North Plainfield, New Jersey

§ 5-1.1 Definitions.

As used in this Section:

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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.

§ 5-1.2 License and Registration Required; Issuance by Licensing Authority; Proof of Inoculation; Exemption from Inoculation.

a. No person shall keep or harbor any dog within the Borough without first obtaining a license and metal registration tag therefor to be issued by the Licensing Authority upon application by the owner and payment of the prescribed fee and no person shall keep or harbor any dog in the Borough except in compliance with the provisions of this Section.

§ 5-1.4 Fees.

a. The person applying for the license and registration tag of a spayed or neutered dog shall pay an annual fee of $25 for each dog. The person applying for the license and registration of a dog which is not spayed or neutered shall pay an annual fee of $30. Proof of neutering or spaying shall be required prior to the issuance of a license at the rate for a neutered or spayed dog. The license and registration tag shall expire on the last day of January of the year following their issuance. An annual license and registration tag shall be issued upon payment of the annual fee. License and registration tag fees are to be paid for each dog, regardless of the number of dogs and shall include annual metal registration tag fees, nonsterilized fees and other fees or surcharges as shall be required by the State of New Jersey to be collected and/or forwarded to the state or any agency thereof by way of sum, fee or surcharge in connection with the issuance of any dog license.

§ 5-2.9 Application for License.

Any person who owns, keeps, harbors or maintains a cat of licensing age, must apply and procure annually from the licensing authority, a license and official registration tag with license number for each cat so owned, kept, harbored or maintained. Licenses and registration tags shall not be transferable. This requirement shall not apply to feral cats who are Trap, Neuter, Return or are in the documented process of being Trap, Neuter, Return.

§ 5-2.15 License Fee Schedule.

A license shall be issued upon payment of a fee by the person applying therefor of $15 for each reproductive cat and $13 for each spayed or neutered cat, regardless of the number of cats. Proof of spaying or neutering by a duly licensed veterinarian shall be required prior to issuance of a license at the rate for spayed or neutered cat(s). Persons who fail to obtain a license as required within the time period specified in this Section shall be subject to a delinquent fee per cat of $3 for any license application received after January 31 of the licensing year, together with any other fines due to summonses issued that may be imposed as provided in this Section for failure to obtain a cat license before February 1. The aforementioned delinquent fee shall not apply to cats which have been acquired by the owner after January 31, provided the owner shall present sufficient proof to establish that the cat was acquired after January 31 and provided further that the cat shall be licensed within the time as otherwise required by this Section. The aforementioned delinquent fee shall not apply to cats which do not attain licensing age until after January 31 and provided further that the cat shall be licensed within the time as otherwise required by law. The fee for the renewal of license and registration tag shall be the same as for an original issuance. Each original license and registration tag or renewal thereof shall expire on December 31 of the applicable year. If a license tag has been misplaced or lost, the Borough Clerk or other person designated by the licensing authority may issue a duplicate license and registration tag for that particular cat upon payment of a fee of $5.

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

Any person who keeps or operates or proposes to establish a kennel, a pet shop, a shelter, a pound or a private home in which a total of six or more dogs and/or cats are kept or harbored, shall apply to the Health Officer of the Borough for a license entitling him or her to keep or operate such establishment.

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 of the Borough showing compliance with all of the local and State rules and regulations governing location of and sanitation at such establishments. The application shall also state the name, street and post office address of the owner and the person who shall keep or harbor such dogs and/or cats.

All licenses issued for a kennel, a pet shop, a shelter, a pound or a private home in which a total of six or more dogs and/or cats are kept or harbored shall expire on the last day of January of each year and be subject to revocation by the Borough Council on recommendation of the New Jersey State Department of Health or the Health Officer of the Borough after the owner has been afforded a hearing by either the New Jersey State Department of Health or the Board of Health of the Borough.

Any person holding such license shall not be required to secure an individual license for a dog or cat owned by such licensee and kept at such establishments except in the case of private homes with a total of six or more dogs and/or cats, in which case individual licenses are required. Such licenses shall not be transferable to another owner or different premises.

§ 5-3.3 Fees.

The annual license fee for a kennel or pet shop shall be $300. An annual license fee of $10 per dog/cat shall be charged for a private home in which a total of six or more dogs and/or cats are kept or harbored. In addition to these license fees, the person applying for said license shall be required, as a condition for the issuance of a license, to pay such additional sums, fees and/or surcharges as shall be required by the State of New Jersey to be collected and/or forwarded to the State or any agency thereof by way of sum, fee and/or surcharge in connection with the issuance of any dog license. No fee shall be charged for a shelter or pound.

§ 5-3.4 Control of Dogs and Cats Allowed Off Premises of Kennels, Pounds, Etc.

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

§ 5-3.5 License Information to State Department of Health.

The Licensing Authority shall forward to the New Jersey State Department of Health a list of all kennels, pet shops, shelters and pounds licensed within 30 calendar days after the licenses therefor are issued, which list shall include the name and address of the licensee and the kind of license issued.