As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ANIMAL CONTROL AUTHORITY
The Animal Control Officer, as designated and appointed by the Hillsborough
Township Board of Health, shall be the Animal Control Authority. This may
be, under different circumstances, either the Somerset County Humane Society,
Sanitarians with the Hillsborough Township Health Department or the Hillsborough
Township Police.
CAT
Any member of the domestic feline species; male, female or neutered.
CATTERY
Any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition pen, not part of a
kennel or pet shop, wherein cats for sale are kept or displayed.
KENNEL
Any establishment wherein or whereon the business of boarding or
selling dogs or breeding dogs for sale is carried on on a regular basis, except
a pet shop. Every place where five or more dogs of licensing age are kept
or maintained for commercial purposes shall be considered a "kennel."
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 known and recognized by law as a unit.
PET SHOP
Any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition pen, not part of a
kennel or cattery, wherein dogs and cats for sale are kept and displayed.
POUND
An establishment for the confinement of dogs seized.
The owner of a cat shall provide evidence that the cat has been inoculated
with a rabies vaccine of a type approved by and administered in accordance
with this article. All rabies inoculations shall be administered by a licensed
veterinarian or by such other veterinarian permitted by law to do the same.
No person shall hinder, molest or interfere with anyone authorized or
empowered to perform any duty under this article.
Any person found guilty of or in violation of this article shall be subject to penalty as set forth in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II, of the Code of the Township of Hillsborough, as amended from time to time.