[1973 Code § 45-1]
a.
ANIMAL HOSPITAL
CAT
DOG
KENNEL
LICENSING AGE
OWNER
PERSON
PET SHOP
POUND
SHELTER
Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
Shall mean any place where dogs, cats or other domestic animals,
belonging to anyone other than the owner, tenants or occupant of such
place, are, for hire, kept, maintained or harbored for observation
or treatment.
Shall mean any cat, male or female or spayed female.
Shall mean any dog, bitch or spayed bitch or dog hybrid.
Shall mean any establishment or premises whereon or wherein
four (4) or more dogs and cats are kept, maintained or harbored, and
whereon or wherein the business of boarding, selling or breeding dogs
is carried on, except a pet shop.
Shall mean any dog six (6) months of age or older.
Shall mean and include, when applied to the proprietorship
of a dog or cat, every person having a right of property in such dog
or cat and every person who has such dog or cat in his keeping.
Shall mean an individual, firm, partnership, corporation
or association of persons.
Shall mean any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition
pen, not part of a kennel, wherein dogs or cats for sale are kept
or displayed.
Shall mean an establishment for the confinement of dogs,
or cats seized either under the provisions of this chapter or otherwise.
Shall mean any establishment where dogs and cats are received,
housed and distributed without charge.
b.
Word
Usage.
1.
The words "and" and "of" may be used interchangeably, and either
of the two (2) may be applicable, whichever is more conducive towards
the effectuating of this chapter.
2.
Personal pronouns shall mean either the singular or the plural, whichever
is applicable and conducive towards the effectuating of this chapter.
3.
The masculine, feminine or the neuter gender shall be implied, whichever
is appropriate and conducive for the effectuating of this chapter.
[1973 Code § 45-2]
a.
No
person shall keep or harbor any dog or cat within the Borough except
in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
[1973 Code § 45-3; Ord. No. 2011-10]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.1 et seq., no person shall keep
or harbor any dog within the Borough without first obtaining a license
therefor, to be issued by the Municipal Clerk upon application by
the owner, payment of the prescribed fee, and presenting proof of
current rabies vaccination. No person shall keep or harbor any dog
in the Borough except in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
[1973 Code § 45-4; New]
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing
age shall in the month of January of each year apply for and procure
from the Municipal Clerk a license and official metal registration
tag for each dog so owned, kept or harbored, and shall place upon
each such dog a collar or harness with the registration tag securely
fastened thereto. Proof of a current rabies vaccination is required
to obtain a license.
[1973 Code § 45-5; Ord. No. 2011-10]
a.
The person applying for the license and registration tag shall pay
a fee of ten dollars and twenty ($10.20) cents for spayed and neutered
dogs and thirteen dollars and twenty ($13.20) cents for non-spayed
and non-neutered dogs. The licenses, registration tags and renewals
thereof shall expire on the last day of January in each year. Any
dog license not renewed by February 15 in each year shall require
payment of an additional late fee of ten ($10.00) dollars.
b.
Dogs used as guides for blind persons and commonly known as "Seeing
Eye" or "Service" dogs shall be licensed and registered as other dogs
hereinabove provided for, except that the owner or keeper of such
dog shall not be required to pay any fee therefor.
c.
The fees in paragraph a above shall include fees collected for New
Jersey Registration, Clinic Fund and Non-Spayed/Neutered funds and
shall be forwarded monthly to the State Department of Health within
thirty (30) days after collection or receipt (for the previous month's
fees collected). Municipal dog license fees shall be forwarded monthly
to the Municipal Chief Financial Officer after collection or receipt.
[1973 Code § 45-6]
The owner of any newly-acquired dog of licensing age or of any
dog which attains licensing age shall make application for a license
and registration tag for such dog within ten (10) days after such
acquisition or age attainment.
[1973 Code § 45-7]
The application shall state the breed, sex, age, color and markings
of the dog for which license and registration are sought, and whether
it is of a long- or short-haired variety; also the name, street and
post office address of the owner and the person who shall keep or
harbor such dog. The information on the application and the registration
number issued for the dog shall be preserved for a period of three
(3) years by the Municipal Clerk. In addition, he shall forward similar
information to the State Department of Health each month, on forms
furnished by the Department. Registration numbers shall be issued
in the order of the applications.
[1973 Code § 45-8]
a.
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Borough any dog licensed in another State for the current year and bearing a registration tag, and shall keep the same or permit the same to be kept within the Borough for a period of more than ninety (90) days, shall immediately apply for a license and registration tag for each dog, unless the dog is licensed under subsection 5-5.1.
b.
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Borough any unlicensed dog and shall keep the same or permit the same to be kept within the Borough for a period of more than ten (10) days shall immediately apply for a license and registration tag for each such dog, unless such dog is licensed under subsection 5-5.1.
[1973 Code § 45-9]
No person, except an officer in the performance of his duties,
shall remove the registration tag from the collar of any dog without
the consent of the owner, nor shall any person attach a registration
tag to a dog for which it was not issued.
[Ord. No. 2011-10]
No person shall keep or harbor any cat within the Borough without
first obtaining a license therefor, to be issued by the Municipal
Clerk upon application by the owner, payment of the prescribed fee,
and presenting proof of current rabies vaccination. No person shall
keep or harbor any cat in the Borough except in compliance with the
provisions of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 2011-10]
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a cat shall annually
apply for and procure from the Municipal Clerk a license and official
registration tag with a license number or a registration sleeve for
each cat so owned, kept or harbored and shall place upon such cat
a collar or other device with the license number secured, fastened
or displayed thereto. Acceptable methods of displaying the license
number shall include, but are not limited to, break-away or elastic
collars.
[Ord. No. 2011-10]
a.
The person applying for the license and registration tag shall pay
a fee of six ($6.00) dollars for each spayed and neutered cat and
eight ($8.00) dollars for each non-spayed and non-neutered cat. The
licenses, registration tags and renewals thereof shall expire on the
last day of January in each year. Any cat license not renewed by February
15 in each year shall require payment of an additional late fee of
ten ($10.00) dollars.
b.
License fees collected shall be forwarded to the Municipal Chief
Financial Officer and kept in a separate account and used for such
purposes as authorized by applicable statute or regulation.
[1973 Code § 45-19]
No person shall keep, harbor or maintain any dog or cat which
shall habitually disturb the peace and quiet of the neighborhood.
[1973 Code § 45-20; amended 2-1-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-1]
a.
No person
owning, keeping or harboring any dog shall suffer or permit it to
run at large upon the public streets, any public rights- of-way, or
in any public park, public building or other public property within
the Borough or upon private property which is not that of the dog'
s owner. Any dog not secured by a leash or not confined to its own
property shall be considered running at large. No person shall have
more than four dogs on a leash at any one time.
b.
Violations
and Penalties. Any person who is convicted of violating this subsectionPROP
shall be subject to such fine and general penalty as set forth in
§ 1- 5, General Penalty, of the Code of the Borough of Rockleigh,
within the discretion of the Municipal Court Judge.
[1973 Code § 45-21]
No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog or cat shall
suffer or permit it to enter any food establishment which, for the
purpose of this chapter, includes any place used in the production,
preparation, manufacture, packing, storage, transportation or handling
of food or foodstuffs intended for sale or distribution.
[1973 Code § 45-22]
No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog or cat shall
suffer or permit it to soil, defile or commit any nuisance on any
common thoroughfare, sidewalk, passageway, bypath, play area, park
or any place where people congregate or walk, or upon any lawns, shrubbery
or tree on any private property or upon a lawn, shrubbery or tree
on any private property not belonging to the owner or custodian of
the dog or cat; provided, however, for the purpose of this subsection,
the above-mentioned restrictions shall not apply to that portion of
the street lying between the curblines which shall be used to curb
the dog or cat.
Editor's Note: See also § 5-4A, Proper Disposal of Pet Waste.
[1973 Code § 45-23]
Any dog or cat found in any place specified in subsection 5-4.3 shall be deemed to be in such place by permission or order of the owner, harborer or keeper of such dog or cat, and any dog or cat committing any of the acts specified in subsection 5-4.4 shall be deemed to have committed such act by permission or order of the owner, harborer or keeper, and such owner, harborer or keeper shall be guilty of a violation of this chapter.
[1973 Code § 45-25]
The Governing Body may, by proclamation, require all dogs and
cats to be quarantined during such period in each year as it may seem
advisable.
[Added 4-3-2023 by Ord.
No. 2023-4]
This section is intended to establish requirements for the proper
disposal of pet solid waste in the Borough for the protection of the
public health, safety and welfare and to prescribe penalties for the
failure to comply.
[Added 4-3-2023 by Ord.
No. 2023-4]
For the purpose of this section, the following terms, phrases,
words and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein
unless their use in the text of this Chapter clearly demonstrates
a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words
used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural
number include the singular number, and words used in the singular
number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory
and not merely directory.
That the pet solid waste is removed at once, without delay.
Any person who shall possess, maintain, house or harbor any
pet or otherwise have custody of any pet, whether or not the owner
of such pet.
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this State subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
A domesticated animal (other than a disability assistance
animal) kept for amusement or companionship.
Waste matter expelled from the bowels of the pet; excrement.
Placement in a designated waste receptacle, or other suitable
container, and discarded in a refuse container which is regularly
emptied by the municipality or some other refuse collector; or disposal
into a system designed to convey domestic sewage for proper treatment
and disposal.
[Added 4-3-2023 by Ord.
No. 2023-4]
All pet owners and keepers are required to immediately and properly
dispose of their pet's solid waste deposited on any property,
public or private, not owned or possessed by that person.
[Added 4-3-2023 by Ord.
No. 2023-4]
Any owner or keeper who requires the use of a disability assistance
animal shall be exempt from the provisions of this section while such
animal is being used for that purpose.
[Added 4-3-2023 by Ord.
No. 2023-4]
This section shall be enforced by the Police Department providing
police services to the Borough of Rockleigh and the Borough Board
of Health.
[Added 4-3-2023 by Ord.
No. 2023-4]
Any person who is convicted of violating any provision of this section shall be subject to such fine and general penalty as set forth in § 1-5, General Penalty, of the Code of the Borough of Rockleigh, within the discretion of the Municipal Court Judge.
