[Adopted 8-4-1987 by Ord. No. 968[1]]
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Editor's Note: This article provided an effective date of 1-1-1988.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ANIMAL CONTROL AUTHORITY
Any person or agency designated or certified by the State of New Jersey to enforce the provisions of this article.[1]
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.
CATTERY
Any room or group of rooms, cage, or exhibition pen, not part of a kennel, wherein cats for sale are kept or displayed.
LICENSING AUTHORITY
The agency or department of North Wildwood or any designated representative thereof charged with administering the issuance and/or revocation of permits and licenses under the provisions of this article.
NEUTERED
Rendered permanently incapable of reproduction as certified by a licensed veterinarian.
OWNER
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.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, partnership, organization, or institution commonly recognized by law as a unit.
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Editor's Note: The definition of "animal," which previously preceded this definition, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
A. 
Vaccination and license requirements. No person shall own, keep, harbor, or maintain any cat over seven months of age within the City of North Wildwood, 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 federal-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.
C. 
Vaccination certificate. A certificate of vaccination shall be issued to the owner of each animal vaccinated on a form recommended by the state.
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.
[Amended 8-7-2018 by Ord. No. 1755]
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 Clerk of the municipality, 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. The annual cat license fee is hereby fixed at $2.
Violations of article, penalty. 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 of not less than $50, nor more than $250, for each offense, to be recovered by and in the name of the local Board of Health, or by and in the name of the municipality.