[Adopted 12-14-1983 by Ord. No. 11-1983 (Ch. 60, Art. I, of the 1990 Code)]
[Amended 12-9-1987 by Ord. No. 17-1987; 8-17-1988 by Ord. No. 21-1988; 5-9-1990 by Ord. No. 5-1990; 10-15-2014 by Ord. No.
22-2014]
In accordance with the authority conferred upon the Borough by N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.12, the sum to be paid annually for a dog license in the Borough and each renewal thereof shall be, beginning January 1, 1988, as provided in Chapter 275, Fees. In addition to the license fee, there shall be a penalty for late registration, which penalty is set forth in Chapter 275, Fees.
All dog licenses issued under the authority
of N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.1 et seq. shall be so issued by the Tax Collector
of the Borough or his/her designee.
[Amended 6-16-2021 by Ord. No. 10-2021; 8-17-2022 by Ord. No. 20-2022]
A.
No person
shall permit any dog in his/her care or under his/her care, whether
on a standard, wireless, or electronic leash, to run at large upon
public streets, in any public park, in any public building, or in
any public place within the Borough, nor go upon the lawn, yard, entrance
walk, or driveway of any private residence without the permission
of the owner thereof. There shall be the presumption that any dog
found running at large shall have been permitted to run loose by the
person owning, keeping or harboring said dog. Whenever a potentially
dangerous dog is off the property of the dog’s owner, the dog
must be on a leash or controlled with another appropriate restraint.
If the owner does not comply, the owner will be subject to a fine
of $250 for the first violation, $500 for the second violation, and
$750 for the third and subsequent violations.
B.
If a dog
attacks a person, the municipal court shall declare the dog to be
potentially dangerous, if it finds evidence that the dog caused bodily
injury to a person during an unprovoked attack, and poses a serious
threat of bodily injury or death to a person. The owner of the dog
will be ordered to immediately erect and maintain an enclosure for
the potentially dangerous dog on the property where the potentially
dangerous dog will be kept, which has sound sides, top and bottom
to prevent the potentially dangerous dog from escaping by climbing,
jumping, or digging within a fence at least six feet in height. The
owner of the potentially dangerous dog shall securely lock the enclosure
to prevent the entry of the general public and to preclude any release
or escape of the potentially dangerous dog. If the owner does not
comply, the owner will be subject to a fine of not less than $250
nor more than $750 per day of the violation, and each day of the continuance
of the violation will constitute a separate and distinct violation.
C.
In the
event that a dog, whose owner resides within the Borough of North
Haledon, is found to be a potentially dangerous dog pursuant to N.J.S.A.
4:19-23, the dog shall be issued a vicious dog license from the Tax
Collector’s Office.
[Amended 10-15-2014 by Ord. No. 22-2014; 8-17-2022 by Ord. No. 20-2022]
An Animal Control Officer shall take into custody and impound
or cause to be taken into custody and impounded the following:
A.
Any potentially dangerous dog off the premises of
the owner or of the person keeping or harboring said dog.
B.
Any dog off the premises of the owner or of the person
keeping or harboring said dog without a proper license.
D.
Any dog
which has bitten or injured a person unless said person was committing
or attempting to commit a crime or offense upon the owner of person
with custody or control of the dog or committing or attempting to
commit a trespass or other criminal offense on the property of the
owner or person with custody or control of the dog, or if said person
was abusing, assaulting, or physically threatening the dog or the
dog’s offspring.
E.
Rabid dogs.
F.
Animals
that are ill, injured or pose a threat to the public.
No person shall keep, harbor or maintain any
dog which habitually barks or cries as defined in Chapter 406, Noise.
[Added 9-13-1989 by Ord. No. 14-1989]
No persons, firm, association or corporation shall keep, harbor
or maintain more than four dogs of licensing age at any premises within
the Borough of North Haledon.[1]
Any dog which is vicious or appears to be suffering
from rabies or affected with hydrophobia, mange or other infectious
or dangerous disease and found running at large may be forthwith destroyed
by any police officer or the Animal Control Officer. A report of all
dogs shall be promptly filed with the Chief of Police, who shall keep
a proper and complete record in a substantially bound book.
All license fees shall be collected by the Tax
Collector, or his/her designee, and, further, in accordance with N.J.S.A.
4:19-15.11.
[Amended 11-10-1993 by Ord. No. 21-1993[1]]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Off the premises of the owner and not under the control of
the owner, agent or a member of his/her immediate family, either by
leash, cord, chain or otherwise.
Any dog, bitch or spayed bitch.
Any dog which has attained the age of seven months or which
possesses a set of permanent teeth.
When applied to the proprietorship of a dog, includes every
person having a right of property in such dog or every person who
has such dog in his/her keeping.
[Amended 7-16-2008 by Ord. No. 5-2008]
An establishment for the confinement of dogs seized either
under the provisions of this article or otherwise.
It shall be the duty of any person having knowledge
of any dog, cat or other animal within the Borough having bitten any
person, being infected with rabies, or suspected of being infected
with rabies, to forthwith notify the Board of Health and, if possible,
to give a description of the animal, the location where it may be
found and the name and address of the owner or the person having custody
thereof.
Whenever any dog, cat or other animal owned,
possessed, harbored or in the custody of any person resident in the
Borough shall bite any person or be suspected of being infected with
rabies, it shall be securely confined in the residence of such person
or the residence of one of them or in the establishment of a duly
licensed veterinarian of the State of New Jersey at least 10 days
and until such time as, without cost to the Borough, a certificate
is filed with the Board of Health of the Borough, signed by a duly
licensed veterinarian of the State of New Jersey, certifying that
such dog, cat or other animal is not rabid.
