Belvidere, New Jersey

§ 163-6 License required.

No person shall keep or harbor or suffer the keeping or harboring within the limits of the Town of Belvidere of any dog without first obtaining a license therefor, to be issued by the Town Clerk of the Town of Belvidere upon application by the owner or some person on behalf of the owner and payment of the prescribed fee, and no person shall keep or harbor any dog in said Town except in compliance with the provisions of this article and the provisions for the control of dogs contained in N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.1 through 4:19-15.29, inclusive, and any amendments thereof. Licenses for not more than four dogs for any one household may be issued for the same period. Any additional dog shall make the person or persons owning or harboring it liable for owning or harboring an unlicensed dog unless such person or persons shall be the holder of a commercial kennel or pet shop license.

§ 163-8 License fee; exemptions; delinquent fee.

A. The person applying for this license and registration tag shall pay a fee of $10 for each dog that has been spayed/neutered and $15 for each dog that has not been spayed/neutered. One dollar shall be sent to the New Jersey State Board of Health for rabies control pursuant to the provision contained in N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.11 and any amendments thereof, and the remaining balance of said fee shall be retained by the Town of Belvidere for the Animal Control Account. For each annual renewal, the fee for the license shall be the same as for the original license, and said license, registration tags and renewals thereof shall expire on June 30 in the year stated on the license. The aforementioned fee shall not apply to dogs which have been acquired by the owner after July 1. Dogs used as guides for blind persons and commonly known as “seeing eye dogs,” or dogs used to assist deaf persons and commonly known as “hearing dogs,” shall be licensed and registered as other dogs herein above provided for, except that the owner or keeper of such dogs shall not be required to pay any fee therefor. The owner of any newly acquired dog of licensing age shall make application for such license and registration tag for such dog within 10 days after such acquisition or age attainment.

§ 163-23 License and vaccination required.

A. No person shall own, keep or harbor any cat over four months of age within the Town of Belvidere unless such cat has been licensed and 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.

§ 163-26 License fee.

A license shall be issued after payment of a fee of $10 for each unneutered cat and $5 for each neutered cat. A late fee of $5 per month for every month after January 31 that the delinquency continues, plus the required license fee as provided in this article, for the cat license, together with any other fines due to summons issued that may be imposed on them for failure to obtain a cat license before February 1.