Woodlake Condominium Association
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§ 67-2
No person shall own, keep, harbor or maintain any dog over seven months of age within
this municipality unless such dog is vaccinated and licensed. The provisions of this
section do not apply to dogs held by a state or federal licensed research facility or a
surgical or other treatments or licensed animal shelters, pounds, kennels or pet shops.
B. All dogs shall be vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian in accordance
with the latest Compendium of Animal Rabies Vaccines and Recommendations for
Immunization, published by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians,
except as provided for in Subsection D.
C. A certificate of vaccination shall be issued to the owner of each animal vaccinated on a
form recommended by the state.
D. Any dog may be exempted from the requirements of such vaccination for a specified
period of time by the local Board of Health upon presentation of a veterinarian's certificate
stating that, because of an infirmity or other physical condition or regimen of therapy, the
inoculation of such dog shall be deemed inadvisable.
§ 67-3. License and fee requirements.
A. Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing age shall, in the month of
January of each year, apply for and procure from the Township Clerk a license and official
metal registration tag for each such dog.
B. Any person who shall fail to procure a license and registration for any dog of licensing
registration fee in accordance with the fee schedule contained in Chapter 72 of this Code.
Said licenses, registration tags and renewals thereof shall expire on the last day of
January of each year. [Amended 3-21-2006 by Ord. No. 15-3-2006]
C. Dogs used as guides for blind persons and dogs specifically trained to assist the
handicapped, commonly known as "Seeing Eye" dogs, shall be licensed and registered
as other dogs hereinbefore provided for, except that the owner or keeper thereof shall
not be required to pay any fee therefor.
D. The owner of any newly acquired dog of licensing age or of any dog which attains
licensing age shall make application for and procure a license and registration tag for
such dog within 10 days after the acquisition or age attainment. There shall be no
adjustment of the license or registration fee for licenses or registration tags issued and
valid for a fractional portion of the license year.
E. Any person who shall bring a dog into this Township from another state shall apply for a
license and registration tag for said dog within 90 days after it is brought into this
Township if it is registered in such other state, and within 10 days if it is not registered in
such other state.
F. Kennels, pet shops and shelters. The annual license fees for kennels, pet shops and
shelters, where permitted by Chapter 160, Zoning, shall be as set forth in Chapter 72,
Fees, of this Code.
§ 67-4. Annual dog canvass.
The municipality shall annually cause a canvass to be made of all dogs owned, kept or
harbored within the limits of the municipality and shall report, on or before September 1 of
each year, to the Clerk or other person designated to license dogs in the municipality and
to the State Department of Health, the results thereof.
§ 67-5. General regulations; nuisances; barking. [Amended 1-6-1998 by Ord. No. 5-1-98]
A. No owner of any dog nor any person in charge of any dog shall suffer or permit such
animal to run at large upon any public street, public park, public building or other public
place within the Township or on private property without the permission of the owner of
said property or other person having control thereover.
B. Every person owning, keeping or harboring any dog in this Township shall prevent such
dog from running at large upon the lands of any person, other than the person owning,
keeping or harboring such dog, without the consent of the owner of such lands.
C. No person shall own, keep or harbor a dog or other domestic animal which habitually
barks, howls, cries or makes other noises for more than any one hour or continuous
barking and howling for periods of less than one hour but more than 1/2 hour, which
periods occur on two or more consecutive days, whether during the day or night. No
person shall own more than one dog or other domestic animal which, as a collective
group, habitually barks, cries, howls or make other noise for more than any one hour or
continuous barking and howling for periods of less than one hour but more than 1/2 hour,
whether during the day or night. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the normal and
occasional barks, cries, howls or other noises associated with any one such domestic
animal.
D. No person who shall own or be 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 or any other place where people
congregate or walk or upon any public property whatsoever or upon any private property,
without the permission of the owner or person in control of said property. The restrictions
in this section shall not apply to that portion of the street lying between the curblines or
upon the street surface, which shall be used to curb such dog, subject to the following
conditions: (1) The person who curbs such dog shall immediately remove all feces
deposited by such dog in a sanitary manner.
(2) The feces removed from the aforesaid designated area shall be disposed of by the
person owning or in charge of any dog curbed in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter, in a sanitary manner.
E. Every person owning, keeping or harboring any dog in this Township shall prevent such
dog from wounding or killing any other dog or other domestic animal.
F. Every person owning, keeping or harboring any dog in this Township shall prevent such
dog from becoming a public nuisance.
G. Every person owning, keeping or harboring any dog in this Township shall prevent such
dog, if it is a female and in season, from being off the grounds or property of the person
owning, keeping or harboring such dog.
§ 67-6. Animal Control Officer.
A. The governing body shall have the power to appoint annually an Animal Control Officer
who shall enforce the provisions of this chapter.
B. The Animal Control Officer shall take into custody and impound or cause to be taken
into custody and impounded and thereafter destroyed and disposed of: (1) Any dog off the
premises of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring said dog which said official
or his agent or agents have reason to believe is a stray dog.
(2) Any dog off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or harboring said dog
without a current registration tag on his collar.
(3) Any female dog in season off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping or
harboring said dog.
(4) Any dog, whether licensed or not, that shall be found running at large upon any public
street or other public place at any time or doing any of the violations listed in § 67-5 above.
§ 67-7. Right of entry.
A. Any officer or agent authorized or empowered to perform any duty under this chapter is
hereby authorized to go upon any premises to seize for impounding any dog which he may
lawfully seize and impound when such officer is in immediate pursuit of such dog, except
upon the premises of the owner of the dog if said owner is present and forbids the same.
B. No person shall hinder, molest or interfere with anyone performing any duty which he is
authorized or empowered to perform under this chapter.
§ 67-8. Vicious and/or potentially dangerous dogs. [Amended 12-10-1996 by Ord. No.
41-10-96; 11-22-2005 by Ord. No. 22-11-2005]
A. For the purposes of this section, the provision of N.J.S.A. 4:19-17 et seq. shall apply.
B. Seizure and impoundment of dog by Animal Control Officer authorized. (1) An Animal
Control Officer shall seize and impound a dog when the officer has reasonable cause to
believe the dog: (a) Attacked a person and caused death or serious bodily injury as
defined in N.J.S.A. 2C:11-1b to that person;
(b) Caused bodily injury as defined in N.J.S.A. 2C:11-1a to a person during an unprovoked
attack and poses a serious threat of harm to persons or domestic animals;
(c) Engaged in dog fighting activities as defined in N.J.S.A. 4:22-24 and 4:22-26; or
(d) Has been trained, tormented, badgered, bated or encouraged to engage in unprovoked
attacks upon persons or domestic animals.
(2) The dog shall be impounded as soon as reasonably possible after said cause is
determined to exist and until the final disposition as to whether the dog is vicious or
potentially dangerous. Subject to the approval of the Township Health Officer, the dog may
be impounded in a facility or other structure agreeable to the owner.
C. Notice of seizure and impoundment; determination of identity of owner; notice of
hearing; return of statement by owner; destruction of dog. (1) The Animal Control Officer
shall notify the Municipal Court and the Municipal Health Officer immediately that he has
seized and impounded a dog pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-19, or that he has reasonable
cause to believe that a dog has killed another domestic animal and that a hearing is
required. The Animal Control Officer shall, through a reasonable effort, attempt to
determine the identity of the owner of any dog seized and impounded pursuant to N.J.S.A.
4:19-19. If its owner cannot be identified within seven days, the dog may be humanely
destroyed.
(2) The Animal Control Officer shall, within three working days of the determination of the
identity of the owner of a dog seized and impounded pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-19, notify by
certified mail, return receipt requested, the owner concerning the seizure and
impoundment, and that, if the owner wishes, a hearing will be held to determine whether
the impounded dog is vicious or potentially dangerous. This notice shall also require that
the owner return, within seven days, by certified mail or hand delivery, a signed statement
indicating whether he wishes the hearing to be conducted, or if not, to relinquish
ownership of the dog, in which case the dog may be humanely destroyed. If the owner
cannot be notified by certified mail, return receipt requested, or refuses to sign for the
certified letter, or does not reply to the certified letter with a signed statement within
seven days of receipt, the dog may be humanely destroyed.
D. Fee for licenses. The sum to be paid annually for a potentially dangerous dog license,
and each renewal thereof, shall be $700.
E. Additional provisions. In addition to the terms and conditions of N.J.S.A. 4:19-23, where
a dog is found to be potentially dangerous, but is not ordered to be destroyed in a humane
and expeditious manner, every owner of a dog determined to be potentially dangerous
shall: (1) Keep said dog muzzled at all times that the dog is not confined within the
owner's house or yard; and
(2) If walked or permitted to be outside the owner's property, at all times be under the
control of an adult or other person capable of controlling said animal.
§ 67-9. Humane treatment required.
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog shall provide it with proper and adequate
food and water, proper shelter and protection from the weather and with humane care
and treatment. No person shall inhumanely beat, ill-treat, torment or otherwise abuse a
dog.
§ 67-10. Township policy.
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Township to: A. Provide a central agency for
the rapid reuniting of lost dogs and their owners.
B. Provide facilities for the quick removal of unwanted dogs from the community.
C. Enable as many unclaimed dogs as possible to be placed in new homes and provide for
the humane destruction of unwanted dogs.
D. Provide clean comfortable shelter and adequate food and water for the animals
impounded.
E. Protect the rights of dog owners.
F. Provide protection of the rights of citizens of the community against careless or
thoughtless dog owners.
§ 67-11. Violations and penalties. [Amended 6-15-2004 by Ord. No. 16-6-2004]
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person who violates or refuses to
comply with this chapter shall be liable to a penalty as established under the general
penalty provisions of this Code at § 1-15
Now here are the Evesham Township Rules
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research facility or a veterinary establishment where cats are received or kept for research
facility or a veterinary establishment where cats are received or kept for diagnostic,
medical, surgical or other treatments or licensed animal shelters, pounds, kennels or pet
shops.
kennels or pet shops.
B. All cats shall be vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian in accordance with
the latest Compendium of Animal Rabies Vaccines and Recommendations for
Immunization, published by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians,
except as provided for in Subsection D.
C. A certificate of vaccination shall be issued to the owner of each animal vaccinated on a
form recommended by the state.
inoculation of such cat shall be deemed inadvisable.
inoculation of such cat shall be deemed inadvisable.
§ 61A-3. Licensing requirements.
A. Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a cat of licensing age shall, in the month of
January of each year, apply for and procure from the Township Clerk a license and official
registration tag with license number and shall place upon such cat a collar or other device
with the license number securely fastened.
B. Any person who shall fail to procure a license and registration for any cat of licensing
age by January 31 of any year shall pay a late fee in addition to the license and registration
fee in accordance with the fee schedule contained in Chapter 72 of this Code. Said
license, registration tag and renewal thereof shall expire on the last day of January of each
year. [Amended 3-21-2006 by Ord. No. 14-3-2006]
§ 61A-4. Violations and penalties.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person who violates or who fails or
refuses to comply with this chapter shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $50 nor
more than $500, plus court costs up to $25 for each offense.
Now here are the Evesham Township Rules as
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1. No more than one (1) dog and/or two (2) cats will be permitted in each
unit.
2. No pet may be allowed to annoy other unit owners by constant noise.
3. All pets are to be leashed when outside and must be accompanied by
their owners or an assigned person over the age of twelve (12) years old.
4. No pet may be allowed to run loose.
5. All dogs must be licensed pursuant to Evesham Township requirements.
6. No pet may be permitted to injure or damage any lawn, plant, tree,
grounds or any other common element or open space area.
7. Should your pet defecate, please use a pooper scooper and be
considerate of others – CLEAN UP AFTER YOUR PET. IT'S THE LAW!
8. The rules and regulations do not supersede or eliminate any township
ordinances.
unit.
2. No pet may be allowed to annoy other unit owners by constant noise.
3. All pets are to be leashed when outside and must be accompanied by
their owners or an assigned person over the age of twelve (12) years old.
4. No pet may be allowed to run loose.
5. All dogs must be licensed pursuant to Evesham Township requirements.
6. No pet may be permitted to injure or damage any lawn, plant, tree,
grounds or any other common element or open space area.
7. Should your pet defecate, please use a pooper scooper and be
considerate of others – CLEAN UP AFTER YOUR PET. IT'S THE LAW!
8. The rules and regulations do not supersede or eliminate any township
ordinances.
