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West Caldwell City Zoning Code

§ 20-17.28

Veterinary or Animal Hospitals.

[Added 7-9-2019 by Ord. No. 1820-2019]
a. 
Veterinary or animal hospital facilities shall be permitted as a conditional use in the B-2 Planned Shopping Center District, subject to compliance with the following conditions:
1. 
All such facilities shall only be located in a building or portion of a building that faces into the central area of the shopping center, with a rear wall with no windows or external openings other than a service door.
2. 
No activity of any kind related to the operation of this facility may be conducted outside of the building.
3. 
The provision of kennel or boarding services shall be limited to short-term boarding of only those animals concurrently being provided medical or surgical treatment in said facility, and shall be limited to a time not to exceed that medically necessary to observe and/or monitor the satisfactory recovery of animals provided with such treatment. A certification of compliance, prepared by a licensed veterinarian, shall be provided to the Township of West Caldwell Health Officer and/or Zoning Officer if so required.
4. 
No noise that is related to the activities within any veterinary or animal hospital shall be discernible at any time from any point outside of the building where such activities are conducted, nor in any other area of the portions of adjoining spaces within said building, occupied by others, that are a part of the said shopping center. The applicant shall provide expert testimony from a licensed professional engineer or architect, experienced in acoustical design, certifying that the proposed construction will comply with this provision. Once said facility is in full operation, the applicant shall retain such an expert to conduct on site testing to confirm compliance with this condition.
5. 
No odors that are related to the activities within any veterinary or animal hospital shall be discernible from any point outside of the building where such activities are conducted.
6. 
A licensed veterinarian shall be on duty during all hours that said facility is open to the public.
7. 
The facility shall be equipped with remote visual and sound monitoring equipment and said equipment shall be monitored by a responsible party who is associated with the operation of said facility at all times when the facility is closed with no veterinarian in attendance. Access to said equipment shall be provided to the West Caldwell Health Department and West Caldwell Police Department, who shall be indemnified by the facility owners and/or operators relating to any responsibility for conditions that they may hear or observe.
8. 
Disposal of any and all medical wastes shall comply with the requirements of the Township of West Caldwell Board of Health and all applicable laws and regulations of the State of New Jersey.
9. 
All veterinary or animal hospitals, in addition to the approvals required under Chapter 20 of the Code of the Township of West Caldwell, and the requirements of the Construction Official of the Township of West Caldwell, shall obtain a license for operation from the West Caldwell Board of Health, if so required by said Board.
10. 
Should enforcement action of the municipality be required to compel compliance with these provisions, upon a determination of the validity of said violation, the owners and/or operators of said facility shall be responsible to reimburse the Township for all reasonable costs associated with compelling such compliance.