[Adopted 8-4-1987 by Ord. No. 968[1]]
[1]
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:
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 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.
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 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.
