A. 
License requirements. No person shall own, keep, harbor or maintain any cat or dog over seven months of age unless such cat or dog is licensed by the office of the Township Clerk. The provisions of this section do not apply to cats held in a cattery, or those held by a state or federal licensed facility, or a veterinary establishment where cats or dogs are received or kept for diagnostic, medical, surgical or other treatments, or licensed animal shelters, pounds, kennels or pet shops.
B. 
Annual procurement; display of license required. Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a cat or dog of licensing age shall annually, in the month of January, apply for and procure from the office of the Township Clerk a license and official registration tag with a license number or a registration sleeve for each cat or dog so owned, kept or harbored, and shall place upon each cat and dog a collar, harness, or other device with the license number securely fastened or displayed thereto. Acceptable methods of displaying the license number shall include, but are not limited to, breakaway or elastic collars. License tags or sleeves are not transferable.
C. 
Time for applying for license. The owner of any newly acquired cat or dog of licensing age, or of any cat or dog which attains licensing age, shall make application for a license tag or sleeve for such cat or dog within 10 days after such acquisition or age attainment. This requirement will not apply to a non-resident keeping a cat or dog within the Township for no longer than 90 days.
D. 
Cats and dogs brought into jurisdiction.
(1) 
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Township any cat or dog licensed in another state or municipality for the current year and bearing a registration tag or sleeve, and shall keep or permit the cat or dog to be kept within the Township for a period of more than 90 days, shall immediately apply for a license and registration tag or sleeve for each such cat or dog.
(2) 
If said owner has obtained a valid cat or dog license from another municipality within Middlesex County, said license shall be valid for the balance of the calendar year, provided that the owner provides the previous municipality and the office of the Township Clerk with his new post office address and telephone number.
(3) 
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Township any unlicensed cat or dog, and shall keep same or permit same to be kept within the Township for a period of more than 10 days, shall immediately apply for a license and registration tag or sleeve for each such cat or dog.
A. 
Application; contents; preservation of information; fees. The license application shall state the breed, sex, age, color and markings of the cat or dog for which license and registration are sought and whether it is of a long- or short-haired variety; the name, street and post office address of the owner and the person who shall keep or harbor such cat or dog. The information on said application and the registration number issued for the cat or dog shall be preserved for a period of three years by the office of the Township Clerk.
B. 
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.
C. 
Vaccination and evidence of inoculation with rabies vaccine or certification of exemption; requirement for license.
(1) 
Neither the office of the Township Clerk nor any other official designated by the governing body of the municipality to license cats and dogs therein shall grant any such license and official registration tag or sleeve for any cat or dog unless the owner thereof provides evidence that the cat or dog 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 United States Department of Human Services or has been certified exempt as provided by this section.
(2) 
The rabies inoculation shall be administered by a duly licensed veterinarian or by such other veterinarian permitted by law to do the same. If a required inoculation has an expiration date which is less than one year from the date the license is issued, the issuance of the license shall be conditioned upon the applicant submitting proof to the office of the Township Clerk that the inoculation which will expire has been administered. Said proof shall be submitted no later than 30 days after the expiration date listed on the license. Failure to submit the required proof of inoculations within 30 days of the expiration date shall result in a fine of $5 for each 30-day period, or fraction thereof, that the proof has not been submitted.
(3) 
Exemptions. Any cat or dog 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 or dog shall be deemed inadvisable.
D. 
Fees, renewals and expiration date of license.
(1) 
Cats. A license shall be issued after payment of a fee of $15 for each neutered or spayed cat and $18 for each intact cat. The fee for any cat whose owner is 65 years or older shall be reduced by the sum of $2 per license.
(2) 
Dogs. A license shall be issued after payment of a fee of $15 for each neutered or fixed dog and $18 for each intact dog. The fee for any dog whose owner is 65 years or older shall be reduced by the sum of $2 per license.
(3) 
The licenses, registration tags and renewals thereof shall expire on the last day of January of the following year.
(4) 
Late fee. Persons who fail to obtain a license by February 1 of the year in question shall be subject to a late charge of $5 for every month or fraction thereof that each cat or dog license is delinquent.
(5) 
Dangerous dog. The fee for a dangerous dog shall be $500.
(6) 
Exemption to limitations permit. The fee for such permit pursuant to § 110-6A(2) shall be $50 annually.
E. 
Loss of license. If a license tag or sleeve has been misplaced or lost, the office of the Township Clerk may issue a duplicate license and/or registration sleeve for the particular cat or dog at a fee of $2 each.
F. 
Disposition of fees collected.
(1) 
License fees and other moneys collected or received under the provisions of this article shall be forwarded to the Treasurer 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:
(a) 
Collecting, keeping and disposing of cats and dogs liable to seizure;
(b) 
Local prevention and control of rabies;
(c) 
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;
(d) 
Administering the provisions of this article.
(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.
No person, except an official in the performance of his duties, shall remove a registration tag or sleeve from any cat or dog, nor shall any person attach a registration tag or sleeve to a cat or dog for which it was not issued.
Proof of licensing shall be produced by any person owning, keeping, maintaining or harboring a cat or dog, upon the request of any Animal Control Officer, health official, police officer, or other authorized person.
Any cat or dog which has bitten or abraded the skin of a human being shall be forthwith quarantined by the Animal Control Officer for observation and examination. Before such cat or dog is released from quarantine, the Animal Control Officer shall certify that, to the best of his knowledge, such cat or dog is free of rabies; provided, however, if any cat or dog has received antirabic treatment under the direction of an enforcement authority or a licensed veterinarian within one year prior to the time that it has bitten or abraded the skin of a human being, such cat or dog may, in the discretion of the Animal Control Officer, be quarantined into the care of its owner for a period of not less than 10 days from the day of the bite or abrasion; provided further that this section shall not be construed as preventing the Animal Control Officer, where necessary, from quarantining the animals referred to herein, so long as prior to such animal's release an examination shall be made by a licensed veterinarian and a written report thereof be transmitted to the Animal Control Officer. Any violations of quarantine pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to violations and penalties established in § 110-50.