As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ANIMAL CONTROL AUTHORITY
Any person or agency designated or certified by the State
of New Jersey to enforce the provisions of this article.
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 Upper Saddle River or any designated
representative thereof charged with administering the issuance and/or
revocation or permits and licenses under the provision of this article.
NEUTERED
Rendered permanently incapable of reproduction as certified
by a licensed veterinarian.
OWNER
The proprietorship of a cat shall include every person having
a right of property or custody of 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. Owners or those harboring stray cats on their property shall
be responsible to abate such nuisances associated with the keeping,
feeding or propagation of such cats, either on private or public property.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, partnership, organization or
institution commonly recognized by law as a unit.
Except as otherwise provided in this article,
any person who violates or who fails or refuses to comply with this
article shall be liable to a penalty of $100 for each offense.