[Added 2-18-1992 by Ord. No. 577-C]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any person or agency designated or certified by the State
of New Jersey to enforce the provisions of this article.
Any member of the domestic feline species, male, female or
altered.
Any cat which has obtained the age of six months or which
possesses a set of permanent teeth.
Any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition pen, not part
of a kennel, wherein cats for sale are kept or displayed.
The agency or department of the Borough of Saddle River or
any designated representative thereof charged with administering the
issuance and/or revocation of permits and licenses under the provisions
of this article.
Rendered permanently incapable of reproduction as certified
by a licensed veterinarian.
When applied to the proprietorship of the cat, includes every
person having a right of property (or custody) in such cat and every
person who has such cat in his/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.
Any individual, corporation, partnership, organization or
institution commonly recognized by the law as a unit.
A.
Vaccination and licensing requirements. No person
shall own, keep, harbor or maintain any cat over six months of age
within the Borough of Saddle River unless such cat is vaccinated and
licensed. The provisions of this section do not apply to cats held
in a cattery or those held by a state- or federally licensed research
facility or a veterinary establishment where cats are received or
kept for diagnostic, medical, surgical or other treatments or to licensed
animal shelters, pounds, kennels or pet shops.
B.
Vaccination. All cats shall be vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian in accordance with the latest Compendium of Animal Rabies Vaccines and Recommendations for Immunization, published by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, except as provided for in Subsection D.
C.
Vaccination certificate. A certificate of vaccination
shall be issued to the owner of each animal vaccinated on a form recommended
by the state.
D.
Exemptions. Any cat may be exempted from the requirements
of such vaccination for a specified period of time by the Local Board
of Health, upon presentation of a veterinarian's certificate stating
that because of the infirmity or other physical condition or regimen
of therapy, the inoculation of such cat shall be deemed inadvisable.
A.
Cats must have license number displayed. Any person
who shall own, keep or harbor a cat of licensing age shall annually
apply for and procure from the Clerk of the municipality, or other
official designated by the governing body thereof to license cats
in the municipality in which he or she resides, a license and official
registration tag, license number or a registration sleeve for each
cat so owned, kept or harbored and shall place upon such cat a collar
or other device with the license number securely fastened or displayed
thereto. Acceptable methods of displaying license numbers shall include
but not be limited to breakaway or elastic collars. License tags or
sleeves are not transferable. In lieu of a use of a collar or other
device as aforementioned, the license number and other pertinent information
shall be tattooed in the cat's ear at the expense of the owner, keeper
or harborer of such cat. Any cat not displaying a current license
number shall be considered to be a stray cat and shall be subject
to being taken into custody of the Borough by its agents and impounded
at the Bergen County Animal Shelter or such other designated shelter
for disposition in accordance with the shelter's policies and procedures.
B.
Time for applying for license. The owner of any newly
acquired cat of licensing age, or of any cat which obtains licensing
age, shall make application for a license tag or sleeve for such cat
within 10 days after such acquisition or age attainment. This requirement
will not apply to a nonresident keeping a cat in the Borough of Saddle
River no longer than 90 days.
C.
Cats brought into jurisdiction.
(1)
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought
into the Borough of Saddle River any cat licensed in another state
for the current year and bearing a registration tag or sleeve, and
who shall keep the same or permit the same to be kept within the Borough
of Saddle River for a period of more than 90 days, shall immediately
apply for a license and registration tag or sleeve for each such cat.
(2)
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought
into the Borough of Saddle River any unlicensed cat, and who shall
keep the same or permit the same to be kept within the Borough of
Saddle River for a period of more than 10 days, shall immediately
apply for a license and registration tag or sleeve for each such cat.
D.
Application; contents; preservation of information.
The application shall state the breed, sex, age, color and markings
of the cat for which the license and registration are sought and whether
it is of a long- or short-hair variety; also the name, street and
post office address of the owner and the person who shall keep or
harbor such cat. The information on said application and the registration
that was issued for the cat shall be preserved for a period of three
years by the Clerk or other local official designated to license cats
in the municipality.
E.
License forms and tags. License forms and official
tags or sleeves shall be furnished by the municipality and shall be
numbered serially and shall bear the year of issuance and the name
of the municipality.
F.
Evidence of inoculation with rabies vaccine or certification of exemption; requirement for license. No Municipal Clerk or other official designated by the governing body of any such municipality to license cats therein shall grant any such license and official registration tag or sleeve for any cat unless the owner thereof provides evidence that the cat to be licensed and registered has been inoculated with the rabies vaccine of a type approved by and administered in accordance with the recommendations of the United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Unit Services or has been certified exempt as provided by § 79-19D herein. The rabies inoculation shall be administered by a duly licensed veterinarian or such other veterinarian permitted by law to do the same.
H.
Fees, renewals and expiration date of license; license
from another municipality shall be accepted.
(1)
The person applying for the license and registration
tag and/or sleeve shall pay the fee fixed or authorized. The fee for
the renewal of a license and registration tag or sleeve shall be the
same as for the original, and said fees shall be for one year or any
fraction thereof commencing January 15, 1992, and thereafter on the
15th day of each January unless the same falls on a Saturday, Sunday
or legal holiday and then the next business day immediately following
said date. The licenses, registration tags and renewals thereof shall
expire on the last day of January in each year. If the licenses, registration
tags and renewals thereof are not obtained by the last day of February
in each year, a delinquent fee shall be charged as hereinabove stated.
(2)
Only one license and registration tag or sleeve shall
be required in the licensing year for any cat in the Borough of Saddle
River. Any valid New Jersey license tag or sleeve issued by a New
Jersey municipality shall be accepted by this municipality as evidence
and compliance.
I.
Loss of license. If a license tag or sleeve has been misplaced or lost, the Borough Clerk may issue a duplicate license and/or registration sleeve for that particular cat for no charge. However, for any subsequent loss of license, the initial fee set forth in Ch. 134, Licenses and Permits, shall be charged.
J.
Proof of licensing. Proof of licensing shall be produced
by a person owning, keeping, maintaining or harboring a cat upon the
request of any health official, police officer, animal control officer
or other authorized person.
[Added 12-20-2004 by Ord. No. 04-769-C]
A.
It shall be unlawful in a residential zone in the
Borough of Saddle River to keep or harbor more than four cats on any
residential lot in the Borough of Saddle River.
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 Borough of Saddle River and shall be placed in a special account
separate from any of the other accounts of the Borough and shall be
used for the following purposes only: for the collecting, keeping
and disposing of cats liable to seizure, for local prevention and
control of rabies, for providing anti-rabies treatments under the
direction of the Local Board of Health for any person known or suspected
to have been exposed to rabies, and for administrating 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 of the purposes set forth in this section.
At the end of 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 Borough 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 proceeding.
Except as otherwise provided in this article,
any person who violates or fails or refuses to comply with this article
shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $50
for each offense, to be recovered by and in the name of the Borough
of Saddle River.
This article shall be enforced by the Borough
Police Department and/or the Animal Control Officer. There shall be
a grace period of 60 days after this article takes effect for all
cats and cat owners to conform to the provisions set forth above.
Thereafter, said owner will be subject to any and all penalties set
forth in this article.
