Hopatcong, New Jersey

§ 66-7 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 whatsoever, 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.

§ 66-8 Approvals required.

A. Any person who keeps or operates or proposes to establish a kennel, a pet shop, grooming business, 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 proof of zoning approval and the Health Department showing compliance with the local and state rules and regulations governing location 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 January 31 each year and shall be subject to revocation by the Borough on recommendation of the State or County Department of Health for failure to comply with the rules and regulations of the State Department of Health or the local Borough governing the same, after the owner has been afforded a hearing by either the State or County Department of Health in accordance with the statutes and regulations providing for such hearings.

D. The Borough Clerk shall forward to the State Department of Health 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 name and address of the licensee and the kind of license issued.

E. 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.

F. 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 adopted 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.

G. The fees for kennels and pet shops shall be paid at the time of the application. The fee for said license(s) shall be charged in accordance with the fee schedule established in Chapter 108, Fees; Filming.

H. No domestic animal 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 and humane control device.