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Township of Saddle Brook, NJ
Bergen County
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[Added 3-10-1939]
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Editor's Note: For provisions prohibiting the keeping of certain wild animals in the Township, see Ch. 58, Animals, Art. II.
A. 
For the purposes of this article, the following definitions are hereby adopted:
GAME ANIMALS
Includes rabbits, mink, foxes and all other animals of any kind or description, whether kept for purposes of domestication or otherwise.
POULTRY
Includes chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons, pheasants, all birds or poultry of any kind and description.
B. 
Whenever the word "poultry" or "game animals" is used in this article, it shall be construed to be used in the plural and not in the singular.
It shall be unlawful to keep poultry or game animals within the limits of the Township of Saddle Brook without first obtaining a license from the Division of Health for that purpose.
No license shall be issued for the keeping of poultry or game animals in any place so that the same shall be a nuisance to persons residing in the vicinity of the place where such poultry or game animals are to be kept.
[Amended 12-30-1981 by Ord. No. 849]
The fee for any such license shall be $3, and such license shall be issued for poultry separately and game animals separately. Any license issued under this article shall expire on the 31st day of December following the date of issuance of the same.
Such license shall be issued by the Secretary of the Division of Health and shall specify the place where such poultry or game animals shall be kept and the maximum number of any class or classes of poultry or game animals that shall be kept or intended to be kept thereon.
Every application for such a license shall give the name of the applicant, a description and dimensions of the lands whereon the poultry or game animals are to be kept and such other information as may be deemed necessary by the Division of Health and shall be accompanied by the license fee herein specified.
No poultry shall be allowed to run at large but shall be confined in a suitable poultry house with an enclosed runway, and such coop and runway shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition and subject at all times to inspection by the Division of Health or its agents.
No game animals shall be allowed to run at large but shall be confined on the premises in conformity with regulations promulgated or to be promulgated from time to time by the Division of Health.
No structure or any part thereof for the housing or keeping of poultry or game animals nor the runway attached to any poultry house shall be less than 20 feet from any dwelling house.
The Division of Health of the Township of Saddle Brook may revoke any license in case such Division shall determine that the keeping of poultry or game animals at such place has become a nuisance to persons residing in the vicinity of the place where the same are kept, or whenever the licensee shall violate any of the rules or regulations promulgated or to be promulgated by the Division of Health for the keeping of chickens, ducks, poultry or other livestock. No such license may be revoked until after hearing given by the Division of Health to the licensee upon five days' notice in writing.