Hampton Township, New Jersey

§ 35-1 Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the following terms 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 described, or where four or more dogs of licensing age are kept or maintained for any reason in any one place or establishment.

§ 35-2 License required.

A. Any person residing in the Township who shall own, keep or harbor therein a dog which has attained the age of seven months or which possesses a set of permanent teeth shall annually in the month of January apply for and procure from the Township Clerk a license and official metal registration tag for each such dog and shall place upon such dog a collar or harness with the registration tag securely fastened thereto; provided, that in the event such a dog shall be newly acquired, or in the event that after acquisition a dog shall attain the age of seven months or develop a set of permanent teeth, the initial application for license and registration tag shall be made within 10 days after such acquisition, age attainment or development of teeth, as the case may be.

§ 35-3 Fees; forms.

A. The persons applying for a dog license and registration tag shall pay a fee of $9.80 for the license and the sum of $1 for a one-year registration tag for each dog other than a potentially dangerous dog; and for each annual renewal, the fee for the license and for the registration tag shall be the same as for the original license and tag; and the licenses, registration tags and renewals thereof shall expire on January 31 in each year. The annual fee for a potentially dangerous dog and each renewal shall be $700, if application shall not be made within the time limited by § 35-2 or by law.

B. In addition to the license fee referred to in Subsection A above, an additional fee of $3 shall be paid by a person applying for the license with respect to any dog of reproductive age which has not had its reproductive capacity permanently altered through sterilization. Any person claiming to be exempt from such fee shall provide a copy of a veterinarian’s certification of neutering.

§ 35-14 Kennels, pet shops, shelters and pounds.

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 Township Clerk for a license entitling him to keep or operate such establishment.

B. 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 local Board of Health and the Planning Board, showing compliance with the local and state rules and regulations governing location of and sanitation at such establishments.

C. All licenses issued 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 January of each year and shall be subject to revocation by the Township 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. Such license shall not be transferable to another owner or different premises.

E. One female dog for breeding purposes may be kept by not more than one person for each family household without obtaining a kennel license for not more than one litter per year, and further provided that the pups from such breeding shall be sold or disposed of after seven months of age, unless kept as licensed dogs, and that the female dog kept for breeding purposes must be registered as a breed bitch each year when the license for the dog is obtained.

F. The annual license fee for a kennel providing accommodations for 10 dogs or fewer 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.

G. 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.