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item #3 “small breeders” has been removed from the draft. It was intended to address breeders not pet shops and in review, it was pointed out who can sell in a pet shop.
MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 07-16 ON FIRST READING, ADVERTISE THE APPROVAL AND NOTICE OF SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD ON MARCH 22, 2016 BY: CALOGERO MOTION SECONDED BY: UPDEGRAVE YES: CALOGERO, MARTIN, UPDEGRAVE, BRESSI, NIXON
Township Clerk Eden announced for the public’s edification the public hearing will be held on March 22, 2016 and Item 3 was removed from the ordinance as drafted.
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.
For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall be applicable:
“Kennel” shall mean any establishment wherein or whereon 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.
“Small Breeder” shall mean any person or persons who engages in the business of breeding cats or dogs for sale, where no more than ten (10) cats or dogs are handled during the breeding process each calendar year, except a pet shop.
“Pound” shall mean any establishment for the confinement of cats or dogs or other animals seized either under the provisions of this chapter or otherwise.
“Shelter” shall mean any establishment where cats, dogs, or other animals are received, housed and distributed without charge.
"Dog" shall mean any dog, bitch or spayed bitch.
“Cat” shall mean any member of the domestic feline species; male, female or altered female.
SECTION 2. 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 add Section 98-28.1, entitled, “Sale of cats and dogs in pet shops; exceptions” which shall read in its entirety as follows:
§ 98-28.1 Sale of cats and dogs in kennels and pet shops; exceptions.