Beachwood, New Jersey

§ 5-1.1 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.

§ 5-1.2 License and Registration Tag Required. 

No person shall keep or harbor any dog within the Borough without registering and obtaining a license therefor, to be issued by the Borough Clerk upon application by the owner and payment of the prescribed fee. No person shall keep or harbor any dog in the Borough except in compliance with the provisions of this section.

§ 5-1.5 Annual Fee for Licenses.

The sum of $8 is hereby fixed as the annual dog license fee for spayed or neutered dogs. If the dog is not spayed or neutered, then the fee shall be $11 per annum. The licenses, registration tags and renewals shall expire on the last day of January of the following year. Of the $8 license fee, $7.50 is the annual license fee payable to the Borough, and fifty ($.50) cents shall be the annual registration fee for the State Board of Health.

§ 5-2 KENNELS, PET SHOPS, SHELTERS, POUNDS.

§ 5-2.1 License 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 Borough Clerk for a license entitling him 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 for which it is to be maintained, and shall be accompanied by the written approval of the Animal Warden of the Borough showing compliance with the local and State rules and regulations governing location of and sanitation at such establishments. 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 the last day of January of the following year.

§ 5-10.4 License; When Required.

It shall be unlawful to own, harbor, or maintain a cat of more than six months of age, unless the owner thereof or the person harboring or maintaining the same shall have a current license for such cat.

§ 5-10.5 Fees.

The annual license fee for cats over six months of age, shall be $11 for each male or female cat; unless the application for licensing the male or female cat is accompanied by a certificate from a licensed veterinarian surgeon showing that a male or female cat has been altered or spayed respectively. The annual fee in a case where the cat has been spayed or neutered shall be $8. A metal tag marked with a number to correspond with a number of the license shall be issued with the license and shall be attached to a collar and worn by the cats so licensed, at all times when at large.

§ 5-10.8 Kennels, Pet Shops, Shelters, Pounds; License Required.

Any person who keeps or operates, or proposes to establish a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall apply to the Borough Clerk for a license entitling them 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 for which it is to be maintained, and shall be accompanied by a written approval of the Animal Control Department of the Borough, showing compliance with all local and State rules and regulations governing location of and sanitation at such establishments. All licenses issued for kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound, will state the purpose for which the establishment is maintained, and all licenses shall expire on the last day of January of the following year.

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