Borough of Haddon Heights, NJ
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2023-03-21
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 125 Animals
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Article IV Cruelty to Animals
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Budget, Municipal
- Ch 12 Claims Approval
- Ch 14 Heights Grow Committee
- Ch 16 Business Advisory Committee
- Ch 18 Court, Municipal
- Ch 24 Criminal History Record Background Check
- Ch 28 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 32 Environmental Commission
- Ch 38 Fire Department
- Ch 43 Health, Board of
- Ch 50 Municipal Alliance Committee
- Ch 59 Officers and Employees
- Ch 66 Personnel Policies and Procedures
- Ch 71 Police Assistance, Reciprocal
- Ch 75 Police Department
- Ch 78 Records, Public
- Ch 86 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 90 Shade Tree Commission
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 100 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 107 Advertising Materials
- Ch 112 Alarm Systems
- Ch 116 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 120 Amusements, Licensed
- Ch 125 Animals
- Ch 125 Art IV Cruelty to Animals
- § 125-12 Prohibited behavior.
- § 125-13 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 131 Borough Buildings, Usage of
- Ch 138 Brush, Weeds and Debris
- Ch 144 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 151 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 158 Cannabis and Cannabis Products
- Ch 162 Checks, Fraudulent
- Ch 175 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 178 Public Contract Reform
- Ch 183 Curfew
- Ch 196 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 205 Dumpsters and Storage Containers
- Ch 213 Fees
- Ch 224 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 229 Fire Lanes
- Ch 233 Fire Prevention
- Ch 236 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 242 Fuel Oil
- Ch 250 Grading Inspections
- Ch 256 Hazardous Substances
- Ch 261 Housing Standards
- Ch 262 Residential Certificate of Continued Occupancy
- Ch 277 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 278 Precious Metals, Gems and Jewelry
- Ch 282 Life Safety
- Ch 288 Littering
- Ch 291 Lockboxes
- Ch 293 Loitering
- Ch 296 Marriage and Civil Union Ceremonies
- Ch 301 Noise
- Ch 304 Obscene Materials
- Ch 306 Official Map
- Ch 307 Oil-Burning Equipment
- Ch 314 Parental Responsibility
- Ch 320 Parking
- Ch 326 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 337 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 340 Portable Storage Units
- Ch 348 Property Maintenance
- Ch 350 Rental Property
- Ch 365 Sewers
- Ch 368 Sex Offenders
- Ch 374 Skateboards, Skateboard Parks and Tennis Courts
- Ch 382 Smoke Detectors
- Ch 385 Smoking and Vaping on Public Property
- Ch 393 Solid Waste
- Ch 397 Stormwater Management
- Ch 400 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 407 Swimming Pools, Private
- Ch 416 Tattooing and Body Piercing
- Ch 417 Taxation
- Ch 418 Tax Map/GIS Database Updates
- Ch 425 Tobacco Products
- Ch 432 Tree Protection
- Ch 440 Wireless Communications
- Ch 450 Zoning and Land Development
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 465 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 477 Food Establishments, Retail
- Ch 484 Nuisances, Public Health
- Ch 491 Plumbing
- Ch 496 Sanitation
- Ch 503 Swimming Pools, Public
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 2-15-2000 by Ord. No. 1075 (Ch.
42 of the 1975 Code)]
It shall be a violation of this article if a
person shall:
A.
Overdrive, overload, drive when overloaded, overwork,
torture, torment, deprive of necessary sustenance, unnecessarily or
cruelly beat or otherwise abuse or needlessly mutilate or kill a living
animal or creature.
B.
Cause or procure any of such acts to be done.
C.
Inflict unnecessary cruelty upon a living animal or
creature of which he has charge, either as owner or otherwise, or
unnecessarily fail to provide it with proper food, drink, shelter
or protection from the weather.
D.
Carry or cause to be carried a living animal or creature
in or upon a vehicle or otherwise in a cruel or inhumane manner.
E.
Abandon a maimed, sick, infirm or disabled animal
or creature in a public place.
F.
Abandon a domesticated animal.
G.
Receive or offer for sale a horse which, by reason
of disability, disease or lameness, could not be worked without violating
any provision of this article.
H.
Use a live pigeon, fowl or other bird for the purpose
of a target or to be shot for amusement or as a test of skill in marksmanship.
I.
Keep, use, be connected with or interested in the
management of or receive money for the admission of a person to a
place kept or used for the purpose of fighting or baiting a live animal
or creature or for a person to be present and witness, pay admission
to, encourage or assist therein, or for a person to permit or suffer
a place owned or controlled by him to be so used, or for amusement
or gain, allow or permit the fighting or baiting of a living animal
or creature.
J.
Own, possess, keep, train, promote, purchase or knowingly
sell a living animal or creature for the purpose of fighting or baiting
that animal or creature.
K.
Gamble on the outcome of a fight involving a living
animal or creature.
[Amended 10-19-2004 by Ord. No. 1181; 6-19-2018 by Ord. No. 1451]
If a person is adjudicated guilty of violating
this article, the Municipal Court shall impose a maximum penalty of
a fine not exceeding $2,000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding
90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or
any combination thereof.
