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.
ANIMAL
For the purpose of this chapter, animal shall mean dog or cat.
ANIMAL CONTROL AUTHORITY
Any person or agency designated or certified by the State of New Jersey to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
OWNER
When applied to the proprietorship of a cat shall include every person having a right or 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.
CATTERY
Shall mean any room or group of rooms, cage, or exhibition pen, not part of a kennel, wherein cats for sale are kept or displayed.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, partnership, organization, or institution, commonly recognized by law as a unit.
LICENSING AUTHORITY
The agency or department of the Borough of Waldwick or any designated representative thereof charged with administering the issuance and/or revocation of permits and licenses under the provisions of this chapter.
NEUTERED
Rendered permanently incapable of reproduction as certified by a licensed veterinarian.
(a) 
Vaccination and License Requirements: No person shall own, keep, harbor, or maintain any cat over seven months of age within the Borough of Waldwick 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 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 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.
(a) 
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 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 number shall include, but are not limited to, break-away or elastic collars. License tags or sleeves are not transferable.
(b) 
Time for Applying for License: The owner of any newly acquired cat of licensing age, or of any cat which attains licensing age, shall make application for license tag or sleeve for such cat within ten days after such acquisition or age attainment. This requirement will not apply to a non-resident keeping a cat within the Borough of Waldwick for no longer than 90 days.
(c) 
Cats Brought Into Borough of Waldwick: Any person who shall bring, or cause to be brought into the Borough of Waldwick 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 with the Borough of Waldwick for a period of more than 90 days, shall immediately apply for a license and registration tag or sleeve for each such cat.
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Borough of Waldwick any unlicensed cat, and shall keep same or permit same to be kept within the Borough of Waldwick for a period of more than ten days, shall immediately apply for a license and registration tag or sleeve for each such cat.
(d) 
Application, Contents, Preservation of Information: 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 or shorthaired 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.
(e) 
License Forms and Tags: 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.
(f) 
Evidence of Inoculation with Rabies Vaccine or Certification of Exemption: Requirement for License: 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 § 32-3 of this chapter. The rabies inoculation shall be administered by a duly licensed veterinarian, or by such other veterinarian permitted by law to do the same.
(g) 
License Fee Schedule: See § 48:37-3(g).[1]
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Editor's Note: Former § 48-37, Cats, licenses, as amended, was repealed 12-18-2018 by Ord. No. 24-2018.
(h) 
Fees, Renewals, Expiration Date of License: License from another municipality shall be accepted. The person applying for the license and registration tag and/or sleeve shall pay the fee fixed or authorized. The fee for the renewal of license and registration tag or sleeve shall be the same as for the original, and said license, registration tag or sleeve and renewal thereof shall expire on January 1st in the following year.
Only one license and registration tag or sleeve shall be required in the licensing year for any cat in the Borough of Waldwick. Any valid New Jersey license tag or sleeve issued by a New Jersey municipality shall be accepted by this municipality as evidence of compliance.
(i) 
Loss of License: If a license tag or sleeve has been misplaced or lost, the Borough Clerk may issue a duplicate license and/or registration sleeve for that particular cat at no charge.
(j) 
Proof of Licensing: Proof of licensing shall be produced by any person owning, keeping, maintaining or harboring a cat, upon the request of any health official, police officer, animal control officer, or other authorized person.
(k) 
Interfering with Persons Performing Duties Under This Chapter: No person shall hinder, molest, or interfere with anyone authorized or empowered to perform any duty under this chapter.
(l) 
Disposition of Fees Collected: License fees and other moneys collected or received under the provisions of this chapter, shall be forwarded to the treasurer of the municipality, and shall be placed in the current fund account.