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Editor's Note: For similar provisions, see Ch. 208, Animals, Art. I, Dog and Exotic Animal Regulations.
A. 
Words defined. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
DOG
Any dog, bitch or spayed bitch.
DOG OF LICENSING AGE
Any dog which has attained an age of seven months or which possesses a set of permanent teeth.
HYBRID ANIMAL
The offspring of a domestic animal and an animal of wildlife species.
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.
OWNER
When applied to the proprietorship of a dog, includes every person having a right of property in such dog and every person who has such a dog in his keeping.
PERSON
An individual, firm, partnership, corporation or association of persons.
PET SHOP
Any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition pen not part of a kennel wherein dogs and other animals or pets are kept for sale or displayed.
POUND
An establishment for the confinement of dogs seized either under the provisions of this article or otherwise.
SHELTER
Any establishment where dogs are received, housed and distributed.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Union in the County of Union.
B. 
Word usage.
(1) 
The words "and" and "or" may be used interchangeably, and either of the two may be applicable, whichever is more conducive towards the effecting of this article.
(2) 
Personal pronouns shall mean either the singular or the plural, whichever is applicable and conducive towards the effectuating of this article. The masculine, feminine or the neuter gender shall be implied, whichever is appropriate and conducive for the effectuating of this article.
A. 
No person shall keep or harbor any dog within the Township of Union in the County of Union without first obtaining a license therefore to be issued by the Clerk of the Township, upon application by the owner and payment of the prescribed fee; and no person shall keep or harbor any dog in said Township, except in compliance with the provisions of this article.
B. 
No person shall keep, harbor or maintain any wild or exotic animals as pets. The definition of such wild or exotic animals shall be that found in N.J.A.C. 7:25-4.13.
C. 
Hybrid animals, such as wolf dogs and other offspring of other domestic animals crossbred with wildlife species, shall be prohibited within the Township of Union.
A. 
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog of licensing age shall, in the month of January of each year, apply for and procure from the Clerk of the Township a license and official metal registration tag for each such dog so owned, kept or harbored and shall place upon each such dog a collar or harness with the registration tag securely fastened thereto.
B. 
No such license and official metal registration tag shall be issued for any dog unless the owner thereof provides evidence that the dog to be licensed and registered has been inoculated with a rabies vaccine of a type approved by and administered in accordance with the recommendations of the United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare or has been certified exempt as provided by the regulations of the State Department of Health.
No person, except an officer in the performance of his duties, shall remove a registration tag from the collar of any dog without the consent of the owner, nor shall any person attach a registration tag to a dog for which it is not issued.