[Adopted 3-6-1990 by Ord. No. 3-90; amended in its entirety 10-5-2009 by Ord. No. 11-2009]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
For the purpose of this article, animal shall mean cat.
Any person or agency designated or certified by the State
of New Jersey to enforce the provisions of this article.
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.
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 cat which has had its reproductive capacity permanently
altered through sterilization.
Any cat which has not had its reproductive capacity permanently
altered through sterilization.
The owner of any newly acquired cat of licensing age, or of
any cat which attains licensing age, shall make application for a
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 Borough for no longer than 90 days.
A.
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into this Borough
any cat licensed in another state for the current year and bearing
registration tag or sleeve, 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 immediately thereafter apply for a license and registration
tag or sleeve for each such cat.
B.
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into this Borough
any unlicensed cat, and who shall keep same or permit same to be kept
within the Borough for a period of more than 10 days, shall immediately
thereafter apply for a license and registration tag or sleeve for
each such cat.
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 Borough Clerk or other official designated to license
cats in the Borough.
License forms and official tags or sleeves shall be furnished
by the Borough and shall be numbered serially and shall bear the year
of issuance and the name of the Borough.
A.
The Borough Clerk or other official designated by the Borough Council
to license cats shall not 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 Agriculture
or has been certified exempt by a duly licensed veterinarian who certifies
in writing that such cat is at significant risk of adverse affects
from the proposed inoculation because of an infirmity, other physical
condition, or regimen of therapy. The rabies inoculation shall be
administered by a duly licensed veterinarian or by such other veterinarian
permitted by law to do the same.
B.
Except as otherwise exempted above, the Borough Clerk or other official
designated by the Borough Council to license cats shall not grant
any such license and official metal registration tag for any cat unless
the cat owner provides evidence that the cat to be licensed and registered
has been inoculated against rabies with a vaccine having a duration
of immunity which extends through November 1 of the licensing period.
Cats with a duration of immunity against rabies that expires prior
to November 1 of the licensing period shall be revaccinated prior
to issuance of a license.
Every person owning or harboring a cat of licensing age within
the Borough shall, before May 1 of each year, apply to the Borough
Clerk for a license and official metal registration tag for each cat
so owned or harbored, whereupon, after payment of the fee hereinafter
set forth, the Borough Clerk shall issue to such person a license
together with an official tag which shall be fastened to the collar
of such animal. In the event of a cat being acquired after April of
each year, a license and tag shall be obtained as prescribed within
10 days from the date of acquiring the cat. Effective as of the date
of the adoption of this article, the fee for each license and registration
shall be $15 for each unneutered cat and $12 for each neutered cat.
Licenses and registration tags shall expire April 30 of the succeeding
year.
A.
On or after April 1, 2009, if application shall not be made within
the time limit set forth hereinabove, there shall also be assessed
a late charge in accordance with the schedule below:
|
Months
|
License Fee Neutered
|
License Fee Unneutered
|
Late Fee
|
Total Neutered
|
Total Unneutered
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Jan.-April
|
$12
|
$15
|
$0
|
$12
|
$15
| |
|
May-June
|
$12
|
$15
|
$20
|
$32
|
$35
| |
|
July-Sep.
|
$12
|
$15
|
$25
|
$37
|
$40
| |
|
Oct.-Dec.
|
$12
|
$15
|
$30
|
$42
|
$45
|
B.
For cats acquired after April in any year, if the application is
not made within the appropriate time frame prescribed above, then
a late fee shall be imposed as follows:
|
From Time of Acquisition
|
Late Fee
| |
|---|---|---|
|
Within 10 days
|
$0
| |
|
Between 11 days and 2 months
|
$20
| |
|
Between 3 months and 5 months
|
$25
| |
|
Between 6 months and 8 months
|
$30
|
C.
The term of any license lawfully obtained during the year this article
is enacted shall expire April 30 of the succeeding year.
A.
Confining a cat that has attacked or bitten a person. If a cat has
attacked or bitten a person, the Board of Health through its Animal
Control Officer shall serve notice to the owner requiring such cat
be either confined on the owner's premises or removed from the
owner's premises to a veterinary hospital, at the expense of
the owner, for a period of ten days, for the purpose of observing
the animal for the development of signs of rabies. An animal confined
under order of the Board of Health shall not be released until a certificate
of release has been issued by the Animal Control Officer.
B.
Management of cats bitten by a known or suspected rabid animal. If
a cat is known to have been, or is suspected of having been, bitten
by an animal which is known or suspected of being infected by rabies,
the Board of Health through its Animal Control Officer shall serve
notice to the owner requiring that such cat be either strictly confined
for a period of six months (the maximum period of incubation for rabies)
or destroyed.
