As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
An animal control center or animal shelter, maintained by
or under contract with any state, county or municipality, whose mission
and practice is, in whole or significant part, the rescue and placement
of animals in permanent homes or rescue organizations.
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No. 2017-11]
Any person or agency designated or certified by the State
of New Jersey to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
Any not-for-profit organization which has tax exempt status
under § 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue
Code, whose mission and practice is, in whole or in significant part,
the rescue and placement of animals in permanent homes.
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No. 2017-11]
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, exhibition pen or part
of a kennel wherein cats for sale are kept or displayed.
Dogs, cats, hamsters, mice, ferrets, fish, rabbits, potbellied
pigs, snakes (excluding constrictors and poisonous snakes) and domesticated
birds, including but not limited to canaries, parakeets, myna birds,
parrots and the like.
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No. 2006-45]
Any male or female dog, bitch or spayed bitch.
Any dog which has attained the age of seven months or which
possesses a set of permanent teeth.
Horses, ponies, livestock, cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, mules,
donkeys, fowl and any other animals customarily kept on a farm, but
not including common household pets.
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No. 2006-45]
A family living together in a single dwelling unit with common
access to and common use of all living and eating areas and all areas
and facilities for the preparation and storage of food within the
dwelling unit.
Any dog or cat.
The agency or department of Cranford or any designated representative
thereof charged with administering the issuance and/or revocation
of permits and licenses under the provisions of this chapter.
Rendered permanently incapable of reproduction as certified
by a licensed veterinarian.
To sell, offer for sale or adoption, advertise for the sale
of, barter, auction, give away or otherwise dispose of a dog or cat.
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No. 2017-11]
When applied to the proprietorship of a dog or cat, every
person having a right of property or custody in such dog or cat and
every person who has such dog or cat in his/her keeping or harbors
or maintains a dog or cat or who knowingly permits a dog or 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 retail establishment where dogs and cats are sold, exchanged,
bartered or offered for sale as pet animals to the general public
at retail. Such definition shall not include an animal care facility
or animal rescue organization, as defined.
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No. 2017-11]
Any species of animal whose natural or usual habitat within
the State of New Jersey is either in a zoo or the wild, as opposed
to a domesticated environment, regardless of whether such animal poses
an actual or apparent threat to persons, other animals, or property.
This includes wild animals not normally found in the State of New
Jersey, such as tigers, alligators and other wild animals.
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No. 2006-45]
