As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall mean:
ANIMAL
Any live vertebrate creature, domestic or wild. Goldfish and Beta Fish are specifically excluded from this definition for the sole application of §
29-14, entitled, “Animals as prizes prohibited.”
[Amended 8-20-2003 by Ord. No. 03-26]
ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER
Any Seaside Heights police officer and/or any person or agency
designated by the governing body as an Animal Control Officer.
ANIMAL SHELTER
Any establishment where animals are received, housed and
distributed.
AT LARGE
Any animal off the premises of the person owning, keeping
or harboring it where the animal is not secured or fastened to a leash
or chain of six feet or less and which is held by its owner or other
person capable of controlling said animal, or securely fastened to
a stable stationary object.
CAT
Any member of the domestic feline species, male, female or
neutered.
DOG
Any member of the domestic canine species, male, female or
neutered.
DOG OF LICENSING AGE
Any dog which has attained the age of seven months or which
possesses a set of permanent teeth.
NEUTERED
Rendered permanently incapable of reproduction as certified
by a licensed veterinarian.
OWNER
Any person, partnership or corporation owning, keeping or
harboring one or more animals. Any animal shall be deemed to be harbored
if it is fed or sheltered for three consecutive days or more. When
applied to proprietorship of a dog, owner shall include every person
having a right of property in such dog.
PERSON
An individual, partnership, company or corporation.