[1973 Code § 45-15]
The Governing Body shall have power to appoint annually an Animal
Control Officer, whose duty it shall be to enforce the provisions
of this chapter and the provisions of Chapter 151 of the Laws of New
Jersey for 1941 and any supplements and amendments thereto provided.
The Governing Body shall also have the power to appoint one (1) or
more persons, who may impound unlicensed dogs or cats which are running
at large in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
[1973 Code § 45-24]
The Governing Body may enter into negotiations and may contract
for Animal Control Services for a period not exceeding one (1) year,
for collection, keeping for redemption, destroying or disposing of
all dogs running at large or unlicensed or stray dogs or cats required
to be licensed found within the Borough limits, and for sheltering
and feeding such dogs or cats during the redemption and to defray
the costs thereof.
[1973 Code § 45-16]
a.
The Animal Control Officer or other person designated by the Governing
Body shall take into custody and impound or cause to be taken into
custody and impounded, and thereafter destroyed and disposed of:
1.
Any dog or cat off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping
or harboring said dog or cat which the official or his agent or agents
have reason to believe is a stray dog or cat or which is running at
large.
2.
Any dog off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or
harboring the dog without a current registration tag on his collar
where the same is required to be licensed.
3.
Any female dog or cat in season off the premises of the owner or
of the person keeping or harboring the dog or cat.
b.
Dogs so taken into custody shall be impounded, destroyed or disposed
of as provided in N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.16.
c.
Cats so taken into custody shall be impounded, destroyed or disposed
of in the same manner as is herein provided for the impounding, destruction
or disposal of dogs.
[1973 Code § 45-17]
Any officer or agent authorized or empowered to perform any
duty under this chapter is hereby authorized to go upon any premises
to seize for impounding any dog or cat which he may lawfully seize
and impound when such officer is in immediate pursuit of such dog
or cat, except on the premises of the owner of the dog or cat if said
owner is present and forbids the same.
[1973 Code § 45-18]
No person shall hinder, molest or interfere with anyone authorized
or empowered to perform any duty under this chapter.
[1973 Code § 45-12]
a.
License
fees and other moneys collected or received under the provisions of
this chapter, except registration tag fees, shall be placed in a special
account separate from any of the other accounts of the Borough and
shall be used for the following purposes only: for collecting, keeping
and disposing of dogs liable to seizure under this chapter; for local
prevention and control of rabies; for providing antirabic treatment
under the direction of the local Board of Health for any person known
or suspected to have been exposed to rabies; for all other purposes
prescribed by the Statutes of New Jersey governing the subject, and
for administering the provisions of this chapter. Any unexpended balance
remaining in such special account shall be retained therein until
the end of the third fiscal year following and may be used for any
of the purposes set forth in this section. At the end of the said
third fiscal year following, and at the end of each fiscal year thereafter,
there shall be transferred from such special account to the general
funds of the Borough any amount then in such account which is in excess
of the total amount paid into said special account during the last
two (2) fiscal years next preceding.
b.
The
New Jersey State Fees collected for each dog or cat license shall
be forwarded within thirty (30) days after collection by the Municipal
Clerk to the State Department of Health.
[1973 Code § 45-26; Ord. No. 2011-10]
Any person who is convicted of violating any provision of this chapter shall be subject to such fine and general penalty as set forth in Section 1-5, General Penalty, of the Code of the Borough of Rockleigh, within the discretion of the Municipal Court Judge.
[1973 Code § 45-27]
The provisions of this chapter are supplementary to and in addition
to the provisions of Chapter 151 of the Laws of New Jersey for 1941,
as supplemented and amended.
