[1978 Code § 5-1.1; Ord. No. 800]
As used in this article:
Shall mean any establishment wherein or whereon the business
of boarding or selling dogs or breeding dogs for sale is carried on,
except a pet shop.
Shall mean any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition
pen, not part of a kennel, wherein dogs for sale are kept or displayed.
Shall mean an establishment for the confinement of dogs seized
either under the provisions of this section or otherwise.
Shall mean any establishment where dogs are received, housed
and distributed without charge.
[1978 Code § 5-2.1; Ord. No. 800]
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 Health Department
for a license entitling him to keep or operate such establishment.
All licenses issued for such establishments shall state the purpose
for which the establishment is maintained, shall expire annually on
January 31 and shall not be transferable to another owner or different
premises.
b.
Any person holding such license shall not be required to secure individual
licenses for dogs owned by such licensee and kept at such establishments.
[1978 Code § 5-2.2; Ord. No. 800]
The application shall describe the premises where the establishment
for a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound is located or is proposed
to be located, the purpose for which it is to be maintained, and shall
be accompanied by the written approval of the Township Health Department
showing compliance with the local and State rules and regulations
governing the location of and sanitation at such establishments.
[1978 Code § 5-2.3; Ord. No. 800; Ord. No. 950 § 5-2.3]
All licenses issued for a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound
shall be subject to revocation by the manager on recommendation of
the State Department of Health or the Township Department of Health
for failure to comply with the applicable provisions of this section,
or the rules and regulations of the State Department of Health, or
of the Township Department of Health governing the same, after the
licensee has been afforded a hearing by either the State Department
of Health or the Township Manager as provided in subsection 2-5.13.
[1978 Code § 5-2.4; § 8-5; Ord. No. 591; Ord. No. 618; Ord. No. 638; Ord. No. 795; Ord. No.
800; Ord. No. 845 § 1; Ord. No. 950 A
VI]
[1978 Code § 5-2.5; Ord. No. 800]
No dog kept in a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall be
permitted off such premises, except on leash or in a crate, or under
other safe control.
[1978 Code § 5-2.6; Ord. No. 800]
The Health Department shall forward to the State Department
of Health a list of all kennels, pet shops, shelters and pounds licensed,
within 30 days after the licenses therefor are issued, which list
shall include the name and address of the licensee and the kind of
license issued.
