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 obtained the age of six 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 the Borough of Saddle River 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 the 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 the law as a unit.
[Added 12-20-2004 by Ord. No. 04-769-C]
A. It shall be unlawful in a residential zone in the
Borough of Saddle River to keep or harbor more than four cats on any
residential lot in the Borough of Saddle River.
B. The keeping of five cats or more shall be considered a violation of this chapter, punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Art.
III, General Penalty.
No person shall hinder, molest or interfere
with anyone authorized or empowered to perform any duty under this
article.
License fees and other moneys collected or received
under the provisions of this article shall be forwarded to the Treasurer
of the Borough of Saddle River and shall be placed in a special account
separate from any of the other accounts of the Borough and shall be
used for the following purposes only: for the collecting, keeping
and disposing of cats liable to seizure, for local prevention and
control of rabies, for providing anti-rabies treatments under the
direction of the Local Board of Health for any person known or suspected
to have been exposed to rabies, and for administrating 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 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 Borough 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 proceeding.
Except as otherwise provided in this article,
any person who violates or fails or refuses to comply with this article
shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $50
for each offense, to be recovered by and in the name of the Borough
of Saddle River.
This article shall be enforced by the Borough
Police Department and/or the Animal Control Officer. There shall be
a grace period of 60 days after this article takes effect for all
cats and cat owners to conform to the provisions set forth above.
Thereafter, said owner will be subject to any and all penalties set
forth in this article.