Borough of Morris Plains, NJ
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2024-02-12
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The Code
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Chapter 5 Animals
- The Code
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administration
- Ch 2A Alarm Systems
- Ch 3 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 4 Amusements and Amusement Businesses
- Ch 5 Animals
- Ch 5 Art 1 DOGS AND DOG ESTABLISHMENTS
- § 1 Definitions.
- § 2 License required; compliance with article.
- § 3 Annual license and registration tag required; placing tag on dog.
- § 4 Fees; expiration date of license and tag; Seeing Eye dogs exemption.
- § 5 Time for applying for license and tag for newly acquired dog or for dog attaining licensing age.
- § 6 Time for applying for license and tag for dogs brought into Borough.
- § 7 License and tag issued in one municipality to be accepted in another.
- § 8 Removal of tag forbidden; attaching tag wrongfully.
- § 9 Contents of application; information to state department of health.
- § 10 Restrictions as to keeping number of dogs.
- § 11 License to operate establishments for dogs; exemption for individual dog licenses.
- § 12 Contents of application to operate establishments for dogs.
- § 13 Revocation of license to operate establishment for dogs.
- § 14 License fees for dog establishments; payment with application; exemption for shelter or pound.
- § 15 List of licensed dog establishments to be forwarded to state department of health.
- § 16 Permitting dogs off premises of establishments for dogs.
- § 17 Disposition of moneys.
- § 18 Biennial canvass; report.
- § 19 Prohibited conduct.
- § 20 Appointment of dog officials; enforcement of article.
- § 21 Seizure of dogs; entry upon premises for such purpose.
- § 22 Dogs to be taken into custody and impounded.
- § 23 Impounding fees; production of license and tag.
- § 24 Interference forbidden.
- § 25 Veterinarian's establishment exempt from licensing requirements.
- § 26 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 5 Art 2 CATS
- § 27 Definitions.
- § 28 Vaccination and licensing requirements.
- § 29 License required; compliance.
- § 30 License and registration tag.
- § 31 Fees; expiration of license and tag.
- § 32 Time for licensing cats of age.
- § 33 Cats brought into Borough.
- § 34 Licenses issued outside municipality.
- § 35 Removal of tags.
- § 36 Contents of application.
- § 37 Number of cats restricted.
- § 38 Prohibited conduct.
- § 39 Biennial canvass; report.
- § 39.1 Impoundment.
- § 39.2 Notice of impoundment.
- § 39.3 Destruction.
- § 39.4 Enforcement.
- § 39.5 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 5 Art 3 LIVESTOCK, CHICKENS AND POULTRY
- § 40 Purpose.
- § 41 Definitions.
- § 42 Livestock and poultry prohibited.
- § 43 Chickens permitted.
- § 44 Enforcement; violations and penalties.
- Ch 5 Art 4 MUNICIPAL HUMANE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
- § 45 Establishment of office; appointment; term.
- § 46 Powers and duties.
- § 47 Firearm authority.
- Ch 6 Boards and Authorities
- Ch 7 Buildings and Structures
- Ch 8 Businesses and Occupations
- Ch 8A Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 8B Ethics and Standards of Conduct
- Ch 9 Finance and Taxation
- Ch 10 Fire Department
- Ch 11 Fire Prevention
- Ch 11A Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 12 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 12A Human-Powered Locomotive Devices
- Ch 13 Land Development
- Ch 14 Miscellaneous Offenses
- Ch 15 Municipal Court
- Ch 16 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 17 Personnel Practices
- Ch 17A Recycling and Yard Waste
- Ch 18 Police Department
- Ch 18A Sanitary Sewers
- Ch 18B Soil Erosion
- Ch 18C Municipal Stormwater Management and Storm Sewer Systems
- Ch 19 Soil Disturbance
- Ch 19A Southeast Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority
- Ch 20 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 21 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 22 Traffic and Parking
- Ch 22A Minibikes, Motorized Bicycles, and Motorcycles
- Ch 23 Trailers and Trailer Camps
- Ch 23A Trees
- Ch 23B Trees and Shrubbery on Municipal Lands
- Ch 23C Uniform Construction Code
- Ch 24 Water
- Ch 25 (Deleted)
- Ch 26 Parking Area Maintenance
- Ch 27 Towing, Road Service and Storage of Vehicles
- Ch 28 Deer Culling Program
- Ch 29 Property Maintenance
- Ch 30 Hazardous Substance Discharge Cleanups and Recovery
- Appendix
- Apx A Compilation of the Ordinances of the Borough Board of Health
Note: For municipal authority to regulate or restrict the running
at large of dogs, see N.J.S.A. 40:48-1.
For state statutes relating to licensing, tagging, impounding,
destruction or disposal of dogs and licensing, keeping and operating
of kennels or pet shops and the like, see N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.1 et seq.
License fees, registration tag fees, and certain costs and expenses
incurred for the detention and maintenance of dogs, collected pursuant
to this chapter, and fines are turned over and disposed of in accordance
with, and as provided by, law, see N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.11. See also Lamanna
v. Kennedy, 130 N.J.L. 223, 32A. 2d 446 (Sup. Ct. 1943); Blakely v.
Moorestown, 3 N.J. Super. 518, 67 A.2d 330 (Law Div. 1949).
