[Ord. No. 98-01 § 5-1]
The words hereinafter defined shall have the meaning herein
indicated for the purpose of this ordinance.
Shall mean any establishment wherein or whereon the business
of boarding or selling cats or dogs for sale is carried on except
a pet shop.
Shall mean and include, when applied to the proprietorship
of a cat or dog, every person having a right of property in such cat
or dog and every person who has such cat or dog in his keeping.
Shall mean an individual, firm, partnership, corporation
or association of persons.
Shall mean any cat or dog.
Shall mean any cat or dog which has attained the age of six
months or which possesses a set of permanent teeth.
Shall mean any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition
pen, not part of a kennel, wherein cats and dogs for sale are kept
or displayed.
Shall mean any establishment for cats and dogs seized under
the provisions of this chapter or otherwise.
Shall mean any establishment where cats and dogs are received,
housed and distributed without charge.
[Ord. No. 98-01 § 5-2]
No person shall keep or harbor any pet within the Borough of
Farmingdale without first obtaining a license therefor, to be issued
by the Clerk of the Borough upon application by the owner and payment
of the prescribed fee, and no person shall keep or harbor any pet
in said Borough except in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 98-01 § 5-3]
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a cat or dog of licensing
age shall, during the month of January, apply for and procure from
the Clerk of the Borough of Farmingdale a license for each pet owned,
kept or harbored. Proof of Rabies and Distemper vaccinations, validated
by a veterinarian shall be kept on file by the Clerk of the Borough
of Farmingdale. All required vaccinations must be administered before
a pet license can be procured. It will be the responsibility of the
pet owner to remain current with required vaccinations and to have
documentation on file with the Borough.
[Ord. No. 98-01 § 5-4; Ord. No. 2008-10]
Each and every pet shall be duly licensed and owners of said
pets shall maintain evidence of such license(s) at all times, in acceptance
with the laws of the State of New Jersey. The annual fee for such
license shall be as follows:
a.
Annual Fee.
|
License
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2009
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2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
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2014
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Dog License
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$10
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$12
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$14
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$16
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$18
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$20
|
|
Cat License
|
$9
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$11
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$13
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$15
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$17
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$19
|
b.
Expiration; Surcharge; Late Fee. Said license will expire on the
last day in January in each year. A $3 surcharge will be assessed
to pets that are not neutered or spayed for each year license is valid.
A $25 late fee will be assessed for all licenses acquired after January
31.
c.
License
Fee Exemptions. Dogs used as guides for blind persons and commonly
known as "seeing eye dogs," dogs used to assist handicapped persons
and commonly known as "service dogs," or dogs used to assist deaf
persons and commonly known as "hearing ear dogs" shall be licensed
and registered as other dogs herein provided for, except that the
owner or keeper of such dog shall not be required to pay any fee therefor.
[Added 3-15-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-01]
[Ord. No. 98-01 § 5-5]
The owners of any newly acquired pet of licensing age, or of
any pet which attains licensing age, shall make application for license
for such pet within 10 days after such acquisition or age attainment.
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Borough of Farmingdale any pet licensed in another state for the current year, and shall keep the same or permit the same to be kept within the Borough of Farmingdale for not more than 90 days, shall immediately apply for a license for each pet, unless such pet can be licensed under § 5-7.2 of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 98-01 § 5-9;
amended 8-4-2015 by Ord. No. 03-2015 ]
No pet shall be permitted to run or roam at large, or to trespass
on private or public property and no such pet shall be permitted off
any premises, except on a stout leash, in a crate or other safe control.
Premises herein shall include kennel, pet shop, shelter, pound, residence,
or any other place where pets are or shall be kept. In addition, any
pet allowed to roam at large within a fenced in property owned or
leased to the pet's owner is only permitted within the fencing which
is erected by the property owner or lessee on that specific property
only. The fencing erected by an adjoining property owner cannot be
used for said enclosure to eliminate the possibility of a pet destroying
or damaging the property of an adjoining owner.
[Ord. No. 98-01 § 5-10]
The owner of any pet which shall bite a person while such person
is on or in a public place, or lawfully on or in a private place,
including the property of the owner of the pet, shall be liable for
such damages as may be suffered by the person bitten. The owner or
possessor of a pet shall be responsible for damage by the destruction
of property and wounding of domestic animals committed by said pet.
[Ord. No. 98-01 § 5-13]
No person(s) shall maintain a pet that barks or howls so as
to be heard by others for a period of more than 15 minutes.
[Ord. No. 98-01 § 5-14]
Removal of pets from private property is the sole responsibility
of the pet owner or property owner. Any expenses incurred because
of an abandoned pet or pets will be the responsibility of the pet
owner. If the owner of the pet can not be located and the owner is
or was a tenant of a rental property the expenses incurred will become
the responsibility of the landlord or owner of the property. The Borough
of Farmingdale will not be held responsible for pets left by or abandoned
by any home owner or tenant.
[Ord. No. 2008-10]
The owner or other person having custody and control of a dog
which has been declared to be vicious or potentially dangerous by
the Municipal Court of the Borough of Farmingdale or another court
of competent jurisdiction of the State of New Jersey, pursuant to
N.J.S.A. 4:19-17 et seq., shall comply with the provisions of any
order entered by the Court pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-24.
a.
Duties of an Owner of a Potentially Dangerous Dog. The owner or other
person having custody or control of a dog which has been declared
to be potentially dangerous by the Municipal Court of the Borough
of Farmingdale or by another court of competent jurisdiction of the
State of New Jersey pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-23 must now comply with
the duties of an owner of a potentially dangerous dog as set forth
in N.J.S.A. 4:19-28.
b.
Licensing of a Potentially Dangerous Dog. The municipality shall
issue a potential dangerous dog registration number and red identification
tag along with a municipal potentially dangerous dog license upon
a demonstration of sufficient evidence by the owner to the municipality
that the owner has complied with the Court's order declaring
the dog to be potentially dangerous pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-24.
The last three digits of each potentially dangerous dog registration
number issued by the Borough will be three-number code assigned to
the Borough in the regulations pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-33.
c.
Licensing Fee. Notwithstanding the license fee in § 5-2.3 of this section, the license fee to be paid annually for a potentially dangerous dog license and each renewal thereof shall be $700.
d.
Insurance. The owner of a potentially dangerous dog shall maintain
liability insurance in an amount as determined by the Municipal Court
to cover any damage or injury caused by the potentially dangerous
dog. Said liability insurance shall contain a provision requiring
that the municipality in which the owner resides is to be named as
additional insured for the sole purpose of being notified by the insurance
company of any cancellation, termination or expiration of the liability
insurance policy.
[Ord. No. 98-01 § 5-11]
The Pet Census Taker, appointed yearly by the Mayor and approved
by the Council, shall promptly after January 31 of each year, effect
a canvass to be made of all pets owned, kept or harbored within the
limits of the Borough of Farmingdale, and provide results of the canvass
to the Clerk of the Borough of Farmingdale.
[Ord. No. 98-01 § 5-12]
No person owning, keeping, walking, or in charge of any pet
shall cause, suffer, permit, or allow such pet to soil, defile, defecate
on or commit any nuisance on any common thoroughfare, street, sidewalk,
passageway, road-by-pass, play area, park, or any place where people
may congregate or walk or upon any public property whatsoever; or
upon private property without the consent of property owner in the
last instance. If any such person shall permit such pet to soil, defile,
defecate on or commit any nuisance in the areas aforesaid, he or she
shall immediately remove and dispose of all feces and droppings in
a sanitary manner and dispose of properly. In a multiple dwelling
complex, the tenant pet owner shall take his pet to only the designated
areas for walking of pets, which shall be provided and maintained
by the management of the complex if any there shall be. Pet owners
shall maintain their own property in a sanitary manner in order to
prevent any noxious odors, attracting vermin, or any other health
nuisance to neighbors.
[1971 Code T.III, C. 12 § 19]
Any person who violates or refuses to comply with any part of
this Article, or with the rules and regulations promulgated by the
State Department of Health governing the sanitary conduct and operation
of kennels, pet shops, shelters and pounds to preserve sanitation
therein and spread of rabies and other diseases of dogs within and
from such establishments, shall be liable to a penalty of $50 to $200
for each offense, to be recovered by and in the name of the Borough.
A person who refuses or neglects to pay forthwith the amount of a
judgment rendered against him and the cost and charges incident thereto
shall be committed by the Court to the County jail for a period not
exceeding 10 days in the case of a first conviction and, in the case
of a conviction for second and subsequent or continuing violations,
for a period not exceeding 30 days.
