Tenafly, New Jersey

§ 5-1 DEFINITIONS.

As used in this chapter:

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KENNEL

Shall mean any establishment or premises where four or more dogs and cats are kept, maintained or harbored; or where the business of boarding, selling or breeding dogs is carried on, except a pet shop.

§ 5-2.1 License and Registration Required.

No person shall keep or harbor any dog or cat within the Borough without first obtaining a license issued by the Licensing Official or other person designated by the Mayor and Council to license dogs and cats, upon application by the owner and payment of the prescribed fee. No person shall keep or harbor any dog or cat in the Borough except in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. Licenses shall be applied for no later than the last day of February of each year. Unless otherwise designated by the Mayor and Council, the Borough Clerk shall serve as the Licensing Official.

§ 5-2.4 Dog and Cat License Fees; Renewals; Expiration; Seeing Eye Dogs.

a. Dog Licenses.

b. Cat Licenses.

§ 5-3 KENNELS, ANIMAL HOSPITALS AND RETAIL PET SHOPS.

§ 5-3.1 License to Operate Required; Issuing Authority.

Any person who keeps or operates or proposes to establish a kennel, an animal hospital, a retail pet store or an animal shelter shall apply to the Animal Control Officer or other person designated by the Mayor and Borough Council to license dogs and cats, for a license entitling him/her to keep or operate such establishment.

§ 5-3.2 Application Contents; Expiration; Board of Health Approval; Revocation.

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 Board of Health showing compliance with the local and State rules and regulations governing location of and sanitation at such establishments.

All licenses issued for a kennel, animal hospital, retail pet store or animal shelter shall state the purpose for which the establishment is maintained. All such licenses shall expire on January 1 annually, and be subject to revocation by the Borough Council on recommendations of the State Department of Health or the Board of Health of the Borough for failure to comply with the rules and regulations of the State Department of Health or the Borough Board of Health governing the same after the owner has been afforded a hearing by either the State Department of Health or the Borough Board of Health.

§ 5-3.3 Licensees Exempt from Obtaining Individual Licenses for Animals.

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

§ 5-3.4 Proximity to Residences.

No such kennel, animal hospital, retail pet store or animal shelter shall be operated or maintained in the Borough and no license shall be granted therefor, wherein any dog, cat or any other animal may be kept or harbored in any building or other place the nearest point of which buildin or other place shall be within 500 yards of any residence containing sleeping quarters occupied as such in the Borough except by the owner or operator thereof.

No such kennel, animal hospital, retail pet store or animal shelter shall be operated or maintained in a Residential or Apartment District as defined in Article VIII, Zoning of Chapter 35, Land Development Regulations.

§ 5-3.5 Maintenance of Property; Inspection.

Every such kennel, animal hospital, retail pet store or animal shelter shall be subject to such reasonable rules and regulations thereto as may be prescribed by the Governing Body. Any premises so used and all buildings and enclosures thereon shall be kept clean and sanitary. All animal carcasses shall be immediately and properly disposed of, and shall not be buried within the Borough limits. Any Health Officer or Police Officer of the Borough shall have the right, at any reasonable hour in the day or night time, to enter into the premises and any buildings and enclosures thereon, and to make such examination thereof as he shall deem proper.

§ 5-3.6 License Fees for Kennels, Animal Hospitals and Retail Pet Stores.

The annual license fees for kennels, animal hospitals and retail pet stores shall be established by Board of Health ordinance.

§ 5-3.7 Dogs to be Kept Under Control.

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