City of Salem, NJ
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2023-12-18
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 74 Animals
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Article III Livestock and Vicious Animals
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administration of Government
- Ch 8 Ambulance Services, Department for
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- Ch 11 Commerce Department
- Ch 13 Contracts
- Ch 14 Court
- Ch 24 (Reserved)
- Ch 26 Election Districts
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- Ch 37 (Reserved)
- Ch 39 Inspections and Permits
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- Ch 43 Personnel Policies
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- Ch 54 Purchasing Procedure
- Ch 59 Shade Tree Advisory Board
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 69 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 71 Amusement Devices
- Ch 74 Animals
- Ch 74 Art III Livestock and Vicious Animals
- § 74-40 Keeping of livestock within city limits prohibited.
- § 74-41 Keeping of wild or vicious animals prohibited.
- § 74-42 Definitions.
- § 74-43 Exceptions.
- Ch 79 Bicycles and Skates
- Ch 84 Brush, Grass, Trash and Weeds
- Ch 86 Buildings, Unfit, Abandoned and Vacant; Emergency Procedures
- Ch 88 Business Licenses
- Ch 94 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 98 Curfew and Parental Responsibility
- Ch 103 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 109 Entertainment, Public
- Ch 122 Insurance
- Ch 127 Junkyards and Junk Dealers
- Ch 130 Land Use
- Ch 135 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 137 Noise
- Ch 143 Obscene Materials
- Ch 148 Outdoor Sidewalk Cafes
- Ch 153 Parks and Recreation Areas
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- Ch 160 Peddling and Soliciting
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- Ch 170 Records
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- Ch 185 Solid Waste
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- Ch 200 Taxation
- Ch 208 Taxicabs
- Ch 210 Towing
- Ch 212 Trailers and Trailer Parks
- Ch 215 Urban Homestead Program
- Ch 217 Vehicle Repair Garages
- Ch 221 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 225 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 230 Water and Sewers
- Appendix
- Ch A241 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A242 Electric Franchise
- Ch A243 Gas Franchise
- Ch A244 Railroads
- Ch A245 Telephone and Telegraph Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 5-19-1997 by Ord. No. 97-4]
No person or organization shall keep, or permit
to be kept, within the city limits any cattle, horses, sheep, swine,
goats, chickens, ducks, turkeys, potbellied pigs or other livestock.
No person or organization shall keep or permit
to be kept, within the city limits, on premises owned, leased or controlled,
any wild or vicious animal.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meaning indicated:
Any animal which has previously attacked or bitten any person
or which has exhibited such behavior that the person who owns or harbors
said animal knows, or should reasonably know, that the animal is possessed
of tendencies to attack or bite persons.
Any live monkey, ape, raccoon, skunk, fox, snake or other
reptile, leopard, panther, tiger, lion, lynx or any other animal or
bird of prey which can normally be found in the wild state.
A.
Section 74-40, prohibiting the keeping of livestock, shall not apply to the transporting of livestock in transit for delivery or sale.
B.
Upon application, the Common Council may permit temporary
exceptions to this article for educational or scientific uses or for
the use of such animals in parades or other such festivities.
