South Toms River, New Jersey

§ 5-1 DEFINITIONS.

As used in this article:

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COMMERCIAL KENNEL

Shall include and mean any establishment for the raising, training, boarding or selling of dogs, cats, birds, rodents or other small animals, fish and fowl, for hire or profit, or where more than five dogs or cats over the age of six months are harbored or kept.

§ 5-2.1 Required.

Any resident who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing age shall, in the month of January of each year, apply for and procure from the Borough Clerk or other official designated by the Borough Council to license dogs in the Borough, a license and official registration tag for each dog owned, kept or harbored and shall place upon each dog a collar or harness with the registration tag fastened thereon.

§ 5-2.2 Fee.

a. Dog License Fee. The fee set by the Borough shall not be in excess of the maximum established by State law. The registration fee for spayed and/or neutered shall be $13.80 and an additional $1.20 to be forwarded to the State Department of Health for a total of $15.00. Additional fees required by the State are: N.J. Clinic fund, $0.20 and N.J. Nonspayed/neutered fee, $3. The total for non-spayed and/or nonneutered dog license shall be $20.00. […]

§ 5-5 COMMERCIAL KENNELS PROHIBITED.

§ 5-5.1 Commercial Kennels.

No commercial kennels shall be permitted within the boundaries of the Borough of South Toms River.

§ 5-5.2 Violations; Penalty.

All violators of this section shall be subject to a penalty of $100 for each violation or 30 days community service, or both. Each and every day in which a violation of this section exists shall constitute a separate violation subject to penalty.