South Bound Brook, New Jersey

§ 5-1.1 Definitions.

As used in this section:

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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 and Registration Tag.

Any person who shall own, keep, maintain or harbor a dog of licensing age shall annually during the month of January, apply for and procure from the Clerk of the Borough, or other official designated by the governing body, a license and official registration tag for each such dog so owned, kept, maintained or harbored, and shall place upon each such dog a collar or harness with the registration tag securely fastened thereto.

§ 5-1.3 Fees, Renewals, Late Fees and Expiration.

a. The person applying for the license and registration tag shall pay a fee of $13 in 2014, $15 in 2015, and $18 in 2016 and thereafter for each dog, which fee is hereby established as the annual license and registration tag fee. In addition thereto, and in accordance with P.L. 1983, Chapter 172, if the dog is nonspayed or nonneutered, an additional fee shall be paid, making the total annual license and registration tag fee for any dog that is nonspayed or nonneutered $15 in 2014, $18 in 2015, and $21 in 2016 and thereafter.

Dogs used as guides for blind persons and commonly known as “Seeing Eye” dogs shall be licensed and registered as other dogs hereinabove provided for, except that the owner or keeper of such dogs shall not be required to pay any fee therefor.

§ 5-1.7 Kennels, Pet Shops, Shelters and Pounds.

a. Any person who keeps or operates or proposes to establish a kennel, a pet shop, a shelter or a pound shall apply to the Borough Clerk for a license entitling him to keep or operate such establishment.

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 of 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 Borough Council on 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 of Health 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.

b. 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.

c. 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.