[Prior code § 3-13; amended by Ord. 77-7 § 1, 1977]
No person shall keep, harbor, maintain nor have in his or her possession, for any purpose whatsoever, at any place or location anywhere within the Borough, any animal of any sort, kind or description which is capable of producing poison or venoms harmful or inimical to human beings. The prohibition in this section shall extend to animals whose venom or poison-producing organs or glands have been removed.
[Prior code § 3-3.7; amended by Ord. 90-13 § 1, 1990]
A. 
No person shall urinate, defecate or expectorate on any public or private property or place, or within public view, or in any other place open to and used by the public, or outdoors upon any private property, within the Borough.
B. 
For purposes of this section as such pertains to urinating and defecating, there shall be a rebuttal presumption that this section was violated by a person who is in close proximity to what appears to the complainant or other witness to be fresh urine or feces and in the process of partially disrobing or dressing.
[Ord. 2000-17 § 1, 2000; amended by Ord. No. 2015-08, § 1, 4-28-2015]
The Borough of Ship Bottom prohibits the keeping of the following animals anywhere in the Borough:
A. 
The keeping of animals commonly designated as "wild animals," such as a lions, tigers, primates, bears or any other similar animals or members of the dog or cat family usually living in a wild, state, are prohibited from being kept or housed within the Borough of Ship Bottom.
B. 
Horses, ponies, donkeys, mules and any animals commonly referred to as "livestock" such as swine, cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, chickens, ducks, geese, pheasants, pigeons, or any other fowl, singly or in any number, and any other species when, in the judgment of the governing body based upon a recommendation from the Long Beach Island Board of Health, that the continued keeping of such animals is a public health nuisance.
C. 
For any and every violation of the provisions of this section, the owner of the animal who neglects or refuses to abate the violation within five days after written notice has been served upon him or her by personal service or by certified mail shall, for each and every violation, be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000, to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days, and/or to a period of community service not to exceed 90 days, in the discretion of the court before whom a conviction is had. Each and every day that such violation continues after such notice shall be considered a separate and specific violation of this section.