Montville, New Jersey

§ 91-1 Definitions and word usage.

A. For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

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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 or a veterinary office or clinic.

§ 91-2 License required.

A. No person shall keep or harbor or suffer the keeping or harboring within his household of any animal within the Township without first obtaining a license therefor to be issued by the Health Department of the Township upon application by the owner or harborer thereof and payment of the prescribed fee, and no person shall keep or harbor any animal in said Township except in compliance with the provisions of this article.

§ 91-7 License for kennels, shelters or pet shops.

A. Any person who keeps or operates or proposes to establish a shelter, kennel or pet shop shall, in case of a renewal of the license, apply to the Health Department. Applications for new establishments shall be made to the Township Committee.

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

C. All licenses issued for a kennel, shelter or pet shop shall state the purpose for which the establishment is maintained, and all such licenses shall expire on the last day of June of each year and be subject to revocation by the Township Committee on recommendations of the Department 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. Any person holding such license shall not be required to secure individual licenses for dogs owned by such licenses and kept at such establishments for the purposes of sale to the public. However, all such dogs shall be inoculated with rabies vaccine as required by § 91-3.

E. The total number of kennel and shelter licenses issued and outstanding at the same time in the Township shall not exceed five. Transfer of a license to different premises by a licensee or transferee may be effected upon approval by the Township Committee, as hereinbefore provided in the case of original applications for such license. The Montville Township Animal Shelter shall not be considered to be a licensed facility.

§ 91-10 Restriction on animals off premises of kennels, shelters and pet shops.

No animal kept in a kennel, shelter or pet shop shall be permitted off such premises except on a leash or in a crate or other safe control.

§ 169-4 Health.

There are hereby established the following fees to be administered by the Health Department:

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F. Animal control.

(1) Kennel license (one to 10 dogs) (§ 91-8E): $10.

(2) Kennel license (11 or more dogs) (§ 91-8E): $25.

(3) Dog license (altered) (§ 91-8A): $15.

(4) Dog license (unspayed/unneutered) (§ 91-8A): $20.

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(6) Cat license (altered), each cat up to three cats (§ 91-8B): $5.

(7) For each cat in excess of three cats (§ 91-8B): $1.

(8) Cat license (unspayed/unneutered) (§ 91-8B): $10.