Green, New Jersey

§ 5-1 DEFINITIONS.

KENNEL

Shall mean any establishment wherein or whereon the business of boarding or selling dogs or breeding dogs is carried on, except a pet shop.

§ 5-2.1 Annual License and Registration; Placing Tag on Dog.

Any person who shall within the Township, own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing age shall in the month of January of each year and annually thereafter, apply for and procure from the Animal Control Officer or other official designated by the Governing Body a license and official metal registration tag for each such dog so owned, kept or harbored, and shall place upon each dog a collar or harness with the registration tag securely fastened thereto.

§ 5-3.1 License to Operate Establishments for Dogs; Exemption for Individual Dog Licenses.

a. Any person who keeps or operates or proposes to establish a kennel, a pet shop, a shelter or a pound shall apply to the Animal Control Officer for a license entitling him to keep or operate such establishment. All licenses issued for such establishments shall state the purposes for which the establishment is maintained; shall expire on the last day of December of each year, and shall not be transferable to another owner or different premises.

b. Any person holding such license shall not be required to secure individual licenses for dogs owned by such licensee and kept at such establishments.

§ 5-3.2 Contents of Application to Operate Establishments for Dogs.

The application shall describe the premises where the establishment for a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound is located or proposed to be located, the name and permanent and local address of the applicant, the maximum number of dogs to be accommodated by such establishment at any one time, the purpose or purposes for which it is to be maintained, and shall be accompanied by written approval of the Township sanitarian showing compliance with the local and State rules and regulations governing the location and sanitation of such establishments.

§ 5-3.3 Revocation of License to Operate Establishment for Dogs.

All licenses issued for a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall be subject to revocation by the Township Committee upon recommendation of the State Department of Health or the Township Department of Health for failure to comply with the applicable provisions of this section, or the rules and regulations of health governing the same, after the licensee has been afforded a hearing by either the State Department of Health of the Township Committee.

§ 8-21 DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS, CHAPTER V “ANIMAL CONTROL.”