As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
KENNEL
Any establishment wherein or whereon the business of boarding or selling dogs or breeding dogs for sale is carried on, except a pet shop.
PET SHOP
Any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition pen, not part of a kennel, wherein dogs for sale are kept or displayed.
POUND
An establishment for the confinement of dogs seized either under the provisions of this Part 1 or any other law.
SHELTER
Any establishment where dogs are received, housed and distributed without charge.
No licensing provision of this article shall be construed to apply to any establishment wherein or whereon dogs are received or kept for diagnostic, medical, surgical or other treatments, owned by and operated under the immediate supervision of a graduate veterinarian licensed in the State of New Jersey.
A. 
No kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall be located, established or maintained in the Borough unless the person who keeps or operates or proposes to establish a kennel, a pet shop, a shelter or a pound shall apply to and obtain from the Borough Clerk a license entitling him to keep or operate such establishment.
B. 
Any person holding a license issued under Subsection A of this section shall not be required to procure individual licenses for dogs owned by said licensee and kept at such establishment.
The application for a license under this article shall describe the premises where the establishment is located or is proposed to be located and the purpose or purposes for which it is to be maintained and shall be accompanied by the written approval of the Health Officer of the Board of Health of the Borough showing compliance with the local and state rules and regulations governing location of and sanitation at such establishment.
A. 
All licenses issued under this article for a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall state the purpose for which the establishment is maintained and shall not be transferable to another owner or different premises. Such licenses shall expire on the last day of January of each year.
B. 
All such licenses shall be subject to revocation by the Mayor and Council on recommendation of the State Department of Health or the Borough Board of Health for any failure to comply with the rules and regulations of the State Department of Health or the Board of Health of the Borough governing the same after the owner has been afforded a hearing by either the State Department or the Board of Health of the Borough.
A. 
The annual license fee for a kennel providing accommodations for 10 or fewer dogs or cats shall be $10 and for more than 10 dogs or cats, $25.
[Amended 5-13-2008 by Ord. No. 08-17]
B. 
The annual license fee for a pet shop shall be $10.
[Amended 4-7-2015 by Ord. No. 15-08 to increase license fee to $25. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.9, the license fee remains at $10.]
C. 
No license fee shall be charged for a shelter or pound.
The Borough Clerk shall forward to the State Department of Health a list of all kennels, pet shops, shelters or pounds licensed by the Borough 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.
Any person to whom a license is issued under this article shall cause the same to be exhibited in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises. The license shall apply only to the person and to the particular place to whom and for which the same is granted and shall not be transferable.
The Mayor and Council, its agents, servants and other representatives and the Board of Health or its representatives shall at all times have the right of reasonable inspection over the premises licensed as herein provided, and in case the licensee, his agents or servants at any time refuse admission to said Mayor and Council, its agents, servants or representatives and the Board of Health or its representatives to said premises for the purpose of making an inspection thereof, said Mayor and Council may revoke such license, whereupon the right of the person so licensed to conduct and operate such kennel or pound shall immediately cease and terminate.
Upon investigation by the Mayor and Council, its agents, servants or representatives as herein provided, said Mayor and Council may, if in its judgment the public welfare so requires, order and direct such licensee to alter said premises to conform to such reasonable regulations as said Mayor and Council may prescribe, and upon the refusal of such licensee to comply with such regulations, such license may be revoked and the right of such licensee to conduct such kennel or pound shall thereupon cease and terminate.
[Amended 6-17-1971 by Ord. No. 670]
No new kennel license shall be granted or issued until such time as the number of kennel licenses issued and outstanding at any one time shall not exceed three. In the event that the number of kennel licenses issued and outstanding at any one time shall be fewer than three, only such number of additional kennel licenses may be issued as will cause the total number of kennel licenses issued and outstanding at any one time to equal three or fewer.
[Amended 6-17-1991 by Ord. No. 670]
A. 
No new kennel license shall be issued for any kennel on premises at which dogs are to be kept, harbored, maintained, exhibited or displayed, which premises are less than 400 feet from any residential district; provided, however, that the provisions of this subsection shall not prevent the issuance of renewals of kennel licenses to persons holding such licenses on the effective date of this Part 1.
B. 
No kennel license shall be issued or renewed by the Mayor and Council unless the premises wherein the dog or dogs are to be kept, harbored, maintained, exhibited or displayed comply with all the requirements of the rules and regulations of the State Board of Health and unless, in the judgment of the Mayor and Council and of the Paramus Board of Health, said premises are so located and constructed that dogs can be kept, raised or maintained in a sanitary manner without creating a nuisance and without disturbing the public peace and welfare.