[Adopted 12-28-2004 by Ord. No. 2863 (Ch.
71, Art. II, of the 1978 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any person or agency designated or certified by the Township
of Nutley to enforce the provisions of this article.
Any member of the 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.
The agency or department of the Township of Nutley 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.
No person shall own, keep, harbor or maintain
any cat over seven months of age within the Township of Nutley unless
such cat is vaccinated and licensed. The provisions of this section
do not apply to cats held in a cattery or those held by a state or
federally licensed research facility or a veterinary establishment
where cats are received or kept for diagnostic, medical, surgical
or other treatments, or licensed animal shelters, pounds, kennels
or pet shops.
A.
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a cat of
licensing age shall, in the month of April of each year, apply for
and procure from the Township Clerk of the Township of Nutley, or
other official designated by the governing body thereof to license
cats in the municipality 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.
[Amended 12-20-2011 by Ord. No. 3187]
B.
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 short-haired 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 Municipal Clerk or other local official designated to
license cats in the municipality.
C.
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.
D.
Time for applying for license. The owner of any newly
acquired cat of licensing age, or any cat which attains licensing
age, shall make application for 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 Township
of Nutley for not longer than 90 days.
A.
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 recommendations of the United States Department of Health and Human Services or has been certified exempt as provided by Subsection C of this section. The rabies inoculation shall be administered by a duly licensed veterinarian or by such other veterinarian permitted by law to do the same.
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.
Exceptions. Any cat may be exempted from the requirements
of such vaccination for a specific 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.
[Amended 12-20-2011 by Ord. No. 3187]
A.
The fee
for a license issued in a calendar year shall be $15 for each neutered
cat and $18 for each unneutered cat. Persons who fail to obtain a
license as required within the time period specified in this article
will be subject to a delinquent fee of $10.
B.
Fees for
senior citizens age 65 and over shall be $12 for each neutered cat
and $15 for each unneutered cat. Persons who fail to obtain a license
as required within the time period specified in this article will
be subject to a delinquent fee of $10.
A.
A license from another municipality shall be accepted.
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
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 April 30 in the years following its issuance.
[Amended 5-3-2005 by Ord. No. 2879]
B.
Only one license and registration tag or sleeve shall
be required in the licensing year for any cat in the Township of Nutley.
Any valid New Jersey license tag or sleeve issued by a New Jersey
municipality shall be accepted by this municipality as evidence of
compliance for the duration of its original term.
C.
Loss of license. If a license or sleeve has been misplaced
or lost, the Municipal Clerk may issue a duplicate license and/or
registration sleeve for that particular cat at a fee of $5.
[Amended 12-20-2011 by Ord. No. 3187]
A.
Proof of licensing shall be produced by any person
owning, keeping, maintaining or harboring a cat upon request of any
health official, police officer, animal control officer or other authorized
person.
B.
Interfering with person performing duties under this
article. No person shall hinder, molest or interfere with anyone authorized
or empowered to perform any duty under this article.
[Added 5-4-2021 by Ord.
No. 3471]
No person shall own, keep or harbor in excess of five dogs or
cats combined, of licensing age at any time.
[Added 5-4-2021 by Ord.
No. 3471]
A.
The Chief of Police or his designee of the Township of Nutley, in
the absence of any person hired by the Board of Commissioners of the
Township of Nutley for the purpose, and if and when such person is
hired by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Nutley, then
the person so hired for the purpose, or if the position of Animal
Control Officer is created, then the person appointed to that position,
shall take into custody and impound or cause to be taken into custody
and impound and thereafter destroyed or disposed of as provided in
this section:
(2)
Any cat off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping
or harboring said cat, which said official or his agent or agents
have reason to believe is a stray cat.
(3)
Any cat off the premises of the owner or of the person keeping
or harboring said cat without a current registration tag on his collar
or harness.
B.
If any cat so seized wears a collar or harness having inscribed thereon
or attached thereto the name and address of any person or a registration
tag, or the owner or the person keeping or harboring said cat is known,
the Chief of Police, or his designee of the Township of Nutley or
such person hired by the Board of Commissioners for the purpose, or
Animal Control Officer if appointed, shall forthwith serve on the
person whose address is given on the collar, or on the owner or the
person keeping or harboring said cat, if known, a notice in writing
stating that the cat has been seized and will be liable to be disposed
of or destroyed if not claimed within seven days after the service
of the notice.
C.
A notice under this section may be served either by delivering it
to the person on whom it is to be served or by leaving it at the person's
usual or last known place of abode or at the address given on the
collar, or by forwarding it by post in a prepaid letter addressed
to that person at his usual or last known place of abode or to the
address given on the collar.
D.
When any cat so seized has been detained for seven days after notice,
when notice can be given as above set forth, or has been detained
for seven days after seizure, when no notice has been given as above
set forth, and the owner or person keeping or harboring said cat has
not claimed said cat and paid all expenses incurred by reason of its
detention, including maintenance not exceeding $50 per day, and if
the cat be unlicensed at the time of the seizure and the owner or
person keeping or harboring said cat has not produced a license and
registration tag for said cat, the aforesaid Chief of Police of the
Township of Nutley, or such person hired by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Nutley, or Animal Control Officer if appointed,
may cause the cat to be destroyed in a manner causing as little pain
as possible.
[Added 5-4-2021 by Ord.
No. 3471]
Any officer, member of the Public Affairs department or agent
authorized or empowered to perform any duty under this article is
hereby authorized to go upon any premises to seize for impounding
any cat or cats which he may lawfully seized and impounded.
[Added 5-4-2021 by Ord.
No. 3471]
No person shall hinder, molest or interfere with anyone authorized
or empowered to perform any duty under this article, including but
not limited to the police department, the employees of the Public
Affairs department or the Township Zoning department.
[Added 5-4-2021 by Ord.
No. 3471]
No cat or other animal taken into custody and detained or impounded
shall be sold or otherwise made available for the purpose of experimentation.
[Amended 5-4-2021 by Ord. No. 3471]
Any person who violates or who fails or refuses to comply with
any provisions of this article or the rules and regulations promulgated
by the State Department of Health shall be liable to a penalty of
not more than $500 per day for each dog or cat over the limit, or
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both.
[Added 5-4-2021 by Ord.
No. 3471]
The provisions of this article shall be enforced by the local
Police Department and the Department of Health.
License fees and other money collected or received under the
provisions of this article shall be forwarded to the Treasurer of
the municipality and shall be placed in a special account separate
from any other accounts of the municipality and shall be used to administer
the provisions of this article.
