Cedar Grove, New Jersey

§ 91-3 License and registration tag required; tag to be secured to dog.

Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing age in the Township shall, in the month of January in each year, apply for and procure from the Township Health Officer a license and official metal registration tag for each such dog so owned, kept or harbored and shall place upon each such dog a collar or harness with the registration tag securely fastened thereto.

§ 91-7 Fees.

The person applying for the license and registration tag or for an annual renewal thereof shall pay to the Township Health Officer a fee of $12 spayed/neutered, $15 unspayed/unneutered for each dog license. Said license/renewal and registration tag shall expire on January 31 of each year. Persons who fail to obtain a license/renewal required within the time period specified (by March 1) will be subject to a delinquent fee of $10 for each late registration/renewal. There shall be a fee of $1 to replace any misplaced or lost tag within a license period.

Article III Kennels and Pet Shops

§ 91-27 Definitions.

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

KENNEL

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

§ 91-28 License required.

A. No kennel or pet shop shall be located, established or maintained within the Township unless the person who keeps or operates or proposes to establish a kennel or pet shop shall apply to and obtain from the Township Health Officer a license entitling him to keep or operate such establishment as provided by law.^[1]

B. Any person holding a license issued under Subsection A of this section shall not be required to procure individual licenses for dogs owned by said licensee and kept at such establishment.

§ 91-29 Contents and conditions of license.

A. All licenses issued under this article by the Township Health Officer for a kennel or pet shop shall state the purpose for which the establishment is maintained and shall not be transferable to another owner or different premises. Such licenses shall expire on the last day of January of each year.

B. Revocation.

(1) All such licenses may be revoked by the Township Health Officer on recommendation of the State Department of Health or the Township Department of Health for any failure to comply with the rules and regulations of the State Department of Health or of the Township Department of Health governing the same, subject to a right of appeal as provided in Chapter 31, Health Council, Advisory, § 31-7.

(2) In addition, a license issued pursuant to this article may be revoked or suspended by the Township Council when any licensee, who is the owner of the property upon which the licensed business is conducted, has failed to pay the taxes due on the property for at least three consecutive quarters.