The purpose of this article is to establish requirements for
the keeping of farm animals and wild or exotic animals and to establish
licensing procedures therefor.
No person, firm, household, corporation or other entity shall
keep any farm animal or wild or exotic animal within the Township
of Cranford unless such person or entity shall first apply for and
obtain a license from the licensing authority and shall comply with
all regulations contained in this article.
No farm animal or wild or exotic animal shall be kept by any
person or entity unless the land on which such animal is to be kept
shall consist of a minimum of five acres. The governing body of the
Township of Cranford finds and declares that such area is the minimum
needed for the keeping of such animals.
Nothing contained in this article shall be deemed to permit
the keeping of any animal or engaging in any practice prohibited by
Title 4 of the New Jersey Statutes or by any other law, ordinance
or regulation.
Any animal rehabilitator licensed by the New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection shall be exempt from the provisions of
this article.