[Adopted 10-18-73]
No more than three dogs over the age of three
months shall be allowed in each household.
No more than three dogs over the age of three
months shall be kept, harbored, maintained, exhibited or displayed
less than a distance of 25 feet from the adjoining premises nor within
a lesser distance than 25 feet of a public highway, street, thoroughfare
or public building and should be surrounded by a fence no less than
six feet in height. Such enclosures, shelters or coops must be kept
thoroughly clean at all times and open to inspection at all times
by the Board or its agents. Such shelters shall be cleaned at least
once a week and more often if the Board or its agents shall so require.
No person shall keep, harbor or maintain any
dog which habitually barks or cries or which, by frequent barking,
disturbs the peace and quiet of the neighborhood and creates a nuisance
thereby.
[Amended 6-10-2021 by Ord. No. BOH 2021-1]
A.
No rabbits, hares, guinea pigs or similar animals shall be kept or
permitted to be kept in the Borough of Maywood for the purpose of
breeding or selling.
B.
No chicken hens shall be kept or permitted to be kept in the Borough
of Maywood for the purpose of breeding or selling.
C.
No person shall keep, raise, breed or sell any roosters in the Borough
of Maywood.
D.
No person shall keep, raise, breed or sell any sheep or goat in the
Borough of Maywood.
E.
No person shall keep, raise, breed or sell any skunk, mink or fox
in the Borough of Maywood.
[Amended 7-12-2016 by Ord. No. 16-16]
A.
Permit
required. No establishment, shelter or business shall be maintained
for the purpose of selling or raising for sale any animal as pets
or for other uses in the Borough unless a permit for that purpose
has been obtained from the Board of Health, and all animals shall
be kept in a suitable shelter, cages, coops or tanks. Such facilities
must be kept thoroughly clean and open to inspection at all times
by the Board or its agents.
B.
Restrictions
on the sale of animals.
(1)
A pet
shop may offer for sale only those dogs and cats that the pet shop
has obtained from or displays in cooperation with:
(a)
An animal care facility or animal control center or animal shelter,
maintained by or under contract with any state, county, or municipality,
whose mission and practice is, in whole, or significant part, the
rescue and placement of animals in permanent homes or rescue organizations;
or
(b)
An animal rescue organization or other type of not-for-profit organization
which has tax-exempt status under § 501(c)(3) of the United
States Internal Revenue Code, whose mission and practice is, in whole
or in significant part, the rescue and placement of animals in permanent
homes.
(2)
A pet
shop shall not offer for sale a dog or cat that is younger than eight
weeks old.
No person shall engage in the business of slaughtering,
killing or dressing poultry or small animals in the borough.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 333-7, Animal shelters and
hospitals, was repealed 6-10-2021 by Ord. No. BOH 2021-2.
