[Adopted 9-8-1987 by Ord. No. 15-87]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
A dog or cat.
Any person or agency designated or certified by the State
of New Jersey to enforce the provisions of this article.
Any member of the domestic feline species; male, female or
altered.
Any cat which has attained the age of seven months or which
possesses a set of permanent teeth.
Any room or group of rooms, cage or exhibition pen, not part
of a kennel, wherein cats for sale are kept or displayed.
Maintaining custody or control over a cat or permitting a
cat to remain on premises or providing shelter or food, which shall
include the leaving of food in an area to which stray cats have access.
[Added 7-12-1988 by Ord. No. 10-88]
The agency or department of the Borough of Oaklyn or any
designated representative thereof charged with administering the issuance
and/or revocation of permits and licenses under the provisions of
this article.
Rendered permanently incapable of reproduction as certified
by a licensed veterinarian.
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.
Any individual, corporation. partnership, organization or
institution commonly recognized by law as a unit.
A cat that damages either public or private property or harms
the lawful users or occupants thereof.
[Added 7-12-1988 by Ord. No. 10-88]
A cat having no known owner or custodian or known place of
care and shelter.
[Added 7-12-1988 by Ord. No. 10-88]
[Amended 12-27-2006 by Ord. No. 17-06]
A.
No person shall own, keep, harbor or maintain any animal, as defined in § 55-1 above, over six months of age within the Borough of Oaklyn unless such animal is vaccinated and licensed. The provisions of this section do not apply to animals held by a state or federally licensed research facility or veterinary establishment where animals are received and kept for diagnostic, medical, surgical or other treatments or licensed animal shelters, pounds, kennels or pet shops.
B.
There shall be permitted no more than five animals, as defined in § 55-1, above, of six months of age or over to be kept or maintained in or on the premises of any home, dwelling, apartment, residential unit or business place within the Borough of Oaklyn.
C.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall keep, possess or have custody and control of six or more animals, as defined in § 55-1 above, or any combination thereof amounting to six animals, but not including newborn animals less than six months of age, within the territorial jurisdiction of the Borough of Oaklyn, shall be deemed to be maintaining a cattery, kennel, pet shop, shelter or pound, and shall be required to obtain any and all state, county and municipal licenses and permits and to submit to the rules, regulations and jurisdiction of those bodies politic.
A.
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 for in Subsection C.
B.
Vaccination certificate. A certificate of vaccination
shall be issued to the owner of each animal vaccinated on a form recommended
by the state.
C.
Exemptions. Any cat may be exempted from the requirements
of such vaccination for a specified period of time by the local Board
of Health 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.
[Added 7-12-1988 by Ord. No. 10-88]
Any person who owns, keeps or harbors any cat
located within the Borough of Oaklyn or permits a cat to enter the
Borough of Oaklyn shall exercise sufficient and proper care and control
over such animal at all times so as to prevent the animal from becoming
a public nuisance or otherwise violating this article.
[Added 7-12-1988 by Ord. No. 10-88]
No person owning, keeping or harboring any cat
shall permit it to soil, defile or commit any nuisance on any place
where people congregate or walk or upon any public property whatsoever.
This provision shall apply to all privately owned property in the
Borough, except the property of the owner or keeper of the cat and
the property owned or controlled by persons who have invited or permitted
the owner or keeper of a cat to bring such cat upon the premises.
[Added 7-12-1988 by Ord. No. 10-88]
No person owning or keeping a cat shall permit
such cat to become a public nuisance as defined herein.
[Added 7-12-1988 by Ord. No. 10-88]
No person shall abandon any cat of any age or
permit a cat to become a stray.
[Added 7-12-1988 by Ord. No. 10-88]
No person shall harbor any nonowned, unlicensed
or stray cat or make food or shelter available to the same following
receipt of a notice from the Secretary of the Borough Board of Health
advising said person that a harboring in violation of this article
is occurring and giving said person seven days within which to cease
and desist such harboring.
A.
Cats must have license number displayed. 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 the 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 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
Oaklyn for no longer than 90 days.
C.
Cats brought into jurisdiction.
(1)
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought
into this Borough any cat licensed in another state for the current
year and bearing a registration tag or sleeve and shall keep the same
or permit the same to be kept within the Borough for a period of more
than 90 days shall immediately apply for a license and registration
tag or sleeve for such cat.
(2)
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought
into this Borough any unlicensed cat and shall keep the same or permit
the same to be kept within the Borough 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; contents; 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 shorthaired 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 the municipality.
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 or 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 recommendation of the United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Human Services or has been certified exempt as provided by § 55-3C 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.
License fee schedule. A license shall be issued after
payment of a fee of $15 for each unneutered cat and $10 for each neutered
cat. Persons who fail to obtain a license as required within the time
period specified in this section will be subject to a delinquent fee
of $5.
[Amended 10-9-2007 by Ord. No. 16-07]
H.
Fees, renewals and expiration date of license.
(1)
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 a 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 December 31 in the following
year.
(2)
A license from another borough shall be accepted.
(3)
Only one license and registration tag or sleeve shall
be required in the licensing year for any cat in this Borough. Any
valid New Jersey license tag or sleeve issued by a New Jersey municipality
shall be accepted by this Borough as evidence of compliance.
I.
Loss of license. 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.
J.
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.
K.
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.
L.
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 Borough 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: collecting,
keeping and disposing of cats liable to seizure; for local prevention
and control of rabies; providing antirabies treatment under the direction
of the local Board of Health for any person known or suspected to
have been exposed to rabies; and for 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 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 next preceding.
[Amended 2-15-1994 by Ord. No. 3-94; 12-28-2010 by Ord. No. 18-10]
Except as otherwise provided in this article,
any person who violates or refuses to comply with any part of any
section of this article shall be liable to a fine and/or penalty of
not less than $150 for each offense, together with the proof of acquisition
of any license that may be required under this chapter. Each day that
a violation occurs shall be deemed a separate and distinct violation,
subject to the penalty provisions of this section.
