ch 141 Cannabis
- Ch 144 Clubs, Social and Athletic
- Ch 146 Community Gardens
- Ch 148 Community Project Labor Agreements
- Ch 150 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 152 Courier Drop Boxes
- Ch 154 Curfew
- Ch 158 Dancing and Dance Halls
- Ch 162 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 167 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 171 Electrical Standards
- Ch 176 Excavation Safeguards
- Ch 179 False Fire and Burglar Alarms
- Ch 183 Fees
- Ch 189 Fire Prevention
- Ch 193 Fires, Conduct at
- Ch 196 (Reserved)
- Ch 199 Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 202 Garage Sales
- Ch 204 Graffiti
- Ch 207 Handbills
- Ch 211 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 221 Hunting and Fishing
- Ch 225 Insurance
- Ch 229 Junk Dealers
- Ch 236 Land Use and Development
- Ch 238 Lead-Based Paint Inspections
- Ch 239 Motorized Scooters
- Ch 242 Littering
- Ch 246 Massage, Bodywork and Somatic Therapy Establishments
- Ch 249 New Americans Integration
- Ch 250 Newspaper Vending Machines
- Ch 254 Noise
- Ch 259 Obscene Materials
- Ch 265 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 269 Pawnbrokers
- Ch 273 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 277 Plumbers
- Ch 281 Poolrooms and Bowling Alleys
- Ch 285 Property Maintenance
- Ch 286 Property, Vacant and Foreclosed
- Ch 291 Recycling
- Ch 293 Relocation Assistance
- Ch 295 Rental Property
- Ch 301 Sales, Special
- Ch 305 Sandblasting
- Ch 311 Sewers
- Ch 313 Sex Offenders
- Ch 315 Shopping Carts
- Ch 319 Signs
- Ch 322 Small Wireless Facilities
- Ch 324 Smoke Detectors
- Ch 328 Smoking
- Ch 333 Solid Waste Disposal
- Ch 337 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 338 Storm Sewers
- Ch 341 (Reserved)
- Ch 345 Taxation
- Ch 349 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 353 Telephones, Outdoor Public
- Ch 357 Theaters, Shows and Other Exhibitions
- Ch 361 Towing
- Ch 366 Trees
- Ch 371 Vehicles, Unregistered or Junked
- Ch 373 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 380 Wage Theft Prevention
- Ch 383 Water
- Part III, Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 393 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 395 Animals
- Ch 401 Fees
- Ch 403 Food and Beverage Vending Machines
- Ch 407 Food-Handling
- Ch 411 (Reserved)
- Ch 423 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 427 Public Recreational Bathing
- Ch 434 Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual
- Ch 441 Weed Control
- Appendix
- Ch A446 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A447 Telephone Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
No dog shall be permitted to run at large upon
the public streets or in any public park or in any public building
or in any other public place or on any property not that of the owner
or person harboring said dog within the limits of the Town of Dover,
unless such dog is securely fastened to a leash or other means of
confinement, held and controlled, or controlled by the person in charge
of said dog.
Any dog which shall run at large upon the public
streets or in any public park or in any public building or in any
other public place or on any property not that of the owner or person
harboring said dog within the limits of the Town of Dover unless such
dog is securely fastened to a leash, or other means of confinement,
held and controlled, or controlled by the person in charge of said
dog, shall be deemed a stray dog and may be seized and dealt with
in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.16 et seq.,
as amended and supplemented.
This Article shall apply to all dogs, licensed
or unlicensed.
[Amended 6-14-2011 by Ord. No. 7-2011]
The provisions of this chapter are enforceable
by the Dover Police Department, the Health Officer and Health Inspectors
of the Town of Dover, Animal Control Officers, Code Enforcement Officers
and any other official assigned or designated by the Town of Dover.
[Amended 5-28-1996 by Ord. No. 19-1996]
The owner or person harboring any dog who shall
suffer or permit such dog to run at large in violation of a provision
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to one
or more of the following: a fine not exceeding $1,000 for each and
every offense, imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or a period of community
service not exceeding 90 days.
