[Adopted 4-14-1955].
[Amended 2-25-1997 by Ord. No. 97-07 (Ch. 64, Art. II, of the 1977 Code)]
A.
All persons within the limits of the Township of Hillsborough
in the County of Somerset, owning, harboring or having charge of any
dog, shall keep the same securely confined and shall not allow the
same to run at large, except as hereinafter provided, on any private
property or public lands within the Township of Hillsborough aforesaid
or on any public highways or roads within said Township.
B.
Every owner, or caretaker, is responsible for removing
the droppings left by his or her dog on public land within the Township,
on private property of others or on any public highways or roads within
the Township.
A.
This article shall not apply to or prevent the use
of hunting dogs when used for hunting purposes in the custody of a
person possessing a lawful hunting license during the time of lawful
hunting season upon public lands or upon private property which has
not been lawfully posted to prohibit hunting thereon, or upon private
property which has been so posted when the consent so to hunt has
first been obtained from the owner of such posted land.
B.
This article shall not apply to or prohibit the training
of hunting dogs or the testing of hunting dogs in field trials when
in the custody of the owner or trainer of the dog or dogs so being
trained or tested and when upon private property with the permission
of the owner thereof.
C.
This article shall not apply to or prevent the running
at large of dogs upon the property of the person owning, harboring
or having charge of any dog if, and only if, such dog or dogs shall
have been inoculated against rabies by an inoculation which is current
and has been performed under the approval of the Board of Health of
the Township of Hillsborough.[1]
[Amended 12-27-1977 by Ord. No. 77-21 (Ch. 64, Art. III, of the 1977 Code)]
This article is designed for the preservation
of public health and for the safety and welfare of the Township of
Hillsborough aforesaid and its inhabitants.
This article shall not be construed to exempt
any persons owning, harboring or in charge of any dog, whether or
not such dog is inoculated against rabies, from the force and effect
of any notice promulgated by the Board of Health of Hillsborough Township
requiring the confinement of dogs.
