Town of Dover, NJ
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2023-02-21
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Part III, Board of Health Legislation
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Chapter 395 Animals
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Article II Pigeons
- 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 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 395 Art II Pigeons
- § 395-5 Harboring of pigeons regulated.
- § 395-6 Housing and maintenance specifications; flying restrictions; noise.
- § 395-7 Attracting pigeons with food.
- § 395-8 Violations and penalties.
- 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
[Adopted 7-21-1980 by Ord. No. 2-1980]
[Amended 10-21-1996]
A.
Suitable housing; number limited. Pigeons shall be kept in a suitable house or coop not more than 800 cubic feet in size. Pigeon houses or coops may have an attached enclosed runway, but such structures shall be constructed so as to keep pigeons properly confined and prevent their flying about as provided in Subsection C. Not more than 100 pigeons shall be kept at any one time.
B.
Location of housing. No pigeon house, coop or runway
shall be constructed except within the rear yard of a premises and
shall be at least 75 feet from any dwelling or building inhabited
by human beings, provided that it need not be more than 30 feet from
the dwelling or building inhabited by the owner or keeper of such
pigeons.
C.
Flying restrictions. Pigeons shall not be permitted
to fly about and shall be kept within the house, coop or runway at
all times, except that carrier or homing pigeons, when a proper permit
has been obtained from the Board of Health, may be permitted to be
exercised and flown outside of the enclosure before 10:00 a.m. and
after 5:00 p.m. Homing or carrier pigeons under six months of age
may be permitted to be outside their enclosures during their training
period. Pigeons returning from training flights may do so at any time,
provided that they immediately enter their lot. The flying of carrier
or homing pigeons may be prohibited in any specific case where it
is satisfactorily established they they soil clothes or other property
not belonging to their keeper. Such proof shall be established in
an action in the Municipal Court on complaint of a person affected
by the violation of this provision.
D.
Sanitary conditions; noise. Pigeon houses, coops or
runways shall be maintained in a proper sanitary condition so as to
avoid offensive odors, and no pigeons shall be kept which create loud
and excessive noises and sounds. Odors emitting from pigeon houses,
coops or runways which are perceptible from at least 75 feet and any
noises emitting from pigeons which are audible from at least 150 feet
shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section.
No person shall attempt to attract pigeons by
throwing or scattering food for pigeons on public or private property.
[Amended 10-21-1996]
Any person found to be in violation of the provisions
of this article shall be subject to a fine of not less than $5 nor
more than $500 for each offense, at the discretion of the Judge of
the Municipal Court.
