[Adopted 10-15-2020 by BOH Ord. No. 2020-1]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ANIMAL CONTROL AUTHORITY
The authorized Animal Control Officer designated by the Borough.
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 Borough Clerk's Office of the Borough of Maywood or any designated representative thereof charged with administering the issuance and/or revocation of permits and licenses under the provisions of this article.
NEUTERED
Rendered permanently incapable of reproduction as certified by a licensed veterinarian.
OWNER
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.
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 the Borough of Maywood, 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 Borough Clerk, 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.
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a cat of licensing age in the Borough shall, in the month of January in each year, apply for and procure from the Borough Clerk a license with license number for each such cat so owned, kept or harbored. Licenses are not transferable.
A. 
Newly acquired cats and cats attaining licensing age. The owner of any newly acquired cat of licensing age or of any cat which attains licensing age shall apply for a license for such cat within 10 days after such acquisition or age attainment. This requirement will not apply to a nonresident keeping a cat within the Borough for no longer than 90 days.
B. 
Cats brought into Borough.
(1) 
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Borough any cat licensed in another state for the current year and shall keep the same or permit the same to be kept within the Borough for a period of more than 90 days shall immediately apply for a license for each such cat.
(2) 
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Borough any unlicensed cat and shall keep the same or permit the same to be kept within the Borough for a period of more than 10 days shall immediately apply for a license for each such cat.
Only one license shall be required in any licensing year for any cat owned in New Jersey, and such license issued by any other municipality of this state shall be accepted by the Borough as evidence of compliance with this article.
A. 
The application shall state the breed, sex, age, color and markings of the cat for which the 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.
B. 
The information on said application and the registration number issued for the cat shall be preserved for a period of three years by the Borough Clerk.
C. 
Registration numbers shall be issued in the order of the applications.
No Municipal Clerk or other official designated by the governing body of any municipality to license cats therein shall grant any such license 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 § 161-38 of this article. The rabies inoculation shall be administered by a duly licensed veterinarian or by such other veterinarian permitted by law to do the same.
A. 
The person applying for the license shall pay to the Borough Clerk a fee as set forth in § 330-20, Fees, for the licensing of each cat. Each license shall be renewed annually, and for each annual renewal, the fee for the license shall be the same as for the original license. Said licenses and renewals thereof shall expire on the last day of January in each year.
B. 
In addition to the fee charged under Subsection A above, any person applying for such license shall pay a fee as set forth in § 330-20, Fees, for any cat of reproductive age which has not had its reproductive capacity permanently altered through sterilization. Proof of sterilization shall be presented in accordance with law and the rules and regulations promulgated by the New Jersey Department of Health.
C. 
There shall be a late charge as set forth in § 330-20, Fees, for any cat license not secured by March 1 of the calendar year for which said license is required.
License forms shall be furnished by the Borough Clerk and shall be numbered serially and shall bear the year of issuance and the name of the Borough.
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.
Opportunity will be given from time to time to every resident of the Borough of Maywood, New Jersey, owning or in possession of a cat or cats, to have said cat or cats inoculated with antirabic vaccine, one-injection method, as often as the Borough shall designate. The certificate of vaccination shall be presented to the Borough Clerk for registration immediately after vaccination. Inoculations provided by the Borough, free of charge, shall be made by such person or persons as the Borough shall designate. The Borough will not pay for inoculations made by veterinarians other than those designated by the Borough.
All other ordinances of the Borough which are in conflict with this article are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
If any part of this article shall be invalid, such parts shall be deemed severable and the invalidity thereof shall not affect the remaining part of this article.
Except as otherwise provided in this article, any person who violates or fails or refuses to comply with this article shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $25 nor more than $500 for each offense, to be recovered by and in the name of the Borough.