Township of Brick, NJ
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2023-09-12
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 98 Animals
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Article XII Retail Sale of Dogs and Cats
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Administrative Code
- Ch 10 Court, Municipal
- Ch 16 Ethics Information Committee
- Ch 18 Fire Department
- Ch 25 Historic Preservation Commission
- Ch 30 Housing Authority
- Ch 37 Municipal Alliance Committee
- Ch 42 Mutual Aid Agreements
- Ch 48 Officers and Employees
- Ch 53 Open Space Trust Fund
- Ch 60 Recreation Advisory Committee
- Ch 62 Retirement
- Ch 64 Shade Tree Commission
- Ch 70 Utilities Authority
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 75 Abandoned Property
- Ch 80 Alarm Systems
- Ch 86 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 92 Amusements
- Ch 98 Animals
- Ch 98 Art XII Retail Sale of Dogs and Cats
- § 98-69 Definitions.
- § 98-70 Prohibited acts; exceptions.
- § 98-71 Violations and penalties.
- Ch 104 Assemblies, Mass Public
- Ch 110 Beaches and Waterfront Areas
- Ch 116 Boats and Boating
- Ch 122 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 128 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 134 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 142 Clothing Bins
- Ch 145 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 148 Criminal History Background Checks
- Ch 150 Curfew
- Ch 156 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 162 Dune Preservation
- Ch 166 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
- Ch 168 Engineering Permits and Standards
- Ch 175 Fees
- Ch 181 Firearms
- Ch 186 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 191 Fire Prevention
- Ch 196 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 201 Food Establishments and Vending Machines
- Ch 206 Games of Chance
- Ch 211 Garage, Flea Market and Other Sales
- Ch 214 Graffiti
- Ch 216 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 219 Helmets
- Ch 223 Hotel and Motel Room Occupancy Tax
- Ch 225 Housing Standards
- Ch 231 Hydrants
- Ch 233 Invasive Plants
- Ch 237 Junkyards
- Ch 238 Landlord Rental Responsibility
- Ch 239 Short-Term Rentals
- Ch 245 Land Use
- Ch 250 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 256 Laser Lighting Devices
- Ch 257 Light Trespass in Residential Areas
- Ch 263 Licensing
- Ch 267 Littering
- Ch 271 Loitering
- Ch 276 Massage Establishments
- Ch 277 Mercantile Licenses
- Ch 279 Mobile Homes
- Ch 281 Noise
- Ch 286 Project Labor Agreement
- Ch 288 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 293 Nuisances
- Ch 299 Obscene Materials
- Ch 306 Parking
- Ch 312 Parking Lot Lighting
- Ch 318 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 324 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 329 Registration of Foreclosure Mortgages and Vacant Property
- Ch 331 Property Maintenance
- Ch 338 Records, Public Access to
- Ch 340 (Reserved)
- Ch 345 Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 352 Sewers
- Ch 357 Sex Offender Residency
- Ch 362 Sexually Oriented Businesses
- Ch 368 Shopping Carts
- Ch 375 Smoking and Tobacco Products
- Ch 383 Soil Removal and Filling
- Ch 390 Solid Waste
- Ch 393 Special Events
- Ch 396 Stormwater Management
- Ch 404 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 412 Tattooing and Body Piercing
- Ch 421 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 437 Towers and Wreckers
- Ch 445 Trailers and Storage Containers
- Ch 453 Trees
- Ch 460 Vehicles, Operation of
- Ch 466 Vehicles, Sales and Storage of
- Ch 471 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Ch 479 Water Connections
- Ch 486 Water Emergencies
- Ch 494 Waterways
- Appendix
- Ch A500 Cable Television Franchise
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 7-10-2012 by Ord. No. 16-12]
For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall
be applicable:
Any establishment wherein or whereon the business of boarding
or selling dogs or breeding dogs for sale is carried on.
A person who owns and/or operates a kennel.[1]
A retail establishment open to the public and engaging in
the business of selling cats or dogs, or both, at retail. Any person
who sells, exchanges, or otherwise transfers only animals that were
bred and reared on the premises owned by the person shall be considered
a breeder and not a pet store.
A person who owns and/or operates a pet store.
[1]
Editor’s Note: The former definition of “legally
existing nonconforming use,” which immediately followed this
definition, was repealed 4-25-2014 by Ord. No. 6-17.
[Amended 4-25-2014 by Ord. No. 6-17]
No pet store, pet store operator, kennel or kennel operator
shall sell, offer for sale, barter, auction, breed or otherwise improperly
dispose of cats or dogs, or both, in the Township of Brick. Nothing
contained herein shall prohibit a shelter, pound or other establishment
from keeping, displaying, selling or otherwise transferring any cat
or dog, or both, that has been seized, rescued or donated.
A.
Any person who violates, or fails or refuses to comply with, any
one or more provisions of this article shall be subject to a fine
of not more than $2,000 for each separate offense, or confinement
in the Ocean County Jail for a period of not more than 90 days, or
community service for a period of not more than 90 days, or any combination
of fine, imprisonment and/or community service, as determined at the
discretion of the Municipal Court Judge. The continuation of such
violation for each successive day shall constitute a separate offense,
and the person or persons allowing or permitting the continuation
of the violation may be subject to penalties as provided herein for
each separate offense.
B.
The violation of any one or more provisions of this article shall
be subject to abatement summarily by a restraining order or by an
injunction issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.
