[Adopted 1-8-1991 by Ord. No. 1613]
[Amended 4-27-2004 by Ord. No. 12-2004]
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.
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 Department of Licensing, Vital Statistics, and Animal Control which is 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/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.
A. 
Vaccination and license requirements: No person shall own, keep, harbor, or maintain any cat over seven months of age within the Borough of Haddonfield, unless such cat is vaccinated and licensed. The provisions of this section do not apply to cats held in a cattery, or a veterinary establishment where cats are received or kept for diagnostic, medical, surgical, or other treatments, or 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 in Subsection D.
C. 
Vaccination certificate: A certificate of vaccination shall be issued to the owner of each cat vaccinated on a form recommended by the state.
[Amended 4-27-2004 by Ord. No. 12-2004]
D. 
Exemptions: Any cat may be exempted from the requirements of such vaccination for a specified period of time by the Department of Licensing, Vital Statistics and Animal Control, 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.
[Amended 6-27-1995 by Ord. No. 1711; 4-27-2004 by Ord. No. 12-2004]
A. 
Display of license number: Any person who shall own, keep, or harbor a cat of licensing age shall annually apply for and procure from the Department of Licensing, Vital Statistics, and Animal Control, or other official designated by the governing body thereof to license cats in the municipality 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 number shall include, but are not limited to, breakaway or elastic collars. License tags or sleeves are not transferable.
B. 
Time for applying for license: The owner of any newly acquired cat of licensing age, or of any cat which attains licensing age, shall make application for 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 Haddonfield for no longer than 30 days.
C. 
Cats brought into jurisdiction:
(1) 
Any person who shall bring, or cause to be brought into the Borough of Haddonfield, any cat licensed in another state for the current year, and bearing registration tag or sleeve, and shall keep the same or permit the same to be kept within the Borough of Haddonfield for a period of more than 30 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 Haddonfield any unlicensed cat, and shall keep same or permit same to be kept within the Borough of Haddonfield 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, comments, preservation of information: The application shall state the breed, sex, age, color, and markings of the cat for which 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 to the cat shall be preserved for a period of three years by the Department of Licensing, Vital; Statistics and Animal Control.
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 of certification of exemption; requirement for license. 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 recommendations of the United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Human Services, or has been certified exempt as provided by § 69-23 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.
G. 
Fee schedule: Fees for cat licensing shall be as follows:
(1) 
An annual license fee to cover registration and issuance of a registration tag or sleeve:
[Amended 4-24-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-12; 1-27-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-03[1]; 10-26-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-13]
(a) 
For each nonneutered cat: $24.
(b) 
For each neutered cat: $17.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance provided that the increased fees shall be effective in February 2009.
(2) 
A late charge for a license application and payment made after the expiration of a license issued for the previous calendar year:
(a) 
On the first business day in February through the last business day in April: $5.
(b) 
On the first business day in May and thereafter: $10.
(3) 
A charge of $1 for the issuance of a replacement license tag in the event the originally issued tag is lost.
H. 
Fees; renewals; expiration date of license:
(1) 
License from another municipality shall be accepted. 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 the license and registration tag or sleeve shall be the same as for the original, and said license, registration tag or sleeve and renewal thereof shall expire on January 31 of each year.
(2) 
Only one license and registration tag or sleeve shall be required in the licensing year for any cat in the Borough of Haddonfield. Any valid New Jersey license tag or sleeve issued by a New Jersey municipality shall be accepted by this municipality as evidence of compliance.
I. 
Proof of licensing: 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.
J. 
Interfering with persons performing duties under this article. No person shall hinder, molest, or interfere with anyone authorized or empowered to perform any duty under this article.
K. 
Disposition of fees collected: License fees and other moneys collected or received under the provisions of this article shall be forwarded to the Treasurer of the municipality, 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 and 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 of the 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.
Except as otherwise provided in this article, any person who violates, or who fails or refuses to comply with this article, shall be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, § 1-14.