[Adopted 8-27-1991 by Ord. No. 91-14]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any person or agency designated or certified by the State
of New Jersey to enforce the provisions of this article.
[1]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.
The Clerk of the Borough or his duly authorized representative.
[Amended 9-7-1993 by Ord. No. 93-14[2]]
Rendered permanently incapable of reproduction as certified
by a licensed veterinarian.
When applied to the proprietorship of a cat, shall include
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.
Vaccination and license requirements. No person shall own, keep,
harbor, or maintain any cat over seven months of age within the Borough
of Westwood 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.
B.
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 D.
D.
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.
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 Borough Clerk, 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.
A.
The fees
for a one-year license and registration tag shall be $10, respectively.
B.
There shall
be an additional fee of $5 for any cat of reproductive age which has
not been spayed or neutered.
C.
The renewal
fee for existing licenses, where application for the same is made
after February of the particular year, will be subject to an administrative
fee of $25 due to higher processing costs.
D.
All license
and registration tags shall expire on December 31 of the year stated
on the license. There shall be no prorating of fees for a partial
year.
The application shall state the breed, sex, age, color and markings
of the cat for which the license and registration are sought, and
whether it is of a longhaired or shorthaired variety; also, the name,
street and post office address of the owner and the person who shall
keep or harbor such cat.
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Borough of Westwood, in the County of Bergen, any cat licensed in another state for the current year and bearing a registration tag and who shall keep the same or permit the same to be kept within the Borough for a period of more than 90 days shall, at the end of said 90 days, apply for a license and registration tag for each such cat, unless such cat is licensed under § 99-4, Pet shops, kennels and shelters, of Article I, Dogs, of this chapter.
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the 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, on the expiration of said 10 days, apply for a license and registration tag for each such cat, unless such cat is licensed under § 99-4, Pet shops, kennels and shelters, of Article I, Dogs, of this chapter.
No person, except an officer in the performance of his duties,
shall remove a registration tag from the collar of any cat without
the consent of the owner, nor shall any person attach a registration
tag to a cat for which it was not issued.
