[Adopted by Ord. No. 1991-22 (Sec. 5-3 of the 1987 Revised General Ordinances)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Dog or cat.
Any person or agency designated or certified by the State
of New Jersey to enforce the provisions of this article.
Any member of the domestic feline species; male, female,
or altered.
Any cat which has attained the age of seven months, or which
possesses a set of permanent teeth.
Any room or group of rooms, cage, or exhibition pen, not
part of a kennel, wherein cats for sale are kept or displayed.
The agency or department of the Borough of Red Bank or any
designated representative thereof charged with administering the issuance
and/or revocation of permits and licenses under the provisions of
this article.
Rendered permanently incapable of reproduction as certified
by a licensed veterinarian.
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.
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 Red Bank, unless such cat is vaccinated and licensed. The provisions
of this subsection do not apply to cats held in a cattery, or those
held by a state or federally licensed research facility, or a veterinary
establishment where cats are received or kept for diagnostic, medical,
surgical, or other treatments, or 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 of this section.
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 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 shall be deemed inadvisable.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2000-1]
A.
Cats must have license number displayed. Any person who shall own,
keep, or harbor a cat of licensing age shall annually apply for and
procure from the Clerk of the Borough of Red Bank, or other official
designated by the governing body thereof to license cats in the Borough
of Red Bank, a license and official registration tag with license
number, or a registration sleeve for each cat so owned, kept, or harbored,
and shall place upon such cat a collar, or other device, with the
license number securely fastened or displayed thereto. Acceptable
methods of displaying license number shall include, but are not limited
to, breakaway or elastic collars. License tags or sleeves are not
transferable.
B.
Time for applying for license. The owner of any newly acquired cat
of licensing age, or of any cat which attains licensing age, shall
make application for license tag or sleeve 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 of Red
Bank for no longer than 90 days.
C.
Cats brought into jurisdiction.
(1)
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Borough
of Red Bank, any cat licensed in another state for the current year,
and bearing registration tag or sleeve, and shall keep the same or
permit the same to be kept within the Borough of Red Bank for a period
of more than 90 days, shall immediately apply for a license and registration
tag or sleeve for each such cat.
(2)
Any person who shall bring or cause to be brought into the Borough
of Red Bank any unlicensed cat, and shall keep same or permit same
to be kept within the Borough of Red Bank for a period of more than
10 days, shall immediately apply for a license and registration tag
or sleeve for each such cat.
D.
Application, contents, preservation of information. The application
shall state the breed, sex, age, color, and markings of the cat for
which license and registration are sought, and whether it is of a
long- or shorthaired variety; also the name, street, and post office
address of the owner, and the person who shall keep or harbor such
cat. The information on said application and the registration number
issued for the cat shall be preserved for a period of three years
by the Clerk or other local official designated to license cats in
the municipality.
E.
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.
F.
Evidence of inoculation with rabies vaccine or certification of exemption; requirement for license. No municipal clerk or other official designated by the governing body of any municipality to license cats therein shall grant any such license and official registration tag or sleeve 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 § 231-21 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.
G.
License fee schedule. A license shall be issued after payment of
a fee of $18, for each unneutered cat and $15 for each neutered cat.
Persons who fail to obtain a license as required within the time period
specified in this subsection will be subject to a delinquent fee of
$5. The license, registration tags and renewals thereof shall expire
on the last day of January of each year.
[Amended 12-19-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-42; 12-18-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-26]
H.
Fees, renewals, expiration date of license.
(1)
Licenses from another municipality shall be accepted. The person
applying for the license and registration tag and/or sleeve shall
pay the fee fixed or authorized. The fee for the renewal of license
and registration tag or sleeve shall be the same as for the original,
and said license, registration tag or sleeve and renewal thereof shall
expire on December 31 in the following year.
(2)
Only one license and registration tag or sleeve shall be required
in the licensing year for any cat in the Borough of Red Bank. Any
valid New Jersey license tag or sleeve issued by a New Jersey municipality
shall be accepted by this municipality as evidence of compliance.
I.
Loss of license. If a license tag or sleeve has been misplaced or
lost, the Borough Clerk may issue a duplicate license and/or registration
sleeve for that particular cat at a fee of $0.25.
J.
Proof of licensing. Proof of licensing shall be produced by any person
owning, keeping, maintaining, or harboring a cat, upon which the request
of any health official, police officer, animal control officer, or
other authorized person.
K.
Interfering with persons performing duties under this article. No
person shall hinder, molest, or interfere with anyone authorized or
empowered to perform any duty under this article.
L.
Disposition of fees collected. 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: collecting, keeping,
and disposing of cats liable to seizure, for local prevention and
control of rabies, providing antirabies treatment under the direction
of the local Board of Health for any person known or suspected to
have been exposed to rabies, and for administering the provisions
of this article. 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 subsection.
At the end of the 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.
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 not less than $20, nor more than $45, for
each offense, to be recovered by and in the name of the local Board
of Health, or by and in the name of the municipality.
