As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
DOG
Any dog, bitch or spayed bitch.
DOG OF LICENSING AGE
Any dog which has attained the age of seven months or which
possesses a set of permanent teeth.
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.
OWNER
When applied to the proprietorship of a dog, every person
having a right of property in such dog and every person who has such
dog in his keep, and when applied to the proprietorship of any other
animal, including, but not limited to, a cat, shall include every
person having a right of property in that animal and every person
who has that animal in his keeping.
PET SHOP
Any place of business which is not part of a kennel, wherein
animals, including, but not limited to, dogs, cats, birds, fish, reptiles,
rabbits, hamsters or gerbils, are kept or displayed chiefly for the
purpose of sale to individuals for personal appreciation and companionship
rather than for business or research purposes.
POUND
An establishment for the confinement of dogs or other animals
seized either under the provision of this article or otherwise.
SHELTER
Any establishment where dogs are received, housed and distributed
without charge.
[Amended 12-8-1974; 1-26-1981 by Ord. No. 2-81; 12-28-1981 by Ord. No.
16-81]
There shall be paid to the license clerk by
the applicant a license fee of $6 for both male and female dogs and
like license fees for each renewal thereof. There shall be a penalty
fee of $1 charged to any applicant that has not obtained said license
by the date fixed by the Hampton Borough Council.
The Chief of Police of the Borough or the Chairman
of the Police Committee thereof, if the office of Chief of Police
does not exist, or any person appointed for the purpose by the Borough
Council, shall either annually or biennially cause a canvass to be
made of all dogs owned, kept or harbored within the limits of the
Borough and shall report on or before September 1 of each year to
the Clerk or other person designated to license dogs in the Borough
and to the local Board of Health and to the State Department of Health
and Senior Services the result thereof, setting forth in separate
columns the names and addresses of each person owning, keeping or
harboring unlicensed dogs and the number of unlicensed dogs owned,
kept or harbored by each of the persons, together with a complete
description of each of the unlicensed dogs.
No person shall own or harbor any dog within
the Borough of Hampton unless such dog has a valid inoculation against
rabies or the owner can provide a written certification from a duly
licensed veterinarian that the dog is incapable of being inoculated
because of an infirmity, other physical condition, or regimen of therapy.
No provision of this article shall be construed
to apply to any establishment wherein or whereon dogs are received
or kept for diagnostic, medical, surgical or other treatments, owned
by and operated under the immediate supervision of a graduate veterinarian
licensed in the State of New Jersey.