[Amended 1-12-2000 by Ord. No. 17-1999]
No dog shall run at large at any time within
the Borough of Eatontown, except that this provision shall not apply
to dogs while they are being trained, provided that at all times such
dogs are under the control of the owner or trainer.
No person owning or having the care, custody
or control of any dog shall suffer or permit such dog to go or be
off the premises owned by or in possession of such person unless the
dog shall be accompanied by a person who is capable of controlling
such dog and who has the dog securely confined and controlled by an
adequate leash not more than six feet long.
[Amended 1-12-2000 by Ord. No. 17-1999]
A. Prohibited conduct; exception. No person owning, harboring,
keeping or in charge of any dog shall cause, suffer or allow such
dog to soil, defile, defecate on or commit any nuisance on any common
thoroughfare, sidewalk, passageway, bypath, play area, park, public
sports playing field, or any place where people congregate or walk
or upon any public property whatsoever or upon any private property
without the permission of the owner of said property. This restriction
shall not apply to that portion of the public street lying between
the curblines, which portion of the street shall be used to curb dogs,
provided that said person who curbs such dog shall remove all feces
deposited by such animal in a sanitary container or such other means
as may be approved by the Board of Health and that the feces removed
shall be disposed of by the person owning, possessing or controlling
said dog in a sanitary manner approved by said Board of Health.
B. Removal of feces. In the event that any dog shall,
through inadvertence or otherwise, soil, defile, defecate or commit
any nuisance, the person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge of
such dog shall immediately remove all feces deposited by such dog
by any sanitary method approved by the Board of Health.
C. Exempt persons. This section shall not apply to or
be enforced against blind persons in connection with their use of
Seeing Eye dogs.
No person owning or having the care, custody
or control of any dog shall suffer or permit it to soil or defile
or do any injury or damage to any lawn, shrubbery, flowers, grounds,
trees or any property of persons other than the owner or person having
the care, custody or control of such dog.
No person shall keep, harbor or maintain any
dog which habitually barks or cries so as to disturb the public peace.
The owner or custodian of any dog shall be responsible
for any damage done by such dog.
[Amended 11-12-1969; 11-25-1981 by Ord. No.
24-81; 10-13-1982 by Ord. No. 11-82; 1-12-2000 by Ord. No. 17-1999; 5-9-2007 by Ord. No. 17-2007]
Each and every dog shall be duly licensed and
shall bear evidence of such license at all times in accordance with
the laws of the State of New Jersey. The annual fee for such license
shall be $15 for neutered dogs and $18 for dogs that have not been
neutered, inclusive of state fees. Said licenses, registration tags
and renewal thereof shall expire on the last day of December of each
year. The owner of any dog who fails to renew its license on or before
January 31 shall be charged a late fee in the amount of $7. The owner
of any dog representing a duplicate registration tag shall be charged
$2 for each additional tag.
[Amended 1-12-2000 by Ord. No. 17-1999]
The Mayor and Council shall have the power to
appoint a Poundmaster or other designated authority, whose duty it
shall be to enforce the provisions of this article. The Mayor and
Council shall also have power to enter into a contract with one or
more persons for the exercise of the duty of Dog Catcher, Dog Warden
or Poundmaster and to enforce the provisions of this article. The
provisions of this article shall also be enforced upon written complaint
by any complaining witness filed in the Borough Municipal Court and/or
by the Eatontown Police Department.
[Amended 4-13-1994 by Ord. No. 4-94]
Any person who violates any provision of this
article shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $50 for the
first conviction of such violation and, upon failure to pay said fine
and the costs and charges incidental thereto, may be imprisoned in
the county jail for a period not exceeding 10 days and, in the case
of a conviction for a second, subsequent or continuing violation,
shall be liable to a penalty of not more than $100 for each offense
and, upon failure to pay said fine and costs and charges incidental
thereto, may be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not
exceeding 30 days.