As used in this Part 2, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Dog or cat.
Any person or agency designated or certified by the State
of New Jersey to enforce the provisions of this Part 2.
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 Paramus or any designated representative
thereof charged with administering the issuance and/or revocation
of permits and licenses under the provisions of this Part 2.
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/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 Paramus,
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 to a veterinary establishment
where cats are received or kept for diagnostic, medical, surgical
or other treatments or to 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 12-17-1996 by Ord. No. 96-37]
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
or displayed thereto. Acceptable methods of displaying license numbers
shall include, but are not limited to, breakaway or elastic collars.
License tags or sleeves are not transferable. Said license tags will
expire on June 30 of each year.
The owner of any newly acquired cat of licensing age or of any
cat which attains licensing age shall make application for a license
tag or sleeve for such cat within 10 days after such acquisition or
age attainment. This requirement will not apply to a nonresident keeping
a cat within Paramus for no longer than 90 days.
A.
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into Paramus any
cat licensed in another state for the current year, and bearing registration
tag or sleeve, and shall keep the same or permit the same to be kept
within Paramus for a period of more than 90 days shall immediately
apply for a license and registration tag or sleeve for each such cat.
B.
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into Paramus any
unlicensed cat and shall keep the same or permit the same to be kept
within Paramus for a period of more than 10 days shall immediately
apply for a license and registration tag or sleeve for each such cat.
The application shall state the breed, sex, age, color and markings
of the cat for which license and registration are sought and whether
it is of a long-haired or short-haired variety; also the name, street
and post office address of the owner and the person who shall keep
or harbor such cat. The information on said application and the registration
number issued for the cat shall be preserved for a period of three
years by the Clerk or other local official designated to license cats
in the municipality.
License forms and official tags or sleeves shall be furnished
by the municipality and shall be numbered serially and shall bear
the year of issuance and the name of the municipality.
No Municipal Clerk or other official designated by the governing body of any municipality to license cats therein shall grant any such license and official registration tag or sleeve for any cat unless the owner thereof provides evidence that the cat to be licensed and registered has been inoculated with a rabies vaccine of a type approved by and administered in accordance with the recommendations of the United States Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Human Services or has been certified exempt as provided by § 169-38 of this Part 2. The rabies inoculation shall be administered by a duly licensed veterinarian or by such other veterinarian permitted by law to do the same.
[Amended 5-13-2008 by Ord. No. 08-17]
A.
A license shall be issued after a payment of a fee of $15 for each unneutered cat per year or $40 for a three-year license, and $12 for each neutered cat per year or $30 for a three-year license. Persons who fail to obtain a license as required within the time period specified in this section will be subject other moneys collected or received under the provisions of this Part 2 shall be forwarded to the Chief Financial Officer of the municipality and shall be placed in a special account separate from any of the other accounts of the municipality and shall be used for the following purposes only: collecting, keeping and disposing of cats liable to seizure, for local prevention and control of rabies, providing anti-rabies treatment under the direction of the Local Board of Health for any person known or suspected to have been exposed to rabies and for administering the provisions of this Part 2. Any unexpected balance remaining in such special account shall be retained until the end of the third fiscal year following and may be used for any of the purposes set forth in this section. At the end of said third fiscal year following and at the end of each fiscal year thereafter, there shall be transferred from such special account to the general funds of the municipality any amount then in such account which is in excess of the total amount paid into the special account during the last two fiscal years next preceding.
[Amended 6-25-2012 by
BOH 126]
C.
Late charge. There shall be a late charge of $10 for any cat license
not secured by July 1 of the calendar year for which said license
is required.
D.
In the event that a person having applied for a license and registration
tag requires a duplicate replacement cat tag for any reason, the replacement
tag shall be $5.
[Added 6-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-15]
[Added 5-13-2008 by Ord.
No. 08-17]
Except as otherwise provided in this Part 2, any person who
violates or who fails or refuses to comply with this Part 2 shall
be liable to a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $50 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.
[Added 12-17-1996 by Ord.
No. 96-41]
A.
No person shall keep or harbor any dog, cat or other animal in the
Borough so as to create offensive odors, excessive noise or unsanitary
conditions which are a menace to the health, comfort or safety of
the public or otherwise permit the commission or existence of a nuisance
as herein defined.
B.
Any dog, cat or other animal which, by frequent and habitual barking,
howling, screeching, yelping or baying or in any way or manner, injures
or disturbs the quiet of any person or the community or which disturbs
or endangers the comfort, repose or health of persons is hereby declared
to be committing a nuisance, and it shall be unlawful for any owner
or person having custody of such animal to harbor it or permit it
to commit such a nuisance.
A.
Any person who observes an animal committing a nuisance upon the
premises of a person other than its owner or on a public street or
on a public sidewalk may file with the Municipal Court a signed complaint,
under oath, specifying the objectionable conduct of the animal and
the name and residence of the owner or other person harboring said
animal.
B.
Upon receipt of an affidavit of complaint, signed by one or more
residents of the Borough, made under oath before an individual authorized
by law to take sworn statements and setting forth the nature and the
date of the act, the owner of the animal, the address of the owner
and the description of the animal doing such act, the Animal Control
Officer or police officer shall investigate the complaint to determine
if, in fact, the animal is a nuisance.
