Township of Union, NJ
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2024-01-23
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Part IV: Board of Health
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Chapter 660 Animals
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Article IV Trapping
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 9 Administration, Department of
- Ch 19 Claims Approval
- Ch 24 Contracts
- Ch 29 Court, Municipal
- Ch 39 Economic Development
- Ch 43 Emergency Management
- Ch 48 Emergency Medical Services
- Ch 50 (Reserved)
- Ch 57 Environmental Commission
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- Ch 136 Public Works Department
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- Ch 156 Residency Requirements
- Ch 164 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 171 Tax Assessment, Department of
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 190 Affordable Housing
- Ch 195 Alarms
- Ch 199 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 203 Amusements and Entertainment
- Ch 208 Animals
- Ch 213 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 226 Bingo and Raffles
- Ch 231 Brush, Grass, Weeds and Leaves
- Ch 240 Buildings, Moving of
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- Ch 274 Cranes
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- Ch 344 Liability Insurance
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- Ch 356 Limousines
- Ch 361 Littering
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- Ch 371 Motorcycles and Similar Vehicles
- Ch 376 Multiple Dwellings
- Ch 387 Newsracks
- Ch 392 Nuisances, Public
- Ch 403 Obscenity
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- Ch 440 Property Maintenance
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- Ch 457 Sales and Outdoor Displays
- Ch 461 Secondhand Dealers
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- Ch 476 Shopping Carts
- Ch 481 Site Improvements
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- Ch 491 Soil Removal
- Ch 496 Solid Waste
- Ch 501 Space Heaters, Liquid-Fuel-Burning
- Ch 505 Special Improvement Districts
- Ch 520 Stormwater Management
- Ch 530 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 534 Sump Pits and Pumps
- Ch 550 Taxation
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- Ch 559 Telephones, Public
- Ch 564 Theaters
- Ch 568 Towing
- Ch 573 Trailers and Tourist Camps
- Ch 577 Trees
- Ch 590 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Part III: Land Development
- Ch 170 Land Development
- Part IV: Board of Health
- Ch 650 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 660 Animals
- Ch 660 Art IV Trapping
- § 660-13 Purpose.
- § 660-14 Trapping prohibited.
- § 660-15 Definitions.
- § 660-16 Exceptions.
- § 660-17 Confiscation of traps.
- § 660-18 Enforcement.
- § 660-19 Authority to enter premises.
- Ch 682 Communicable Diseases
- Ch 693 Fees, Board of Health
- Ch 697 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 708 Health Officers and Personnel
- Ch 713 Housing
- Ch 728 Laundries, Launderettes and Dry-Cleaning Establishments
- Ch 735 Noise
- Ch 739 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 754 Recreational Bathing Places, Public
- Ch 761 Sanitary Standards
- Ch 766 Sewage Disposal Systems, Individual
- Ch 781 Wells
- Appendix
- Ch A800 Cable Television Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
The purpose of this article is to protect both the citizens
and animals in the Township of Union from suffering potential severe
and substantial injuries as a result of using a mechanical or artificial
device to trap animals and, therefore, shall be liberally construed
to effectuate the purposes thereof.
It shall be unlawful within the municipal corporation limits of the Township of Union to engage in the activity known as "trapping" by the use of a leg-hold, snare, instant kill body-gripping trap or any other artificial device or mechanism which can cause pain, injury, suffering or death to any animal except as specifically permitted by § 660-16 hereinafter set forth.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any trap which grasps the leg or any portion of such animal
and which can injure, harm, cause pain and suffering or death to the
animal.
The intent to capture or kill animal species by the use of
spring traps or other devices intended to capture said animal by virtue
of the use of artificial mechanisms or devices designed to inhibit
their natural movement.
Exceptions are as follows:
A.
Humane and lawful trapping by
the Township Animal Control Service of the Township of Union of a
trap sanctioned by the Health Department.
B.
Trap must not violate N.J.S.A 23:4-22.1.
C.
Health Department traps.
(1)
Humane traps on loan from
the Health Department in which a deposit is returned upon the return
of the trap in an undamaged condition. Failure to return the trap
or to return a damaged trap shall be cause for forfeiture of the deposit.
(2)
Trap may only be used and
or set Monday through Friday, 6:00 a.m. through 3:30 p.m., unless
expressly authorized by the Health Department. A penalty shall be
charged by the Health Department for any trap set from 3:30 p.m. to
6:00 a.m. or anytime Saturday through Sunday or any legal holidays,
in the amount of $100 per day.
[Amended 4-13-2016]
D.
All traps must be labeled conspicuously
with the name, address, and phone number of the individual setting
the trap.
E.
All traps must be examined and
checked by the individual who set the trap every 10 hours once an
animal is discovered in a trap, discovery shall be reported to the
Health Department immediately.
F.
The Health Department shall respond
to a report of a trapped animal within two hours, or as soon thereafter
as rationally practical under the circumstance.
G.
The trapping of rats or mice
shall not be governed by this section and/or chapter.
Whenever a trap, the use of which is prohibited by § 660-14, shall be found within the confines of the Township, the same may be confiscated by any police officer of the Township, the Township Animal Control Service or the Health Officer and his designees.
It shall be the Health Officer and his designees' duty to enforce
the provisions of this article.
Any person or agent authorized or empowered to perform any duty
under this article is hereby authorized to go upon any premises to
enforce the provisions of this article.
