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.
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 Hazlet Township 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, includes every
person having a right of property (or custody) in such cat and every
person who has such cat in his or 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.
[Added 9-4-2012 by Ord.
No. 1511-12]
No more than four cats of licensing age shall be kept, maintained
or harbored at one time for any length of time in any residential
housing unit or on its grounds or in any business establishment or
on its grounds.
[Added 9-4-2012 by Ord.
No. 1511-12]
Any cat found running at large in the Township shall be apprehended
and impounded by the enforcing agent of the Township Committee upon
complaint of any citizen.
No person shall hinder, molest or interfere
with anyone authorized or empowered to perform any duty under this
article.
[Amended 9-4-2012 by Ord.
No. 1511-12]
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 $25 nor more
than $100 for each offense, to be recovered by and in the name of
the Monmouth County Health Department or by and in the name of the
municipality.