ANIMAL
For the purpose of this ordinance, animal shall mean cat.
ANIMAL CONTROL AUTHORITY
Any person or agency designated or certified by the State
of New Jersey to enforce the provisions of this ordinance.
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.
CATTERY
Any room or group of rooms, cage, or exhibition pen, not
part of a kennel, wherein cats for sale are kept or displayed.
LICENSING AUTHORITY
The agency or department of the Borough of Wildwood Crest
or any designated representative thereof charged with administering
the issuance and/or revocation of permits and licenses under the provisions
of this ordinance.
NEUTERED
Rendered permanently incapable of reproduction as certified
by a licensed veterinarian.
OWNER
When applied to the proprietorship of a cat shall include
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.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, partnership, organization or
institution commonly recognized by law as a unit.
All other ordinances in the Borough of Wildwood Crest which
are in conflict with the ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent
of such conflict.
If any part of this ordinance shall be invalid, such parts shall
be deemed severable and the invalidity thereof shall not affect the
remaining parts of this ordinance.
This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon final
passage and publication according to law.