Township of Jackson, NJ
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2023-05-23
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 98 Animals
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Article V Fencing of Livestock
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administrative Code
- Ch 10 Claims Approval
- Ch 16 Cooperative Pricing Agreements
- Ch 22 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 26 Ethics
- Ch 29 Funds
- Ch 33 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 34 Volunteer Incentive Program
- Ch 37 Mutual Aid Agreements
- Ch 43 Official Map
- Ch 50 Personnel Policies and Procedures
- Ch 55 Public Records
- Ch 62 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 68 Tax Map
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 80 Alarm Systems
- Ch 86 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 87 Emergency Medical Services
- Ch 92 Amusements
- Ch 98 Animals
- Ch 98 Art V Fencing of Livestock
- § 98-39 Purpose.
- § 98-40 Regulations.
- § 98-41 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 103 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 107 Background Checks
- Ch 115 Brush, Weeds, Trash and Debris
- Ch 121 Buildings and Facilities, Public Use of
- Ch 127 Buildings and Structures, Moving of
- Ch 133 Buildings and Structures, Unsafe
- Ch 139 Building Standards, Commercial
- Ch 145 Campgrounds
- Ch 148 Charitable Clothing Bins
- Ch 150 Checks, Returned
- Ch 162 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 163 Construction Containers
- Ch 166 Criminal Offenders, Registration of
- Ch 172 Curfew
- Ch 179 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 185 Excavations, Mining and Dredging
- Ch 189 Fertilizer Application
- Ch 190 Fingerprinting
- Ch 192 Firearms and Other Weapons
- Ch 198 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 204 Fire Prevention
- Ch 210 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 216 Garbage, Rubbish and Waste Material
- Ch 222 Graffiti
- Ch 227 Handicapped Parking
- Ch 233 Housing Standards, Resale
- Ch 234 Housing Standards, Rental/Lease
- Ch 239 Junk and Junk Dealers
- Ch 244 Land Use and Development Regulations
- Ch 245 Landlord Registration and Responsibility
- Ch 251 Licensing
- Ch 252 Cannabis Regulation
- Ch 256 Liquefied Petroleum Gas
- Ch 262 Littering
- Ch 268 Massage Parlors
- Ch 275 Mobile Home Dealerships
- Ch 280 Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 285 Mobile Homes and Trailers
- Ch 291 Noise
- Ch 298 Parades and Assemblies
- Ch 304 Parks and Recreation Facilities
- Ch 310 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 315 Permit Parking
- Ch 322 Raffles and Bingo
- Ch 331 Registration of Property
- Ch 334 Rent Control for Apartments and Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 336 Sanitary Sewers
- Ch 338 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 342 Sex Offender Residency Requirements
- Ch 348 Shopping Carts
- Ch 350 Short-Term Rentals
- Ch 357 Smoking
- Ch 363 Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
- Ch 364 Soil/Fill Importation
- Ch 372 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 380 Taxicabs, Limousines and Jitneys
- Ch 388 Towers and Wreckers
- Ch 394 Toxic and Hazardous Materials
- Ch 400 Trailers and Campsites
- Ch 405 Tree Removal
- Ch 412 Trespassing on Public Property
- Ch 418 Vehicles and Other Machinery, Abandoned or Inoperable
- Ch 431 Vehicles, Unlicensed
- Ch 437 Water
- Ch 443 Zoological or Animal Exhibition Parks
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 450 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 456 Campgrounds, Private
- Ch 465 Health Officer
- Ch 469 Housing Standards
- Ch 474 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 479 Retail Food Establishments
- Ch 484 Sanitary Facilities, Certification of
- Ch 493 Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual
- Ch 499 Swine
- Ch 505 Water Supplies, Individual and Semipublic
- Appendix
- Ch A510 Cable Television Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition Lists
- Ch LUDL Land Use Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 6-26-1973 by Ord. No. 34-73 (Ch. 59, Art. II, of
the 1972 Code)]
The purpose of this article is to protect the health, safety
and general welfare of the citizens of the Township of Jackson as
well as to provide for the safety and health of horses and similar
livestock by requiring the fencing of horses and similar livestock.
In any zone in the Township of Jackson wherein the keeping of
horses, ponies or other livestock is allowed, the following regulations
shall be complied with:
A.
Construction. In all cases, fences must be provided for the keeping
of horses, ponies or other livestock so as to prevent their escape.
Fences must be constructed of such materials and in such a manner
as to prevent and preclude said escape.
B.
Permits.
(1)
The application for a building permit for a fence to pen horses or
similar livestock must include, in addition to any other information
required for a building permit, the height, the span between fence
posts, a sketch of the proposed fence, the type of material to be
used and whether same has been treated.
(2)
The Building Inspector shall issue a building permit for any such
fence only when the proposed fence shall adequately prevent the escape
of horses.
C.
Maintenance. All fences, pens, stables or similar structures must
be adequately maintained in a state of repair to prevent the escape
of horses, ponies or other livestock.
For any and every violation of the provisions of this article,
the owner of said premises where such violation has been committed
or shall exist or the tenant of such premises where such violation
has been committed or shall exist or any other person who commits,
takes part in, or assists in such violation or who maintains any building
or premises in which any such violation shall exist shall, for each
and every day that such violation continues, be subject to a fine
of not more than $500 or be imprisoned in the county jail for a term
not exceeding 90 days, or both.
