[Adopted 9-19-2000 by Ord. No. 15-00; amended in its entirety at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
A.
Owners of domesticated cats shall provide appropriate and adequate
food, water and shelter for their cats. Owners of domesticated cats
shall be encouraged to keep their cats indoors at all times.
B.
The owner of a domesticated cat shall exercise reasonable care to
guard against the cat creating a nuisance.
C.
The owner of a sexually intact (not spayed or neutered) domesticated
cat shall not permit his/her cat to roam unsupervised.
D.
An owner shall not abandon a domesticated cat.
[Amended 6-15-2021 by Ord. No. 8-2021]
A.
Vaccination
requirements. No person shall own, keep, harbor, or maintain any cat
over seven months of age within the Borough of Sea Bright unless such
cat is vaccinated against rabies.
B.
Exemptions.
Any cat may be exempted from the requirements of such vaccination
for a specified period of time by the Monmouth County Regional Health
Commission No. 1, upon presentation of a veterinarian' s certificate
stating that, because of an infirmity or other physical condition,
or regimen of therapy, the inoculation of such cat shall be deemed
inadvisable.
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Editor's Note: Former § 61-13, Licensing procedure,
was repealed 6-15-2021 by Ord. No. 8-2021.
[Amended 6-15-2021 by Ord. No. 8-2021]
No cat shall be permitted to run at large off the premises of
the person owning or having the care, custody or control of the cat
or to trespass upon the property of any other resident of the Borough.
The owner of a cat which bites a person while such person is
on or in a public place, or lawfully on or in a private place, including
the property of the owner of the cat, shall be liable for such damages
as may be suffered by the person bitten, regardless of the former
viciousness of such cat or the owner' s knowledge of such viciousness.
The owner of a cat shall be responsible for any damage caused by the
destruction or wounding of domestic animals or poultry, except dogs
and cats, committed by the cat.
The Chief of Police, Animal Control Officer, or any person appointed
for that purpose by the Mayor and Council shall take into custody
and impound any cat off the premises of the owner. When any cat so
seized has been detained for seven days after notice, the Animal Control
Officer or other designated authority may cause the cat to be offered
for adoption or euthanized in a manner causing as little pain as possible.
