[Adopted 8-27-1991 by Ord. No. 91-14]
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.
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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 Clerk of the Borough or his duly authorized representative.
[Amended 9-7-1993 by Ord. No. 93-14[2]]
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 immediately preceded this definition, was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
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Editor's Note: Amended 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 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.
C. 
Vaccination certificate. A certificate of vaccination shall be issued to the owner of each cat vaccinated on a form recommended by the state.[1]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
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.
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Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
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.
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Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
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.
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Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
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.
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Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
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.
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Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
Violations of this article shall be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article III, General Penalty, of the Code of the Borough of Westwood.
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Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).