Middlesex, New Jersey

§ 129-1 License and tag required.

No person, firm or corporation shall own, keep or harbor a dog, male or female, within the Borough of Middlesex, without first having obtained from the Borough Clerk a license therefor, which license shall be granted upon application to such Borough Clerk upon forms to be supplied by said Borough Clerk and shall be effective from the 31st day of January of each year, for the term of one year. A metal tag containing the number of the license issued to the owner of such dog shall be given by the Borough Clerk and shall be attached, by the owner, to a collar with which all dogs shall be furnished and which at all times shall be kept upon such dog.

§ 129-2 Fee.

For the granting of such license, there shall be paid to the Borough Clerk by the applicant a license fee of $8.80, plus state-imposed fees of $1.20, or a total of $10, for each dog for the year in which such license is issued, which license fee shall be nonrefundable. For unspayed/unneutered dogs of reproductive age, an additional state fee of $3 shall be paid for each license. The license fee shall be turned over to the Borough Treasurer by said Borough Clerk and shall by the Treasurer be accounted for in the same manner as other revenues.

§ 129-11 Kennel license; fee.

The fee for obtaining a license, known as a “kennel license,” shall be $10, and such license shall only be issued to a person dealing in, boarding or caring for dogs and shall cover all dogs, not exceeding 10 in number, in his or her custody.

§ 129-15 License required.

A. No person shall own, keep or harbor any cat of licensing age within the Borough without registering and obtaining a license therefor, to be issued by the licensing authority upon application by the owner and payment of the prescribed fee.

§ 129-17 License fees and applicability.

A. A license shall be issued by the licensing authority after application by the owner and payment by the owner of a fee of $13 for each unneutered cat and $10 for each neutered cat. Said license fee shall change automatically and shall be identical to the license fee established for dogs in case of future changes. Persons who fail to obtain a license as required within the time period specified by this article shall be subject to a delinquent fee of $10, effective as of March 1. The aforementioned delinquent fee shall not apply to cats which have been acquired by the owner on or after March 1, for which the license fee shall be the same as required above.

B. Owners of cats who are senior citizens shall pay the following license fees upon proof of their age: nonneutered cats shall be licensed at the prevailing fee for nonneutered dogs, currently $13 each; neutered cats shall be licensed by senior citizens at the fee of $5 per cat.