Burlington Township, New Jersey

§ 122-5 Definitions.

The words hereinafter defined shall have the meanings herein indicated for the purposes of this article, as follows:

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KENNEL

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

§ 122-6 Licensing of privately owned dogs; fees.

A. License required. No person shall keep or harbor any dog of licensing age within the Township of Burlington, in the County of Burlington, without first obtaining a license therefor, to be issued by the Clerk of the Township or any other local official duly authorized to issue such licenses by the Township Council of the Township of Burlington, upon application by the owner and payment of the prescribed fee, and no person shall keep or harbor any dog in said Township except in compliance with the provisions of this article.

B. Licensing procedure.

(3) Fees; annual sum; exemption.

(a) Any person applying for a license and registration of any dog within the Township of Burlington shall pay a fee of $12 for neutered/spayed dogs and $15 for nonneutered/nonspayed dogs and, for each annual renewal of the license and registration tag, the fee shall be the same as for the original license and registration tag, and said license and registration tag, and the renewal thereof, shall expire on the last day of January of each year.

§ 122-7 Licensing and regulating kennels, pet shops, shelters and pounds.

A. Licensing procedure.

(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 Clerk of the Township or other local official designated to license dogs in the municipality for a license entitling him to keep or operate such establishment.

(2) Application requirements. 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 Burlington County Health Department, showing compliance with the local and state rules and regulations governing location of and sanitation at such establishments.

(3) License information; 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 licenses shall expire on the last day of January of each year and be subject to revocation by the Township Council on recommendations of the State Department of Health and Senior Services or the Burlington County Health Department for failure to comply with the rules and regulations of the State Department or the Burlington County Health Department governing the same after the owner has been afforded a hearing by either the State Department or the Burlington County Health Department.^[2]

(4) Other license; transferability. 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 licenses shall not be transferable to another owner or different premises.

B. License fees. The annual fee for a kennel providing accommodations for 10 or less dogs shall be $10, and for more than 10 dogs, $25. The annual license fee for a pet shop shall be $10. No fee shall be charged for a shelter or pound.

C. Forwarding list to the state. The Clerk of the Township or other local official designated to license dogs in the municipality shall forward to the State Department of Health and Senior Services a list of all kennels, pet shops, shelters and pounds licensed within 30 days after the licenses therefor are issued, which list shall include the names and addresses of the licensees and kinds of licenses issued.

D. Regulation; leash required. 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.