Township of Hamilton, NJ
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2023-08-07
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 105 Animals
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Article II Seizure and Destruction of Certain Dogs
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Agricultural Advisory Board
- Ch 13 Claims, Payment of
- Ch 15 Community-Based Programs Advisory Board
- Ch 16 Contracts
- Ch 16A Criminal History Background Checks
- Ch 17 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 19 Economic Development Commission
- Ch 22 Emergency Management
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- Ch 24 Eminent Domain, Use of
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- Ch 28 Equal Opportunity Policy
- Ch 30 Ethics
- Ch 34 Health, Board of
- Ch 39 Improvements
- Ch 43 Industrial Commission
- Ch 48 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 52 Municipal Court, Joint
- Ch 55 Municipal Utilities Authority
- Ch 57 Nepotism, Policy Against
- Ch 60 Officers and Employees
- Ch 66 Personnel and Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 70 Police Department
- Ch 75 Retirement
- Ch 80 (Reserved)
- Ch 89 Trust Funds
- Ch 94 Veterans' Advisory Board
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 99 Alarm Systems
- Ch 102 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 105 Animals
- Ch 105 Art II Seizure and Destruction of Certain Dogs
- § 105-6 Appointment of person to seize or destroy under certain circumstances.
- § 105-7 Proclamation of adoption; power and authority of appointee.
- Ch 108 Assemblies, Outdoor
- Ch 111 Limousines
- Ch 114 Automobile Racing
- Ch 116 Balloons
- Ch 121 Boating
- Ch 124 Businesses, Operation of
- Ch 127 Building and Lots, Numbering of
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- Ch 133 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 135 Cannabis
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- Ch 141 Checks, Fraudulent
- Ch 144 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 146 Contractors
- Ch 147 Criminal Registration
- Ch 150 Curfew
- Ch 155 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 163 Excavations
- Ch 167 Fees
- Ch 169 Firearms
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- Ch 177 Games of Chance
- Ch 180 Garage Sales
- Ch 186 Handicapped Parking
- Ch 188 Hazardous Substances
- Ch 195 Insurance
- Ch 199 Junkyards
- Ch 203 Land Use and Development
- Ch 207 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 210 Littering
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- Ch 220 Obscene Materials
- Ch 222 Occupancy Permits and Residential Rental Units
- Ch 224 Panhandling and Begging
- Ch 225 Parks and Beaches
- Ch 228 (Reserved)
- Ch 235 Processions, Parades and Public Assemblies
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- Ch 243 Recreation Areas and Amusement Centers
- Ch 245 Redevelopment Plans
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- Ch 254 Short-Term Rentals
- Ch 258 Solid Waste
- Ch 261 Sporting Events, Outdoor
- Ch 263 Storm Sewers
- Ch 264 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 269 Taxation
- Ch 272 Taxicabs
- Ch 276 Towing
- Ch 279 Trailers and Trailer Camps
- Ch 282 Trees
- Ch 285 (Reserved)
- Ch 288 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 288A Vehicles, All-Terrain and Dirt Bikes
- Ch 289 Vehicles, Sale of Used
- Ch 301 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 304 Vehicles, Motor-Driven
- Ch 308 Water
- Appendix
- Ch A315 Cable Television
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 5-17-1965 by Ord. No. 306]
It shall be the duty of the Township Committee,
after enactment of this article, to appoint by resolution one or more
persons to destroy or seize dogs running at large under the following
circumstances:
A.Â
All properly licensed dogs (license attached to collar)
found running at large shall be seized and taken to the dog pound
and the owner notified to claim and take the dog from the custody
of the Dog Warden.
B.Â
Upon receipt of a complaint of wild, stray or sickly
dogs, or the detection of such dogs by persons authorized under this
article, such dog or dogs, upon investigation, detection and confirmation,
may be destroyed on sight by such authorized persons.
C.Â
Any stray, vicious or diseased dog or dogs may be
destroyed on sight under the foregoing circumstances and only in furtherance
of the protection of the public, private property and other dogs and
livestock.
A proclamation shall be posted in public places of the adoption of this article, and such person or persons so appointed shall have full power and authority to seize or destroy such dogs as specifically referred to in § 105-6.
