[1988 Code § 54-15; Ord. No. 587-11]
a. No person shall keep or harbor any cat within the Borough of Cape
May Point without first obtaining a license therefor, said license
to be issued by the Municipal Clerk upon application by the owner
and payment of the prescribed fee, and no person shall keep or harbor
any cat in the Borough except in compliance with the provisions with
this Article. Specifically exempt herefrom are cats brought into the
Borough which shall remain in the Borough for a period of less than
30 days.
b. Licensing and Declaration and Prevention of Nuisance of and by Cats.
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a cat shall, in the month
of January of each year, shall apply for and procure from the Municipal
Clerk a license and official metal registration tag for each such
cat so owned, kept or harbored and shall place upon each such cat
a collar or harness with the registration tag securely fastened thereto.
The person applying for the license and registration tag shall pay
a fee of $18.20 for the license for each spayed or neutered cat and
an additional $3 for each cat that is not spayed or neutered, whether
male or female, plus such additional fees as established by the State
and forwarded to the Department of Health. For each annual renewal,
the fee for license and for registration shall be the same as for
the original license and registration. Said licenses, registrations
and renewal thereof shall expire the last day of January in each year.
No registration shall be issued for any cat whose owner or custodian
fails to produce proof of a current valid rabies vaccination for said
cat; except that any cat may be exempted from the vaccination requirement
for a period of time specified in a veterinarian's certificate
stating that the inoculation shall be inadvisable at this time because
of age, infirmity or other physical or medical reasons.
c. All cats must display the registration tag, or registration number,
issued by the Municipal Clerk of the Borough.
d. Anyone who owns, keeps, harbors or maintains a cat within the Borough
shall exercise sufficient and proper control and care over such animal
at all times so as to prevent the animal from becoming a public nuisance
or otherwise violating this Article.
e. A cat shall be considered a public nuisance if it has no known owner
or custodian or place of care and shelter or if it habitually trespasses
upon or damages either private or public property or harms lawful
users or occupants thereof or if it causes a definable public health
hazard which is supported by medical documentation.
[1988 Code § 54-17]
Any person who violates this Article shall, upon conviction
thereof, be liable to a penalty of not less than $10 nor more than
$100 for each offense, to be recovered by and in the name of the Borough.
A person who refuses or neglects to pay forthwith the amount of a
judgment rendered against him and the costs and charges incident thereto
shall be committed by the court to the County jail for a period not
exceeding 10 days in the case of a first conviction, and in the case
of a conviction for a second, subsequent or continuing violation,
for a period not exceeding 30 days, or shall be sentenced to perform
community service for a period not exceeding 90 days.