Monmouth Beach, New Jersey

5-1 DEFINITIONS.

The words hereinafter defined shall have the meaning herein indicated for the purposes of this chapter as follows.

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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.

5-2.1 License required; annual fee.

Each and every dog shall be duly licensed and shall bear evidence of such license at all times, in accordance with the law of the State of New Jersey. The annual fee for such license shall be $11 for each spayed/neutered dog plus $1 for the registration tag and $14 for each nonspayed/nonneutered dog plus $1 for the registration tag. The licenses, registration tags and renewals thereof shall expire on the last day of January in each year.

5-5 KENNELS, PET SHOPS, SHELTERS AND POUNDS.

a. 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 Clerk of the Borough 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, the purpose or purposes for which it is to be maintained and shall be accompanied by the written approval of the Health Officer of the Board of Health of the Borough, showing compliance with the local and State rules and regulations governing location of and sanitation at such establishments.

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

Any person holding such license shall not be required to secure individual licenses for dogs owned by such licensee and kept at such establishments; such licenses shall not be transferable to another owner or different premises.

c. Fees. The annual license fee for a kennel providing accommodations for 10 or less dogs 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.

d. 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.

e. The Clerk of the Borough 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.

5-10.3 Licensing requirements.

a. Cats must have license number displayed. Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a cat of licensing age shall annually apply for and procure from the Borough Clerk, a license and official registration tag with license number, or a registration sleeve for each cat so owned, kept, or harbored, and shall place upon such cat a collar, or other device with the license number securely fastened or displayed thereto. Acceptable methods of displaying license number shall include, but are not limited to, break-away or elastic collars. License tags or sleeves are not transferable.

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g. Fees. A license shall be issued after payment of a fee of $15 for each nonneutered/nonspayed cat and $12 for each neutered/spayed cat.