East Brunswick, NJ Animal Ordinances: Dog Leash Laws (2026)

East Brunswick Township Code § 83-14 sets the dog restraint rules. Subsection D, Running at large, forbids any person to allow dogs, cattle, horses, swine, fowl or any other animals to run at large upon the public streets, in any public park, in any building or in any other public place within the Township, and bars letting them run at large on private property without the permission of the owner. Subsection E, Leashing of dogs, forbids an owner to permit a dog on the public streets or in any other public place unless it is securely fastened to an adequate leash not more than eight (8) feet long and is accompanied by a person capable of controlling it. Subsection E(1) prohibits choke-type, prong-type and pinch-type collars and rope, and requires a collar at least as large as the circumference of the animal's neck plus one (1) inch that is not constructed primarily of metal.

Related rules sit in the same section. Under subsection G the owner must curb the dog on public property, and § 83-30 requires immediate removal of feces by a sanitary method approved by the Department of Health. Subsection J allows tethering only on a tether at least fifteen (15) feet long with a swivel on both ends, for no more than six (6) consecutive hours in any twenty-four hour period, never between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 am, and ending no less than five (5) feet from any fence, pool, wall, vehicle, tree or roadway. Subsection I bars confining an animal in a parked vehicle for fifteen (15) or more minutes when the temperature is below 32 degrees F. or above 75 degrees F.

Complaints are received and investigated by the Department of Public Safety, the Animal Control Officer or a police officer under § 83-15. If there is reasonable cause to believe a dog is a nuisance or poses a danger, a Township summons issues for appearance before the Judge of the East Brunswick Township Court.