As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any place or vehicle where animals are groomed, clipped,
bathed or otherwise conditioned as pets and/or for show in exchange
for a fee.
Any establishment wherein or whereon the business of boarding
or selling dogs or breeding dogs for sale is carried on, except a
pet shop, and shall include any establishment wherein there is carried
on the business or practice of boarding, grooming, selling or breeding
dogs or where dogs are kept or maintained for any commercial purpose
whatsoever, except pet shops as herein mentioned, or where four or
more dogs of licensing age are kept or maintained for any reason in
any one place or establishment.
When applied to the proprietorship of an animal, includes
any person, persons, partnership or corporation harboring, keeping,
owning or having any right of property in an animal or animals within
the Borough of Hopatcong.
Any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition pen, not part
of a kennel, wherein domestic animals for sale are kept on display.
Any establishment for the confinement of domestic animals
seized under the provisions of this chapter or otherwise.
Any establishment where domestic animals are received, housed
and distributed with or without charge.
A.
Any person who keeps or operates or proposes to establish a kennel,
a pet shop, grooming business, a shelter or a pound shall apply to
the Borough Clerk for a license entitling him to keep or operate such
establishment.
B.
The application shall describe where the establishment is located
or is proposed to be located, the purpose or purposes for which it
is to be maintained and shall be accompanied by proof of zoning approval
and the Health Department showing compliance with the local and state
rules and regulations governing location and sanitation.
C.
All licenses for a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall state
the purpose for which the establishment is maintained. Such license
shall expire on January 31 each year and shall be subject to revocation
by the Borough on recommendation of the State or County Department
of Health for failure to comply with the rules and regulations of
the State Department of Health or the local Borough governing the
same, after the owner has been afforded a hearing by either the State
or County Department of Health in accordance with the statutes and
regulations providing for such hearings.
D.
The Borough Clerk 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.
E.
Any such person holding such license shall not be required to secure
individual licenses for dogs owned by him and kept at such establishments.
Licenses referenced in this chapter shall not be transferable to another
owner or different premises.
F.
One female dog for breeding purposes may be kept by not more than
one person for each family household without obtaining a kennel license
for not more than one litter per year, and further provided that the
pups from such breeding shall be sold or adopted after seven months
of age, unless kept as licensed dogs, and that the female dog kept
for breeding purposes must be registered as a breed bitch each year
when the license for the dog is obtained.
G.
The fees for kennels and pet shops shall be paid at the time of the application. The fee for said license(s) shall be charged in accordance with the fee schedule established in Chapter 108, Fees; Filming.
H.
No domestic animal kept in a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall
be permitted off such premises except on leash or in a crate or other
safe and humane control device.
