The management of a building in Hoboken, NJ has suddenly decided to enforce a building policy banning dogs weighing more than 25 pounds or pay $500 fee per day.
Some of the tenants and condos owners were aware of the rule but nobody ever enforced it. Now they are faced with the choice of getting rid of their animal or break their lease or even sale their apartment.
(1) Should it be illegal to compel residents of the property at issue to get rid of their pets?
(2) Do you think there should be a s state laws mimicking the New York City pet law stating that residents living in buildings with more than three units may keep a pet in a no-pet building if that animal has been kept "openly and notoriously" for three months or more?