As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Any member of the feline species, male, female or altered.
[Adopted 4-25-2011 by Ord. No. 11-07 (Ch. 97, Art. III, of the 1985 Code)]
No person shall own, keep, harbor or maintain any cat which has attained the age of four months, or younger if so prescribed by New Jersey State Department of Health guidelines in a rabies emergency, within the Township of Washington unless such cat is licensed in accordance with the following procedures and vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian in accordance with the most current Compendium of Animal Rabies Vaccines and Recommendations for Immunization published by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians, evidenced by a certificate of vaccination in a form recommended by the State of New Jersey. No more than four cats may be registered, harbored or maintained in any residence.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
Written application for a cat license shall be made to the Township Clerk on such form as shall be prescribed by the Township Clerk. All applications for a cat license shall be accompanied by a licensing fee as set forth in Chapter 212, Fees, together with a current certificate of vaccination. Upon satisfactory completion of the written application, submission of a current certification of vaccination and payment of the cat license fee hereunder, the Township Clerk shall issue a cat license and registration tag for the subject cat. The fee for the license and registration tag shall be the same for each renewal.
The licensing period shall run from January 1 to December 31 of each year. A license issued pursuant to this article shall be valid for a period of one year computed from January 1 at or immediately prior to issuance of such license.
[Amended 8-21-2017 by Ord. No. 17-11; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
The registration tag issued by the Township Clerk shall be affixed to the collar of the cat and shall be maintained thereon. Registration tags shall not be transferable from one cat to another, nor shall there be any refund of all or any part of a licensing fee, once paid. In the event that a registration tag is lost, the Township Clerk shall issue a replacement registration tag upon the filing with the Township Clerk of an affidavit of lost registration tag on behalf of the subject cat. In the event that a registration tag is lost, the Township Clerk shall issue a replacement registration tag upon the filing with the Township Clerk of an affidavit of lost registration tag on behalf of the subject animal and payment of a replacement fee as set forth in Chapter 212, Fees.
The provisions of this article shall be enforced by the Police Department and the Department of Health of the Township of Washington.