Upper Freehold, New Jersey

§ 5-1 DEFINITIONS.

As used in this chapter:

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KENNEL

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

§ 5-2.2 License and Registration Tag Required.

Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing age shall annually in January apply for and procure from the Township Clerk or other authorized person, a licensee 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.

§ 5-2.3 License and Registration Tag Fees. 

a. Fees.

1. A person applying for the license and registration tag shall pay a fee of $7.50 for each dog, regardless of sex; and for each annual renewal the fee for the license and registration tag shall be the same as for the original license and tag. The fee of $7.50 shall be applied as $6.30 for the license, $0.20 for the Pilot Clinic fee and $1 registration for dogs which are spayed and neutered.

2. For those dogs not spayed and neutered, there will be an additional fee of $3 or a total fee of $10.50 for the total license for unspayed or unneutered dogs. The license, registration tags and renewals thereof shall expire on the last day of January in each year.

§ 5-6.1 License for Kennel or Pet Shop.

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 Township Clerk, or other authorized person, for a license or permit 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 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, showing compliance with the local and State rules and regulations governing the location of and sanitation at such establishments.

c. 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 June of each year and be subject to revocation by the Township Committee on recommendations of the State Department of Health or the Board of Health for failure to comply with the rules and regulations of the State Department or Board of Health governing the same after the owner has been afforded a hearing by either the State Department or the Board of Health.

d. 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.

e. All kennels (boarding and/or breeding) shall see to it that all dogs six months or older shall be vaccinated for rabies in accordance with State law.

f. All kennels, pet shops, shelters and pounds shall be inspected by a member or employee of the Board of Health.

g. Kennels, pet shops, shelters and pound inspections shall occur starting May 1 through September 1 in connection with any and all upgrading of kennels by the kennel owner(s) prior to the licensing or relicensing of same.

h. The Board of Health shall have the right to impose a reasonable reinspection fee if the licensing fee does not cover the actual expenses.

i. A kennel termed unfit shall be given a five-day period within which to upgrade in accordance with any inspection report received and shall not be permitted to accept any more dogs until the inspection has been completed.

§ 5-6.2 Fees for Kennel and Pet Shop Licenses.

The annual license fee for a kennel providing accommodations for 10 or fewer 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.

§ 5-6.3 Confinement of Dogs Kept in Kennels.

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.