New Milford, New Jersey

§ 5-2.2 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 Borough Clerk, or other official designated by the governing body thereof to license cats in the Borough, 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 device with the license number securely fastened or displayed thereto. Acceptable methods of displaying license number shall include, but are not limited to, breakaway 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 $6 for each unneutered cat, and $4 for each neutered cat. Persons who fail to obtain a license as required within the time period specified in this subsection, will be subject to a delinquent fee of $5 per animal and will increase an additional $5 each month.

§ 5-3 KENNELS, PET SHOPS, POUNDS AND SHELTERS.

§ 5-3.1 Definitions.

As used in this section:

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.

§ 5-3.2 Licenses for Kennels, Pet Shops, Shelters and Pounds.

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

b. 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 Borough Health Officer, 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, 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 Borough Council on recommendations of the State Department of Health or the Borough Board of Health for failure to comply with the rules and regulations of the State Department or the Borough Board of Health governing the same, after the owner has been afforded a hearing by either the State Department or the Borough Board of Health.

d. 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.

§ 5-3.3 Fees.

The annual license fee for a kennel providing accommodations for 10 or less dogs shall be $10 and for more than 10 dogs twenty-five ($25.00) dollars. The annual license fee for a pet shop shall be $10. No fee shall be charged for a shelter or pound.

§ 5-3.4 Dogs Off Premises of Establishment.

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