The words hereinafter defined shall have the
meanings herein indicated for the purposes of this article as follows:
ANIMAL
For the purpose of this article, animal shall mean dog or
cat.
ANIMAL CONTROL AUTHORITY
Any person or agency designated or certified by the State
of New Jersey to enforce the provisions of this article.
CAT
Any member of the domestic feline species; male, female or
altered.
CAT OF LICENSING AGE
Any cat which has attained the age of seven months, or which
possesses a set of permanent teeth.
CATTERY
Any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition pen, not part
of a kennel, wherein cats for sale are kept or displayed.
LICENSING AUTHORITY
The Clerk of the Township of Delanco or any designated representative
thereof charged with administering the issuance and/or revocation
of permits and licenses under the provisions of this article.
NEUTERED
Rendered permanently incapable of reproduction as certified
by a licensed veterinarian.
OWNER
When applied to the proprietorship of a cat, shall include
every person having a right of property (or custody) in such cat and
every person who has such cat in his or her keeping, or who harbors
or maintains a cat or knowingly permits a cat to remain on or about
any premises occupied by that person.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, partnership, organization or
institution commonly recognized by law as a unit.
No person shall hinder, molest or interfere
with anyone authorized or empowered to perform any duty under this
article.
License fees and other moneys collected or received
under the provisions of this article shall be forwarded to the Treasurer
of the municipality and shall be placed in a special account separate
from any of the other accounts of the municipality and shall be used
for the following purposes only: collecting, keeping and disposing
of cats liable to seizure, for local prevention and control of rabies,
providing anti-rabies treatment under the direction of the local Board
of Health for any person known or suspected to have been exposed to
rabies, and for administering the provisions of this article. Any
unexpected balance remaining in such special account shall be retained
until the end of the third fiscal year following, and may be used
for any purposes set forth in this section. At the end of the said
third fiscal year following, and at the end of each fiscal year thereafter,
there shall be transferred from such special account to the general
funds of the municipality any amount then in such account which is
in excess of the total amount paid into the special account during
the last two fiscal years next preceding.
[Amended 1-19-1998 by Ord. No. 1-1998]
Except as otherwise provided in this article, any person who violates or who fails or refuses to comply with this article shall be liable to a penalty as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II, General Penalty, for each offense, to be recovered by and in the name of the local Board of Health, or by and in the name of the municipality.