[Adopted 6-14-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-07[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Art. III, Licensing of Dogs; Dog Warden, adopted 12-26-1967 by Ord. No. 67-6 (Ch. 64, Art. III of the 1977 Code), as amended.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
CERTIFIED ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER (ACO)
A person 18 years of age or older who has satisfactorily completed the course of study approved by the Commissioner of Health and the Police Training Commission as prescribed by N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.16a.
DOG
Any dog, male or female, or neutered male or neutered female.
DOG OF LICENSING AGE
Any dog which has attained the age of seven months or which possesses a set of permanent teeth.
OWNER
When applied to the proprietorship of a dog, shall include every person having a right of property in that dog and every person who has that dog in his keeping.
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DOG
A dog declared "potentially dangerous" by a municipal court in accordance with N.J.S.A. 4:19-23 et seq.
SHELTER
Any place where five or more dogs are received, housed, or distributed without charge. For the purposes of licensing, any person who desires to own five or more dogs must obtain a shelter license from the Hillsborough Township Board of Health, and must license each individual dog.
STERILIZE
To render an animal incapable of reproducing by either spaying or neutering.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Hillsborough, County of Somerset, State of New Jersey.
The Finance Officer of the Township of Hillsborough, in the County of Somerset, is hereby designated as the official to license dogs in said Township.
A. 
A person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog in the Township of Hillsborough shall license such dog pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.1 et seq., and make application to the Finance Officer for a license and registration tag for such dog within the time limit set by said statute and pay an annual license fee of $19.80 and $1 for each registration tag and renewal thereof.
B. 
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.1 et seq., the Finance Officer shall collect and remit to the State of New Jersey, together with the dog registration tag fee of $1, $0.20 for each dog licensed, to be designated for the State Pilot Clinic Fund.
C. 
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.1 et seq., the Finance Officer shall collect and remit to the New Jersey State Department of Health, together with the dog registration fee and the $0.20 cited above, an additional $3 for any dog of reproductive age which has not had its reproductive capacity permanently altered through sterilization. This fee is to be designated for the Animal Population Control Fund.
D. 
A person who shall own, keep, or harbor more than four dogs shall obtain a shelter license in accordance with Township Board of Health ordinance, § 315-3, regarding kennels, shelters, and pounds.
E. 
Any dog designated "potentially dangerous" as per N.J.S.A. 4:19-23 et seq., by a municipal court shall require a special license of $700 per year and comply with the requirements outlined in said statute.
A. 
There is hereby created the position of certified Animal Control Officer, which position shall be filled by appointment of the Township Committee. The certified Animal Control Officer shall hold office at the pleasure of the Township Committee.
B. 
It shall be the duty and the responsibility of the certified Animal Control Officer to catch and impound all dogs running at large in the Township without the appropriate license, collar, and/or tag, and to perform such further duties and responsibilities as may be found in N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.1 et seq.
Dog canvassers shall be appointed by the Township Committee to conduct a door-to-door canvass of dogs in the Township on a schedule that the Township Committee deems necessary.
Any person who shall fail to comply with the licensing requirements set forth in this article and N.J.S.A. 4-19-15.1 et seq., within the time periods prescribed shall be required to pay a penalty to the Township of $50 per dog in addition to the established license and registration fees. Unless contested, the penalty may be paid through the Township Municipal Court Violations Bureau without court appearance.