Paramus, New Jersey

§ 169-3 License and registration tag required.

Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing age in the Borough shall, not later than June 30 in each year, apply for and procure from the Borough Clerk a license and official metal registration tag for each such dog so owned, kept or harbored and shall place upon each such dog a collar or harness with the registration tag securely fastened thereto.

§ 169-8 Fees; expiration of licenses and tags; fee exceptions.

A. The person applying for the license and registration tag shall pay a fee of $15 for each unneutered dog per year or $40 for a three-year license, and $12 for each neutered dog per year or $30 for a three-year license. For each annual renewal, the fee for the license and the registration tag shall be the same. Said licenses, registration tags and renewals thereof shall expire on the first day of January in each year.

Article II Kennels, Pet Shops, Shelters and Pounds

§ 169-23 Definitions.

As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

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.

§ 169-25 License required; dog licenses.

A. No kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall be located, established or maintained in the Borough unless the person who keeps or operates or proposes to establish a kennel, a pet shop, a shelter or a pound shall apply to and obtain from the Borough Clerk a license entitling him to keep or operate such establishment.

B. Any person holding a license issued under Subsection A of this section shall not be required to procure individual licenses for dogs owned by said licensee and kept at such establishment.

§ 169-26 Contents of application.

The application for a license under this article 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 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 establishment.

§ 169-27 Contents of license; expiration; revocation.

A. All licenses issued under this article for a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall state the purpose for which the establishment is maintained and shall not be transferable to another owner or different premises. Such licenses shall expire on the last day of January of each year.

B. All such licenses shall be subject to revocation by the Mayor and Council on recommendation of the State Department of Health or the Borough Board of Health for any failure to comply with the rules and regulations of the State Department of Health 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.

§ 169-28 License fees.

A. The annual license fee for a kennel providing accommodations for 10 or fewer dogs or cats shall be $10 and for more than 10 dogs or cats, $25.

§ 169-29 Dogs running at large unlawful.

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

§ 169-30 Information forwarded to State Department of Health.

The Borough Clerk shall forward to the State Department of Health a list of all kennels, pet shops, shelters or pounds licensed by the Borough 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.

§ 169-31 Posting of license; applicability; license nontransferable.

Any person to whom a license is issued under this article shall cause the same to be exhibited in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises. The license shall apply only to the person and to the particular place to whom and for which the same is granted and shall not be transferable.

§ 169-32 Right of entry.

The Mayor and Council, its agents, servants and other representatives and the Board of Health or its representatives shall at all times have the right of reasonable inspection over the premises licensed as herein provided, and in case the licensee, his agents or servants at any time refuse admission to said Mayor and Council, its agents, servants or representatives and the Board of Health or its representatives to said premises for the purpose of making an inspection thereof, said Mayor and Council may revoke such license, whereupon the right of the person so licensed to conduct and operate such kennel or pound shall immediately cease and terminate.

§ 169-33 Compliance with orders; revocation of license.

Upon investigation by the Mayor and Council, its agents, servants or representatives as herein provided, said Mayor and Council may, if in its judgment the public welfare so requires, order and direct such licensee to alter said premises to conform to such reasonable regulations as said Mayor and Council may prescribe, and upon the refusal of such licensee to comply with such regulations, such license may be revoked and the right of such licensee to conduct such kennel or pound shall thereupon cease and terminate.

§ 169-34 Number of kennel licenses limited.

No new kennel license shall be granted or issued until such time as the number of kennel licenses issued and outstanding at any one time shall not exceed three. In the event that the number of kennel licenses issued and outstanding at any one time shall be fewer than three, only such number of additional kennel licenses may be issued as will cause the total number of kennel licenses issued and outstanding at any one time to equal three or fewer.

§ 169-35 Kennel location and sanitary requirements.

A. No new kennel license shall be issued for any kennel on premises at which dogs are to be kept, harbored, maintained, exhibited or displayed, which premises are less than 400 feet from any residential district; provided, however, that the provisions of this subsection shall not prevent the issuance of renewals of kennel licenses to persons holding such licenses on the effective date of this Part 1.

B. No kennel license shall be issued or renewed by the Mayor and Council unless the premises wherein the dog or dogs are to be kept, harbored, maintained, exhibited or displayed comply with all the requirements of the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health and unless, in the judgment of the Mayor and Council and of the Paramus Board of Health, said premises are so located and constructed that dogs can be kept, raised or maintained in a sanitary manner without creating a nuisance and without disturbing the public peace and welfare.

§ 169-39 License and registration tag required.

Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a cat of licensing age shall annually apply for and procure from the Clerk of the municipality, or other official designated by the governing body thereof to license cats in the municipality in which he/she resides, 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 numbers shall include, but are not limited to, breakaway or elastic collars. License tags or sleeves are not transferable. Said license tags will expire on June 30 of each year.

§ 169-45 License fees; disposition of funds; late charge.

A. A license shall be issued after a payment of a fee of $15 for each unneutered cat per year or $40 for a three-year license, and $12 for each neutered cat per year or $30 for a three-year license. Persons who fail to obtain a license as required within the time period specified in this section will be subject other moneys collected or received under the provisions of this Part 2 shall be forwarded to the Chief Financial Officer of the municipality and shall be placed in a special account separate from any of the other accounts of the municipality and shall be used for the following purposes only: collecting, keeping and disposing of cats liable to seizure, for local prevention and control of rabies, providing anti-rabies treatment under the direction of the Local Board of Health for any person known or suspected to have been exposed to rabies and for administering the provisions of this Part 2. Any unexpected balance remaining in such special account shall be retained until the end of the third fiscal year following and may be used for any of the purposes set forth in this section. At the end of said third fiscal year following and at the end of each fiscal year thereafter, there shall be transferred from such special account to the general funds of the municipality any amount then in such account which is in excess of the total amount paid into the special account during the last two fiscal years next preceding.