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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the foregoing ordinance was introduced and passed on first reading at a regular meeting of the Township Council of the Township of Jackson, in the County of Ocean, State of New Jersey, held on March 8th, 2016, and will be considered for second reading and final passage at the regular meeting of said Governing Body to be held on the 22nd day of March, 2016, at 7:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as this matter can be reached, at the meeting room of the Municipal Building located at 95 W. Veterans Highway, Jackson, New Jersey, at which time all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard concerning this ordinance.
ANN MARIE EDEN, RMC
Township Clerk, Township of Jackson
ORDINANCES, SECOND READING:
ORDINANCE: 07-16
TITLE: ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF JACKSON, COUNTY OF
OCEAN, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, AMENDING CHAPTER 98 OF THE
TOWNSHIP CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF JACKSON, ENTITLED "ANIMALS"
PUBLIC HEARING OPENED: NO ONE CAME FORWARD.
MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 07-16 BY: CALOGERO MOTION SECONDED BY: MARTIN YES: CALOGERO, MARTIN, UPDEGRAVE, BRESSI, NIXON
MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 07-16 ON SECOND READING, ADVERTISE THE NOTICE OF PASSAGE AND APPROVAL IN AN APPROVED NEWSPAPER AS REQUIRED BY LAW BY: CALOGERO MOTION SECONDED BY: BRESSI YES: CALOGERO, MARTIN, UPDEGRAVE, BRESSI, NIXON
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Township Council of the Township of Jackson, County of Ocean, and State of New Jersey, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 98 of the Township Code of the Township of Jackson, entitled “Animals”, is hereby amended and supplemented so as to amend Article III, entitled, “Kennels and Pet Shops,” so as to amend Section 98-26 entitled, “Definitions”, which shall read in its entirety as follows:
ARTICLE III. Kennels and Pet Shops.
§ 98-26 Definitions.
For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall be applicable:
“Kennel” shall mean any establishment wherein or wherein the business of boarding or selling cats or dogs or breeding cats or dogs for sale is carried on, where more than ten (10) cats or dogs are handled each calendar year, except a pet shop.
“Pet Shop” shall mean any room or group of rooms or cages or exhibition pen or other establishment which is not part of a kennel, wherein animals, including, but not limited to, dogs, cats, birds, fish, reptiles, rabbits, hamsters or gerbils, are kept, displayed or offered for sale.