As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ANIMAL
For the purpose of this chapter, a dog or cat.
ANIMAL CONTROL AUTHORITY
Any person or agency designated or certified by the State of New
Jersey to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
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 agency or department of Margate City or any designated representative
thereof charged with administering the issuance and/or revocation of permits
and licenses under the provisions of this chapter.
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.
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person who violates
or who fails or refuses to comply with this chapter shall be liable to a penalty
of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than 90 days, or both,
in the discretion of the Judge hearing the same.
[Added 12-24-1997 by Ord.
No. 1997-28]
A. No more than five cats of licensing age shall be kept,
maintained or harbored at one time for any length of time in any residential
housing unit, or on its grounds, or in an industrial or business establishment,
or on its grounds.
B. The owning, possessing or harboring of more than five
cats at the time of the adoption of this section shall become illegal within
four months from the final reading and passage of this section.