Neptune Township, New Jersey

§ 5-1.1 Definitions.

KENNEL

Shall mean any establishment wherein or whereon the business of boarding or selling dogs or breeding dogs for sale is carried on, except a pet shop.

§ 5-1.2 License Required.

No person shall keep or harbor any dog within the Township without first obtaining a license issued by the Township Clerk upon application by the owner and payment of the prescribed fee. No person shall keep or harbor any dog in the Township except in compliance with the provisions of this section.

§ 5-1.4 Fees. 

a. License and Registration; Fee and Renewal. The persons applying for the dog license and registration tag for dogs shall pay a fee of fifteen dollars and eighty ($15.80) cents for each dog licensed and also a fee of one ($1.00) dollar for the State registration fee of each dog; the fee for the annual renewal of the license and for the registration tag shall be the same amount paid for the original license and tag; and renewal dog licenses and registration tags shall expire on June 30th in the year stated on the license.

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d. Spay-Neuter Clinic Surcharge. In addition to the present fee for the registration tag for each dog a surcharge of twenty ($.20) cents on every dog license sold is hereby fixed.

e. Nonspayed and Nonneutered Dogs; Surcharge. In addition to all other license fees there is hereby fixed a three ($3.00) dollar surcharge on all licenses issued for nonspayed and nonneutered dogs.

§ 5-1.8 Licensing and Regulations for Pet Shops, Kennels, 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 Township Clerk for a license entitling him/her to keep or operate such establishment.

b. Application Information; Expiration. 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 Township, showing compliance with the local and State rules and regulations governing location of and sanitation at such establishments. Such 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 June 30 of each year, and be subject to revocation by the Township Committee on recommendations of the State Department of Health or the Township Board of Health for failure to comply with the rules and regulations of the State Department or the Board of Health governing the same after the owner has been afforded a hearing by either the State Department or the Township Board of Health.

c. Licenses Not Transferable; Individual Dog Licenses Not Required. Any person holding such license shall not be required to secure individual licenses for dogs owned by the licensee and kept at such establishments; such licenses shall not be transferable to another owner or different premises.

d. License Fee. The annual license fee for a pet shop shall be ten ($10.00) dollars. No fee shall be charged for a shelter or pound.

e. Control of Dogs. No dog kept in a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall be permitted off the premises, except on leash or in a crate or other safe control.