Certain words, phrases and terms in this article
are defined for the purposes herein as follows:
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 Board of Health of the Borough of Oceanport 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 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.
[Amended 5-6-1999 by Ord. No. 712]
Any person convicted of violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty as set forth in Chapter
1, §
1-15, General penalty, for each offense.
Nothing herein contained shall in any way be
construed as relieving any person from complying with any state statutes
or other regulations pertaining to the licensing and registration
of cats, and this article is intended to be supplementary to any provisions
of any such other laws.