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MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 26-16 BY: MARTIN MOTION SECONDED BY: CALOGERO
YES: CALOGERO, MARTIN, UPDEGRAVE, BRESSI, NIXON
MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 26-16 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 governing body of the Township of Jackson, County of Ocean, State of New Jersey, as follows:
SECTION 1. The Township Code of the Township of Jackson is hereby amended and supplemented so as to amend Chapter 98, entitled “Animals”, Article III entitled “Kennels and Pet Shops”, Section 26 entitled “Definitions” as follows:
SECTION 2. Section 98-26 entitled “Definitions – Kennel” shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
Kennel - Any establishment wherein or whereon the business of boarding or selling cats or dogs for sale is carried on, where more than five (5) dogs or cats over the age of 7 months are harbored or kept.
SECTION 3. Section 98-26 entitled “Definitions; Small Breeder” shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
Small Breeder - Any person or persons who engages in the business of breeding cats or dogs for sale, where no more than five (5) cats or five (5) dogs are handled during the breeding process of each calendar year, except a pet shop.
SECTION 4. Section 98-26 entitled “Definitions” shall be amended to include the following:
Establishment – A place of business or residence with its furnishings and staff, public or private institution.
SECTION 5. All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 6. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions hereof.
SECTION 7. This ordinance shall take effect after second reading and publication as required by law.
Date: _____
MAYOR MICHAEL REINA
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the foregoing ordinance was introduced and passed by the Township Council on first reading at a meeting of the Township Council of the Township of Jackson held on the 25th day of October 2016, and will be considered for second reading and final passage at a regular meeting of the Township Council to be held on the 29th day of November, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as this matter can be reached, at the Township Municipal Building, located at 95 West Veterans Highway, Jackson, New Jersey, at which time and place any persons desiring to be heard upon the