Franklin Borough, New Jersey

§ 86-7 Definitions.

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

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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, and shall include any establishment wherein there is carried on the business or practice of boarding, grooming, selling or breeding dogs or where dogs are kept or maintained for any commercial purpose whatever, except pet shops as herein mentioned, or where four or more dogs of licensing age are kept or maintained for any reason in any one place or establishment.

§ 86-8 Approvals required.

A. 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.

B. The application shall describe 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 local Board of Health and the Land Use Board, showing compliance with the local and state rules and regulations governing location of and sanitation.

C. All licenses for a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall state the purpose for which the establishment is maintained. Such license shall expire on the last day of June of each year and shall be subject to revocation by the Borough on recommendation of the State Department of Health or the local Board of Health for failure to comply with the rules and regulations of the State Department of Health or the local Board of Health governing the same, after the owner has been afforded a hearing by either the State Department of Health or the local Board of Health in accordance with the statutes providing for such hearings.

D. Any such person holding such license shall not be required to secure individual licenses for dogs owned by him and kept at such establishments. Licenses referenced in this chapter shall not be transferable to another owner or different premises.