No person shall keep small animals or operate
a kennel or pet shop on any premises within the Borough of Riverdale
unless approval for that purpose shall have been first secured from
the Board covering the premises to be so used.
No approval for the keeping or raising of small
animals or the operating of a kennel or pet shop shall be granted
to any person when the keeping or raising of such small animals or
operating of such kennel or pet shop, because of the nature or characteristics
thereof, would be detrimental to the general health of the residents
of the neighborhood of the premises sought to be so licensed.
A.
No person shall keep any small animals in a hutch
or coop of a size having less than eight square feet of floor space
and being less than two feet in height, without special permission
from the Board.
B.
Each hutch or coop shall be dry and adequately ventilated
and shall be cleaned daily and rebedded with fresh straw, leaves or
other absorbent material.
C.
No dog kept in a kennel, pet shop or pound shall be
permitted off such premises, except on a leash or in a crate or other
safe control.
D.
The keeping of five dogs or more per premises shall
be deemed a kennel.
E.
All kennels, pet shops or pounds shall conform to
the regulations now or hereafter in force under an ordinance of the
Borough of Riverdale.
A.
No person shall keep any small animal affected with
skin mange, coccidiosis, parasitic worms or other disease contagious
to other animals or human beings, and any such small animal so affected
shall immediately be destroyed and the carcass cremated forthwith.
B.
Any hutch or coop wherein such affected animal is
found and all adjoining hutches or coops shall be destroyed or thoroughly
disinfected with a germicide approved by the Board and under the direction
of the Board.
C.
The provisions of this article shall not apply to
any small animal under regular professional treatment by a duly licensed
veterinarian of the State of New Jersey, but all said provisions shall
fully apply when such treatment shall be discontinued without a full
cure having been effected or when such veterinarian shall certify
that, in his opinion, such cure cannot be effected.
No hutch or coop shall be less than 25 feet from any dwelling nor less than 20 feet from all adjoining property lines and only if permitted by Chapter 168, Zoning, of the Code of the Borough of Riverdale.
No person shall allow any small animal, as the
term "small animal" is herein defined, to run at large in the Borough,
but the same shall, at all times, be confined to the premises licensed
for the keeping thereof.
