The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely
directory.
ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER
A person 18 years of age or older who has satisfactorily
completed the course of study approved by the Commissioner of Health
and Senior Services and the Police Training Commission as prescribed
by Paragraphs (1) through (3) of Subsection a. of Section 3 of P.L.
1983, c. 525 (N.J.S.A. 4:19-15.16a); or who has been employed in the
State of New Jersey in the capacity of, and with similar responsibilities
to those required of, a certified animal control officer pursuant
to the provisions of P.L. 1983, c. 525 for a period of three years
before January 17, 1987.
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.
COMMON HOUSEHOLD PETS
Dogs, cats, hamsters, mice, ferrets, fish, rabbits, potbellied
pigs, snakes (excluding constrictors and poisonous snakes) and domesticated
birds, including, but not limited to, canaries, parakeets, myna birds,
parrots and the like.
DISTURBING NOISE
The habitual barking, howling, whining or crying of a dog
or dogs or the howling of a cat or cats, or the chirping, cooing of
birds in the Borough of Atlantic Highlands at any hour is hereby declared
to be a disturbing noise within the meaning of N.J.S.A. 40:48-1, Subsection
8, and a nuisance.
DOG
Any dog, bitch or spayed bitch.
DOG OF LICENSING AGE
Any dog which has attained the age of seven months or which
possesses a set of permanent teeth.
FARM ANIMALS
Horses, ponies, livestock, cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, mules,
donkeys, fowl and any other animals customarily kept on a farm, but
not including common household pets.
NEUTERED/SPAYED
Rendered permanently incapable of reproduction as certified
by a licensed veterinarian.
OWNER/KEEPER
When applied to the proprietorship of a dog, shall include
every person having a right of property in that dog and every person
who has that dog in his keeping, and when applied to the proprietorship
of any other animal, including, but not limited to, a cat, shall include
every person having a right of property in that animal and every person
who has that animal in his keeping.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, partnership, organization or
institution commonly recognized by law as a unit.
WILD OR EXOTIC ANIMALS
Any species of animal whose natural or usual habitat within
the State of New Jersey is either in a zoo or the wild, as opposed
to a domesticated environment, regardless of whether such animal poses
an actual or apparent threat to persons, other animals, or property.
This includes wild animals not normally found in the State of New
Jersey, such as tigers, alligators and other wild animals.