This article may be cited as the "Borough of South River Cat
Licensing and Rabies Vaccination Ordinance."
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ANIMAL CONTROL AUTHORITY
Any person or agency designated and/or certified by the State
of New Jersey to enforce the provisions of this article.
CAT
Any member of the domestic feline species, male or female,
whether neutered or not.
CAT OF LICENSING AGE
Any cat 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
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 a cat in his or her keeping, or who harbors or maintains
a cat or who knowingly permits a cat to remain on or about any premises
occupied by that person.
VICIOUS CAT
Any cat which has attacked or bitten any human being without
provocation.
License fees and other moneys collected or received under the
provisions of this article shall be forwarded to the Treasurer of
the Borough of South River and shall be placed in a special account
separate from any of the other accounts of the Borough of South River
and shall be used for the following purposes only: collecting, keeping
and disposing of cats liable to seizure; local prevention and control
of rabies; providing anti-rabies treatment under the direction of
the Board of Health for any person known or suspected to have been
exposed to rabies; or administering the provisions of this article.
Any unexpended balance remaining in such special account shall be
retained until the end of the third fiscal year following and may
be used for any of the purposes set forth in this section. At the
end of the third fiscal year following and at the end of each fiscal
year thereafter, there shall be transferred from said special account
to the general funds of the Borough any amount then in such account
which is in excess of the total amount paid into the special account
during the last two fiscal years next preceding.
The provisions of §
108-16 of Article
II, regarding right of entry to premises, are hereby made applicable to cats.
The removal of animal feces required by Articles
IV and
V of this chapter is hereby made applicable to cats other than feral cats that are members of a managed colony.
The provisions of §
108-42 of Article
VII of this chapter shall apply to all cats licensed hereunder.
The Chief of Police and the Animal Control Officer shall have
the primary duty of enforcing this article.
Except as otherwise provided in this article, any person who violates or who fails or refuses to comply with this article shall be liable to a penalty as prescribed in Chapter
1, §
1-1, General Penalty, of this Code, for each offense, to be recovered by and in the name of the municipality.