As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall mean:
Any live vertebrate creature, domestic or wild. Goldfish and Beta Fish are specifically excluded from this definition for the sole application of § 29-14, entitled, “Animals as prizes prohibited.”
[Amended 8-20-2003 by Ord. No. 03-26]
Any Seaside Heights police officer and/or any person or agency
designated by the governing body as an Animal Control Officer.
Any establishment where animals are received, housed and
distributed.
Any animal off the premises of the person owning, keeping
or harboring it where the animal is not secured or fastened to a leash
or chain of six feet or less and which is held by its owner or other
person capable of controlling said animal, or securely fastened to
a stable stationary object.
Any member of the domestic feline species, male, female or
neutered.[1]
Any member of the domestic canine species, male, female or
neutered.
Any dog which has attained the age of seven months or which
possesses a set of permanent teeth.
Rendered permanently incapable of reproduction as certified
by a licensed veterinarian.
Any person, partnership or corporation owning, keeping or
harboring one or more animals. Any animal shall be deemed to be harbored
if it is fed or sheltered for three consecutive days or more. When
applied to proprietorship of a dog, owner shall include every person
having a right of property in such dog.
An individual, partnership, company or corporation.
[1]
Editor's Note: The definition of "cat of licensing
age," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 2-16-2005
by Ord. No. 05-05.
