For the purpose of this ordinance, the terms used herein are
defined as follows:
Shall mean any dog, bitch or spayed bitch.
Shall mean any dog which has attained the age of seven months
or which possesses a set of permanent teeth.
Shall mean any place that washes, clips or trims dogs and
cats, but where such animal may or may not be kept overnight.
Shall mean any establishment wherein or whereon the business
of boarding or selling dogs or breeding dogs for sale is carried on
a regular basis except a pet shop. Every place where four or more
dogs of licensing age are kept or maintained for any reason, commercial
or otherwise, in any one place or establishment shall be considered
a kennel.
When applied to the proprietorship of a dog, shall mean and
include every person having a right or property in such dog and every
person who has such dog in his keeping.
Shall mean any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition
pen, not part of a kennel, wherein dogs for sale are kept or displayed.
Shall mean an establishment for the confinement of dogs seized
under the provisions of this chapter or otherwise.
Shall mean any establishment where dogs are received, housed
and distributed without charge.
No person, firm, corporation or owner shall operate or maintain
a kennel, pet shop, pound, shelter or grooming establishment without
first obtaining a license. The application for license shall describe
the premises 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 in compliance with the local and State rules and regulations
governing the location and sanitation of such establishments, and
be in compliance with this chapter. Said application shall have annexed
blueprints of the building showing the site and plans of the premises
and building and grounds. Upon approval of an application for license
hereunder by the Board of Health of the Township of Long Hill, the
Township Clerk of the Township of Long Hill shall issue the license
upon payment of the fee therefor as provided by the Township of Long
Hill. All licenses issued hereunder shall expire on the last day of
January of each year.
Kennels, pet shops, shelters and pounds shall comply with the
provision of the State regulations regarding sanitary operation of
kennels, pet shops, shelters and pounds set forth at N.J.A.C. 8:23A
in the maintenance and care of all animals subject to rabies and other
diseases of dogs, as well as rules, regulations and ordinances enacted
by the Township Board of Health or the Township Committee. A certificate
of inspection, issued for the current licensing year by the Township
Board of Health indicating compliance with N.J.A.C. 8:23A-1 and this
chapter shall be prominently displayed at the facility in an area
visible to the public. The telephone of the Township Board of Health
shall be on the certificate.
Whenever a dog, cat or other animal is affected by rabies or suspected of being affected by rabies or has been bitten by an animal known or suspected to be affected by rabies, any person operating or employed at a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall at once notify the Township Board of Health in accordance with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 26:4-78 and any other applicable provisions of Article VII of Chapter 4 of Title 26 and the applicable regulations set forth in Chapter 23 of Title 8 of the New Jersey Administrative Code.
Records shall be maintained in accordance with the requirements
of N.J.A.C. 8:23A-1.13.
The Township Clerk of the Township of Long Hill is hereby designated
as the official who shall forward to the State Department of Health
a list of all licensed kennels, pet shops, shelters, pounds and grooming
establishments within 30 days after the licenses are issued, which
list shall include the name and address of the license and the kind
of license issued.
Every kennel, pet shop, shelter, pound and grooming establishment
subject to this chapter shall be maintained and operated in such a
manner that it is not a nuisance in the neighborhood and that there
is no excessive noise or odors.
Any person who violates any provision of, or order promulgated
under this chapter, or the Code adopted by reference shall, upon conviction,
be liable for the penalty established in BH1-2.
