Franklin Township, New Jersey (Somerset County)

§ 115-8 Licensing required; fees; term; nontransferability.

A. Dogs.

(1) Dogs shall be duly licensed and shall bear evidence of such license at all times, in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey. Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing age shall, in the month of January or as soon thereafter as such dog becomes of licensing age, license said dog.

(2) The annual fee for such license shall be $14.80 (effective January 1, 2019) for each altered (spayed/neutered) dog and each unaltered dog and, in addition thereto, the sum of $1.20 for the registration tag of each altered dog and $4.20 for each unaltered dog.

Article V Licensing of Kennels, Pet Shops, Shelters and Pounds

§ 115-36 Definitions.

For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

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KENNEL

Any establishment wherein or whereon the business of boarding or selling dogs or breeding dogs for sale is carried on, except a pet shop.

§ 115-37 License required.

Any person who keeps or operates or proposes to establish a kennel, a pet shop, a shelter or a pound shall apply to the Township Clerk or other official designated to license dogs in the Township where such establishment is located, for a license entitling them to keep or operate such establishment.

§ 115-38 Form of application.

The application shall describe the premises where the establishment is located or is proposed to be located, the purpose or purposes for which it is to be maintained, and shall be accompanied by the written approval of the local municipal and health authorities showing compliance with the local and state rules and regulations governing location of and sanitation at such establishments.

§ 115-39 Exemption from individual licenses.

Any person holding a license shall not be required to secure individual licenses for dogs owned by a licensee and kept at the establishments; the licenses shall not be transferable to another owner or different premises.

§ 115-40 License period; revocation; hearing.

A. All licenses issued for a kennel, pet shop, shelter, or pound shall state the purpose for which the establishment is maintained, and all licenses shall expire on the last day of June of each year, and be subject to revocation by the Township on recommendation of the Somerset County Health Department or the local board of health for failure to comply with the rules and regulations of the county department or local board governing the same, after the owner has been afforded a hearing by either the county department or local board.

§ 115-43 License fees.

A. The annual license fee for a kennel providing accommodations for 10 or less dogs shall be $10 and for more than 10 dogs, $25.