Green Brook, New Jersey

§ 8-1 DEFINITIONS.

As used in this chapter:

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KENNEL

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

§ 8-3 KENNELS, PET SHOPS, SHELTERS AND POUNDS.

§ 8-3.1 Licenses.

a. 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 for a license entitling him to keep or operate such establishment.

b. 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 Health Officer or Sanitary Inspector of the Board of Health of the Township showing compliance with the local and State rules and regulations governing location and sanitation at such establishments.

c. Expiration; Revocation. All licenses issued for a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall state the purpose for which the establishment is maintained and all such licenses shall expire on January 31 of each year and be subject to revocation by the Township Committee on recommendations of the State Department of Health or the Board of Health of the Township for failure to comply with the rules and regulations of the State Department or the Board of Health of the Township governing the same after the owner has been afforded a hearing by either the State Department or the Board of Health of the Township.

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

§ 8-3.2 Kennel Fees.

The annual license fee for a kennel providing accommodations for 10 or less dogs shall be $10 and for more than 10 dogs $25. The annual license fee for a pet shop shall be $10. No fee shall be charged for a shelter or pound.

§ 8-13.3 Licensing Requirements.

a. Cats Must Have License Number Displayed. Any person who shall own, keep, or harbor a cat of licensing age shall annually apply for and procure from the Township Clerk, or other official designated by the governing body thereof to license cats in the Township in which he or she resides, a license and official registration tag with license number, or a registration sleeve for each cat so owned, kept, or harbored, and shall place upon such cat a collar, or other devise with the license number securely fastened or displayed thereto. Acceptable methods of displaying license number shall include, but are not limited to, break-away or elastic collars. License tags or sleeves are not transferable.

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g. License Fee Schedule. A license shall be issued after payment of a fee of $10 for each unneutered cat, and $6 for each neutered cat, effective with the January 1, 2002 renewal. Persons who fail to obtain a license as required by January 31 of the current licensing year will be subject to a delinquent fee of $3.