1st Reading - Jersey City

COntinuatlònof City Ordinance 11-003 , page 2ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 90 (ANMALS) ARTICLE II (DOGS ANDOTHER ANIMALS) OF THE JERSEY CITY CODE AUTHORIING: 1) DOGLICENSES FOR A TERM OF 3 YEAR; 2) REGULATING FACILITIES FOR THESALE AND BOARING OF DOGS AN 3) AMENDING CHATER 160 (FEES ANCHARGES) OF tHE JERSEY CITY CODE FOR DOG LICENSE FEESPROPERENCLOSUR OF A vicious OR DANGEROUS DOG - Whle on thé o~er'spropert, a vicious or da.gerous dog shall be securely confned indoors or in a securelyenclosed and locked pen or strctué, suitable toprevent the entr of young children and .'designed to prevent the anal from escaping from the enclosure. Such pen or strctue shallhave secure sides and a secure top and shall also provide protectionthedog.from the elements forPUBLIC PLACE - Includes every sidewal, gutter, street, park or any other place within thecity which is accessible to the general public.VICiOUS DOG - Any dog which, unpróvoked, bites or causes physical injur to a humanor a domestic animaL.§90-13 License and registration tag required; removal of registration tags.A. Every owner of a dog of licensing age shall obtan a license and offcial registration tag forsuch dog and shall place upon such dog a collar or haress with the registration tag securelyfastened thereto; I1rovided, however, that any dog licensed in another state may be kept in theCity of Jersey City for a period of ninety (90) days; thereafter, the owner or custodian of suchdog shall obtan a license and registration tag in accordace with ths section.B. No Change.C. Applications for licenses shall state the followig inormation:(1) Breed.(2) Sex.(3) Age.(4). Color and markings.(5) Whether the dog to be licenses is of a long-or short-haired varety.(6) Name and address of the person who shall keep such dog if different from the owner.(7) Any. other pertinent inormation required by the Division of Health, including .certificate of rabies vaccine inoculation from a licensed veterinaran, or a certificateof exemI1tion to the rabies inoculation from a licensed veterinaran as provided by theState DeI1arent of Health regylations. . .D. . No I1erson, exceI1t an offcer in the performance of his duties, shall remove a registration tagfrom the collar of any dog without the consent of the owner, nor shall any person attch a. registrtion tag to a dog for which it was not issued. .§90-14 License and registration fees; expiration; license reguired for aniInalfacilities;compliance with State Department of Health; exemption from individual doglicense reguirement, ,.A. Dogs may be registered anUalyor for a three- year period as authorized by N.J.S.A. 4: 19-15.12. The anua license and thee-year license and registrtion ta fees shall be as provided 'in Chapter 160, Fees and Charges, for each license and each registration ta. For each anualor three-year renewii, the fee for the license and registration tag shall be the same as for theoriginal. The license and registration ta, and renewals thereof, shall expire on (JatlOaty 31)