[Adopted 12-27-1955 by Ord. No. 471]
Terms used in this article which are defined in N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.1 shall have the same meanings as set forth in said statute. The following words contained in this article shall have the following meanings:
DOG
Any dog, bitch or spayed bitch.
HABITUAL BARKING
Continuous barking or crying without pauses of one minute or longer, for a period of more than 20 minutes between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., or for a period of more than 10 minutes between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., on at least two occasions over a three-month period.
KENNEL
Any establishment wherein or whereon the business of boarding dogs for sale is carried on, except a pet shop.
OWNER
When applied to the proprietorship of a dog, shall include every person having a right of property in such dog and every person who has such dog in his keeping.
PERSON
An individual, firm, partnership, corporation or association of persons.
POUND
An establishment for the confinement of dogs seized either under the provisions of this act or otherwise.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
No person shall keep or harbor any dog within the Borough of Westwood, in the County of Bergen, without first obtaining a license therefor, as herein provided, to be issued by the Clerk of the Borough, or his duly authorized representative, upon application by the owner and payment of the prescribed fee, and no person shall keep or harbor any dog in said Borough, except in compliance with the provisions of this article and N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.1 et seq.[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
[2]
Editor's Note: Original § 47-3, Registration tag, as amended, which immediately followed this section, was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). See N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.2.
[Amended 10-25-1966 by Ord. No. 624; 12-18-1979 by Ord. No. 831; 12-15-1981 by Ord. No. 81-13; 9-27-1983 by Ord. No. 83-13; 9-25-1984 by Ord. No. 84-19]
A. 
License fees.
[Amended 12-27-1988 by Ord. No. 88-21; 10-21-1991 by Ord. No. 91-22; 8-26-1997 by Ord. No. 97-16]
(1) 
The fees for a one-year license shall be $8.80, plus $1 for the registration tag and the additional fee for the pilot clinic as set forth in Subsection B below.
[Amended 12-18-2007 by Ord. No. 07-27[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
(2) 
There shall be an additional fee of $5 for any dog or cat of reproductive age which has not been spayed or neutered.
[Amended 12-18-2007 by Ord. No. 07-27]
(3) 
The renewal fee for existing licenses, where application for same is made after February of the particular year, will be subject to an administrative fee of $25 due to higher processing costs.
(4) 
All license and registration tags shall expire on December 31 of the year stated on the license. There shall be no prorating of fees for a partial year.
B. 
In addition to any other fee charged pursuant to this article, any person applying for the license and registration tag shall pay an additional fee of $0.20 for each dog, to be forwarded to the State Treasurer for use in the annual sterilization pilot clinic established by statute.
C. 
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" and dogs used to assist deaf persons and commonly known as "hearing ear dogs" shall be licensed and registered as other dogs hereinabove provided for, except that the owner or keeper of such dog shall not be required to pay any fee therefor.[2],[3]
[2]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
[3]
Editor's Note: The following original sections of the 1982 Code, which immediately followed this subsection, were deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I): § 47-5, Application date; § 47-6, Application requirements (as amended 8-27-1991 by Ord. No. 91-14); § 47-7, Licensed dogs from other states (as amended 8-27-1991 by Ord. No. 91-14); § 47-8, Unlicensed dogs from other states (as amended 8-27-1991 by Ord. No. 91-14); and § 47-9, Removal of registration tag; restrictions (as amended 8-27-1991 by Ord. No. 91-14). See N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.4 through 4:19-15.7.
A. 
Any person who keeps or operates a pet shop shall obtain from the Clerk of the Borough a license entitling him to keep and operate such establishment. Such applicant shall comply with all of the requirements of N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.8, and the supplements thereto and amendments thereof, in the procurement of such license.
B. 
No kennel or shelter shall be established, operated or maintained within the Borough of Westwood.
Pet shops shall be licensed by the Board of Health pursuant to Chapter 387, Fees, of Part III, Board of Health Legislation, of the Code of the Borough of Westwood. The fee for pet shops shall be as set forth in § 387-1J.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
The Borough Council shall also have the power to appoint one or more persons, to be known as "Animal Control Officers," who may impound dogs running at large or for any other violation of the provisions of this article.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
The Chief of Police of the Borough, or any official, police officer or other person designated by him, including Animal Control Officers, shall take into custody and impound or cause to be taken into custody and impounded, and thereafter destroy or dispose of, as provided in this article:
A. 
Any dog at large off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring said dog.
B. 
Any dog off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring said dog, which dog is without a current registration tag on his collar or harness.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
A. 
If any dog so seized wears a collar or harness having inscribed thereon or attached thereto the name and address of any person or a registration tag, or if the owner or the person keeping or harboring said dog is known, the Chief of Police shall forthwith serve on the person whose address is given on the collar, or on the owner or the person keeping or harboring said dog, if known, a notice in writing stating that the dog has been seized and will be liable to be disposed of or destroyed if not claimed within seven days after the service of the notice.
B. 
A notice under this section may be served either by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served or by leaving it at the person's usual or last known place of abode or at the address given on the collar or by forwarding it by post in a prepaid letter addressed to that person at his usual or last known place of abode or to the address given on the collar.
When any dog so seized has been detained for seven days after notice when notice can be given as above set forth, or has been detained for seven days after seizure when notice cannot be given as above set forth, and if the owner or person keeping or harboring said dog has not claimed said dog and paid all expenses incurred, including redemption fee, by reason of its detention, plus maintenance, or if the dog be unlicensed at the time of the seizure and the owner or person keeping or harboring said dog has not produced a license and registration tag for said dog, the Poundmaster may cause the dog to be destroyed, in a manner causing as little pain as possible, and shall file a written report of such disposal immediately at the Borough Clerk's office.
Any officer or agent authorized or empowered to perform any duty under this article is hereby authorized to go upon any premises to seize for impounding any dog or dogs which he may lawfully seize and impound when such officer is in immediate pursuit of such dog or dogs, except upon the premises of the owner of the dog if said owner is present and forbids the same.
No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog shall suffer or permit it to run at large off such person's premises within the Borough of Westwood, in the County of Bergen.
[Amended 4-16-2024 by Ord. No. 24-11]
No person owning, keeping or harboring any dog shall suffer or permit it to be upon the public streets or in any of the public places of the Borough of Westwood unless such dog is securely confined and controlled by an adequate leash not more than six feet long, held by a person able to control said dog. Dogs are not permitted on playing surfaces, or within fenced or unfenced playground perimeters regardless of whether the animal is leashed.
[Amended 8-27-1991 by Ord. No. 91-14]
No person owning, keeping or harboring a dog or cat shall permit or suffer it to do any injury or to do any damage to any lawn, shrubbery, flowers, grounds or property.
Except as provided in N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.1 et seq., any person who violates any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be subject to one or more of the following: a fine not to exceed $2,000, a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days, or a period of community service not to exceed 90 days.
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).