[Adopted 11-17-1969 (Ch. 97, Art. I, of the 1981 Code)]
[Amended 6-14-1989 by Ord. No. 815; 9-14-2011 by Ord. No. 1296; 11-5-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-01]
Every person who shall own, keep or harbor a cat or cats, male or female, within the limits of the Borough of Lindenwold shall report to the Clerk or designee annually, by January 31 of each year, his or her name and address and shall give the name, breed, color and sex of each and every cat kept by said person and shall, within said time, pay to said Clerk or designee the sum as provided in Chapter 150, Fees, Article I, Fee Schedule, § 150-7, as a license fee and a registration fee for each and every cat or cats, and said Clerk shall furnish the owner or keeper of the same with the certificate, signed by said Clerk, stating the registry number of the cat, its name, breed, color and sex and the name and address of its owner or keeper, which certificate shall be valid and effective from the date of its issuance to the first day of January in the ensuing year. Upon proof by affidavit of the loss of any certificate or metal tags hereinafter provided for, the Clerk or designee shall issue a duplicate certificate or tag upon payment of the fee provided in Chapter 150, Fees, Article I, Fee Schedule, § 150-7.
[Added 9-16-1985 by Ord. No. 693; 11-5-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-01]
No license shall be issued or granted nor shall any official
registration tag be issued or granted for any cat unless the owner
or person maintaining the same 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 regulations
of the United States Department of Health and Human Services or has
been certified exempt as provided by the regulations of the State
Department of Health. Such vaccination shall be repeated at intervals
as provided by the regulations of the State Department of Health and
shall be administered by a duly licensed veterinarian or by such veterinarian
permitted by law to do the same.
The Clerk or designee shall keep a book for the purpose of registering
the name of the owner of every cat, the description of the cat as
set forth in the registration certificate and the number of the license
certificate issued.
The Clerk or designee, upon receipt of the fee prescribed by § 75-1 of this article, shall furnish with each certificate of registration a metal tag on which shall be inscribed the registry number, which shall correspond to the number set forth in the certificate, and the year in which the certificate is issued, which said tag shall be securely affixed to the collar or strap worn by the cat.
[Added 1-8-1992 by Ord. No. 894]
A.Â
Any cat off the premises of any person owning, keeping or harboring
the same shall be accompanied by a person capable of controlling the
cat and who has the cat upon a leash not exceeding six feet in length
or in a crate or box or otherwise securely confined so as to prevent
it from running at large.
B.Â
Any owner or keeper of any cat found running at large in the Borough
of Lindenwold, whether said animal is registered or unregistered,
shall be in violation of this article and subject to the penalties
provided herein.
