Boonton, New Jersey

§ 80-1 Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

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KENNEL

Any establishment wherein the business of boarding or selling dogs or breeding dogs for sale is carried on, except a pet shop.

§ 80-3 Licensing.

A. License required. No person shall keep or harbor any animal which has attained the age of seven months or which possesses a permanent set of teeth within the Town without first obtaining a license therefor, to be issued by the Board of Health upon application by the owner and payment of the prescribed fee and no person shall keep or harbor any animal in said Town except in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. No license shall be issued by the Board of Health for any animal unless the owner thereof shall, at the time of making application for said license, provide acceptable proof to the Board of Health that said animal has been properly vaccinated against rabies infection.

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C. Fees.

(1) The persons applying for the license and registration tag shall pay the annual fee for such license and a sum for the pilot clinic fee in the case of a dog or cat as provided in Chapter 130, Fees, Article III, Fee Schedule. There shall be an additional charge of $1 for the registration tag and/or duplicate tag for each animal. The renewal fee for each license and registration tag shall be the same as for the original license and registration tag, and said licenses, registration tags and renewals thereof shall expire on the last day of January of each year in the case of dogs and the last day of June in each year in the case of cats. There shall be a penalty fee as provided in Chapter 130, Fees, Article III, Fee Schedule, in the event that the applicable license is obtained by the owner in the case of dogs on or after March 1 and in the case of cats on or after July 1.

(a) In addition to the foregoing license fee, there shall be a surcharge for each license for an animal which has not been spayed or neutered at the time of applying for said license.

§ 80-4 Kennels, pet shops; shelters, pounds.

A. License.

(1) 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 Board of Health or other official designated to license dogs in the Town, for a license entitling him to keep or operate such establishment.

(2) Application. 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 Zoning Officer and the Town Board of Health showing compliance with local and state rules and regulations governing location of and sanitation at such establishment.

(3) Contents; expiration, revocation. All licenses issued for a kennel, pet shop, shelter, or pound shall state the purpose for which the establishment is maintained and all such licensees shall expire on January 31 of each year, and be subject to revocation by the Town on recommendation of the State Department of Health or the Town Board of Health for failure to comply with the rules and regulations of the state department or local board governing the same after the owner has been afforded a hearing by either the state department or local board.

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

B. License fee. Annual license fees shall be as provided in Chapter 130, Fees, Article III, Fee Schedule.

C. Dogs not permitted off premises. 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.