As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any establishment wherein or whereon the business of boarding
or selling dogs or breeding dogs for sale is carried on, except a
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.
An establishment for the confinement of dogs seized either
under the provisions of this Part 1 or any other law.
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.
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.
No dog kept in a kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound shall be
permitted off such premises, except on a leash or in a crate or other
safe control.
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.
