Township of Irvington, NJ
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2024-02-26
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 167 Animals
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Article I Horses, Fowl, Livestock, Indigenous and Exotic Animals
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Administration
- Ch 13 Attendance at Meetings
- Ch 18 Audit Reports and Expense
- Ch 22 Commissions, Committees, Councils and Other Agencies
- Ch 24 (Reserved)
- Ch 26 Court, Municipal
- Ch 32 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 37 Employment Applications
- Ch 49 First Source Employment Linkage Program
- Ch 91 Political Fund-Raising
- Ch 96 Portrait Photographs
- Ch 100 Purchasing
- Ch 105 Residency Requirements
- Ch 110 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 114 Sexual Harassment
- Ch 120 Township-Owned Property
- Ch 122 Township-Owned Vehicles
- Ch 128 Urban Enterprise Zone
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 140 Abandoned Property
- Ch 149 Air Pollution
- Ch 154 Alarm Systems
- Ch 158 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 163 Amusement Games in Amusement Parks
- Ch 167 Animals
- Ch 167 Art I Horses, Fowl, Livestock, Indigenous and Exotic Animals
- § 167-1 Horses not permitted on sidewalks.
- § 167-2 Keeping fowl, livestock, wild/indigenous and exotic animals not permitted.
- § 167-3 Violations and penalties; schedule of fines.
- Ch 174 Barbershops
- Ch 180 Beauty Products, Hair Braiding and Nail Salons
- Ch 192 Bowling Alleys
- Ch 200 Buildings, Moving or Demolition of
- Ch 222 Claims Against Township
- Ch 229 Coin-Operated Machines and Vending Machines
- Ch 234 Condominium and Cooperative Conversions
- Ch 240 Construction Code, Uniform
- Ch 245 Contractors, Licensing of
- Ch 249 Curfew
- Ch 253 Dances and Dance Halls
- Ch 255 Day-Care Facilities
- Ch 266 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 277 Employer Regulations
- Ch 282 Escrow Fees for Redevelopment and Foreclosure Matters
- Ch 290 Fees and Licenses
- Ch 294 Fences
- Ch 299 Filming
- Ch 304 Firearms and Weapons
- Ch 307 Fire Prevention
- Ch 313 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 318 Florists
- Ch 324 Food Establishments
- Ch 331 Games of Chance
- Ch 336 Golf Courses, Miniature
- Ch 342 Graffiti
- Ch 355 Housing Standards
- Ch 360 Junk Dealers
- Ch 365 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 369 Laundromats
- Ch 374 Library Rules
- Ch 380 Littering
- Ch 390 Murals and Public Art
- Ch 397 Noise
- Ch 402 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 409 Obscene Materials
- Ch 413 Outdoor Dining
- Ch 415 Parades
- Ch 419 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 428 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 439 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 443 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 449 Pest Control
- Ch 455 Poolrooms and Billiard Rooms
- Ch 460 Property Maintenance
- Ch 462 Records
- Ch 464 Registration of Commercial and Multifamily Properties
- Ch 467 Rental Property
- Ch 472 Rent Control
- Ch 478 Sales
- Ch 483 Sanitary Sewer Laterals
- Ch 491 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 499 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 508 Shopping Carts
- Ch 510 Short-Term Rentals
- Ch 513 Signs and Billboards
- Ch 524 Smoking
- Ch 535 Solid Waste and Recycling
- Ch 544 Special Improvement Districts
- Ch 550 Stormwater Management
- Ch 555 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 560 Subdivision and Site Plan Review
- Ch 566 Sunday Construction
- Ch 571 Swimming Pools
- Ch 577 Taxation
- Ch 582 Taxicabs
- Ch 586 Tax Liens
- Ch 593 Theaters, Motion-Picture
- Ch 598 Tobacco Products, Sale of
- Ch 604 Towing
- Ch 610 Trees
- Ch 620 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 632 Video Stores
- Ch 639 Water
- Ch 650 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A670 Cable Television and Communications System
- Ch A675 Communications Facilities Franchises
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 1-13-1981 by Ord. No. MC 2622 as Ch. 65, Part 1, Art. I, of
the 1981 Revised Code; amended in its entirety 11-23-2020 by Ord. No. MC 3744]
No person shall drive or lead a horse upon or along any sidewalk
or footpath within the Town.
A.
Fowl are subject to Escherichia Coli (E-coli) infection which can
spread in poultry/fowl/birds through fecal contamination and through
contaminated eggs. No person shall house, sell, offer for sale, give
away or otherwise dispose of or purchase any live fowl (aka chickens,
roosters, turkeys, ducks, pigeons, quail, etc.) within the jurisdiction
of Irvington Township.
B.
Livestock includes any domestic animal that is subject to Brucella
infection or bovine tuberculosis and any other contagious or infectious
disease. No person shall house, sell, offer for sale, give away or
otherwise dispose of or purchase any animal (aka cows, goats, sheep,
bulls, bison, etc.).
C.
No person may possess, sell, feed or purchase any live potentially
dangerous indigenous/wild animal such as but not limited to fox, bat,
snake, raccoon, squirrel, bear etc., or live potentially dangerous
exotic animal such as but not limited to snakes or other reptiles,
primates such as apes or other species of animal uncommon to the habitat
of New Jersey; except as authorized pursuant to a permit issued by
the Department of Environmental Protection or as may be authorized
otherwise by the Fish and Game Council pursuant to rules and regulations
adopted pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, P.L. 1968, c.
410 (N.J.S.A. 52:14B-1 et seq.).
D.
No person may release any live animal, or allow to roam into the
environment of Irvington Township, which includes common household
pets or other animals at any time.
Penalties for violation of this article are as follows and recommended
by the Animal Control Officer and/or the Animal Cruelty Officer:
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Section
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Short Description
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1st Offense
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2nd Offense
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3rd Offense
Court Appearance Required
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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167-1
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Horse on sidewalk
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$100
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$300
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$1,500 + court fee
|
|
167-2
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Keeping fowl, livestock, wild/indigenous and exotic animals
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$1,000
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$1,500 + court fee
| |
|
167-2
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Releasing or abandoning live animals
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$1,000
|
$3,000 + court fee
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