As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER
Any person or agency designated by the Village Manager or
authorized by law to enforce the provisions of this article.
CAT
Any member of the domestic feline species, male, female or
neutered.
CAT OF LICENSING AGE
Any cat which has attained the age of four months or which
possesses a set of permanent teeth.
LICENSING AUTHORITY
The Department of Health of the Village of Ridgewood or any
persons designated by the Village Manager charged with administering
the issuance and 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.
VACCINATION
Inoculation against rabies performed by a licensed veterinarian
or such other person permitted by law to do the same under the supervision
of a 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.
VETERINARIAN
Any person licensed to practice veterinary medicine by any
state of the United States.
[Added 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2381]
A. Cats owned by residents are required to be placed
under strict quarantine for a period of six months in instances where
the cat has been attacked by an animal of unknown origin and the cat
did not have a current rabies vaccination. The cat must be segregated
from other animals in the household, as well as humans residing therein.
The Village has authorized the construction of a cage to be utilized
as a temporary holding place for the cat in the owner's home until
the owner has constructed a cage for that purpose.
B. There is hereby authorized a rental charge as set forth in Chapter
145, Fees, to be paid in advance by the resident to the Village of Ridgewood for the utilization of the isolation cage. The isolation cage shall be rented to a resident for a period not to exceed 14 days. During the fourteen-day period, the resident shall cause to be constructed such isolation cage or area as is necessary to quarantine the cat for the period required by the Department of Health.
The Chief of Police of the Village shall annually
cause a canvass of all cats owned, kept or harbored within the limits
of the Village and shall report on or before May of each year to the
Village Clerk, Village Department of Health and, if required by law,
to the State Department of Health the result thereof, setting forth
the names and addresses of persons owning, keeping or harboring such
cats; the number of licensed cats owned, kept or harbored by each
of said persons, together with the license numbers of each of said
cats; and also setting forth the names and addresses of persons owning,
keeping or harboring unlicensed cats, the number of unlicensed cats
owned, kept or harbored by each said person, together with a complete
description of each unlicensed cat.
Any person who violates or fails or refuses to comply with this article shall be liable to the penalties provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
I, of the Village Code.