As used in this Article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ANIMAL CONTROL AUTHORITY
Any person or agency designated or certified by the State
of New Jersey to enforce the provisions of this Article, including
the Borough of Collingswood Animal Control Officer, or any person
or entity under contract with the Borough for the control of animals.
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.
HARBORING
Maintaining custody or control over a cat or permitting a
cat to remain on the premises or providing shelter or food, which
shall include the leaving of food in an area to which stray cats have
access.
LICENSING AUTHORITY
The agency or department of the Borough of Collingswood 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, 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.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, partnership, organization or
institution commonly recognized by law as a unit.
PUBLIC NUISANCE
A cat that damages either public or private property or harms
the lawful users or occupants thereof.
STRAY CAT
A cat having no known owner or custodian or known place of
care and shelter.
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a cat
of licensing age shall annually apply for and procure from the Clerk
of the Borough or other official designated by the governing body
thereof to license cats in the Borough in which he/she resides a license
and official registration tag with 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 are not limited to break-away or elastic
collars. License tags or sleeves are not transferable.
The owner of any newly acquired cat of licensing
age or of any cat which attains 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 within the Borough of Collingswood for
no longer than 90 days.
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-haired 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 number 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 this municipality.
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.
No municipal Clerk or other official designated by the governing body of any 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 a rabies vaccine of a type approved by and administered in accordance with the recommendation of the United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Human Services or has been certified exempt as provided by §
105-30 of this Article. The rabies inoculation shall be administered by a duly licensed veterinarian or by such other veterinarian permitted by law to do the same.
A license shall be issued after payment of a
fee of $8 for each unneutered cat and $5 for each neutered cat. Persons
who fail to obtain a license as required within the time period specified
in this Article will be subject to a delinquent fee of $2.
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 at a fee of $1.
Proof of licensing shall be produced by any
person owning, keeping, maintaining or harboring a cat, upon the request
of any health official, police officer, animal control officer or
other authorized person.
No person shall hinder, molest or interfere
with anyone authorized or empowered to perform any duty under this
Article.
[Amended 9-6-2016 by Ord.
No. 1606]
No person shall harbor any nonowned, unlicensed or stray cat
or make food available to the same following receipt of a notice from
the Secretary of the Board of Health, police, Nuisance Officer, Animal
Control Officer or the Superintendent of Public Works.
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 of not less than $25 nor more
than $500 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 Borough.