Deptford, New Jersey

§ 8-1 DEFINITIONS.

As used in this chapter:

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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.

§ 8-2.1 License required.

No person shall keep, harbor or possess any dog within the Township, without first obtaining a license therefor, to be issued by the Township Clerk and/or the enforcing official of the Township Board of Health, upon application by the owner and payment of the prescribed fee. No person shall keep, harbor or possess any dog in the Township except in compliance with the provisions of this section.

§ 8-2.3 Fees; exception.

A. The annual license fee for each dog within the Township is as follows:

(1) Sexually altered dog: $7;

(2) Unaltered dog: $10;

§ 8-3 KENNELS, PET SHOPS, SHELTERS AND POUNDS.

§ 8-3.1 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 Township Clerk for a license to entitle him to keep or operate such establishment.

§ 8-3.2 Application for license.

The application shall describe the premises where the establishment is located or is proposed to be located and the purpose or purposes for which it is to be maintained and shall be accompanied by the written approval of the enforcing official of the Board of Health or the Township Board of Health, showing compliance with the local and State rules and regulations governing the location of and sanitation at such establishments, and shall be accompanied in writing the approval of the adjoining property owners within 200 feet of a proposed establishment.

§ 8-3.3 Purpose; expiration; revocation of license.

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 or the Township Board of Health for failure to comply with the rules and regulations of the State Department or the Township Board of Health governing the same after the owner has been afforded a hearing by either the State Department or the Township Board of Health.

§ 8-3.5 License fees.

The annual license fee for 10 or less dogs shall be $50 and the license fee for more than 10 dogs shall be $100 and the annual license fee for a pet shop shall be $50. No fee shall be charged for a shelter or pound.