[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5A-1]
As used in this article:
Shall mean any live, vertebrate creature, domestic or wild.
Shall mean any person designated by the animal shelter and
the Borough Council as a law enforcement officer and who qualifies
to perform such duties under the laws of the State of New Jersey.
Shall mean any premises designated by the Borough Council
for the purpose of impounding and caring for animals held under authority
of this chapter.
Shall mean any member of the species generally referred to
as feline familiaris.
Shall mean any cat which has attained the age of six months.
Shall mean any person, partnership or corporation owning,
keeping or harboring one of more animals. An animal shall be deemed
to be harbored if it is fed or sheltered for three consecutive days
or more.
Shall mean any animal secured by a leash or lead, or under
the control of a responsible person and obedient to that person's
commands within the real property limits of its owner.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5A-2]
Any resident who shall own, keep or harbor a cat of licensing
age shall, in the month of January of each year, apply for and procure
from the Borough Clerk or other official designated by the Borough
Council to license cats in the Borough, a license and official registration
tag for each such cat so owned, kept or harbored and shall place upon
each cat a collar or harness with the registration tag fastened thereon.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5A2.2; Ord. No. 5-08 § 2; Ord. No. 9-08 § 2]
a.
The fee set by the Borough shall not be in excess of the maximum
established by State law. The registration fee shall be $10.
b.
Any license applied for after January 31st of each calendar year
shall also require the payment of a late fee in the amount of $7 payable
to the Borough of South Toms River.
c.
The owner of any newly-acquired cat shall apply for a license and
registration tag for such cat within 10 days after such acquisition.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5A-2.3]
All cats shall be kept under restraint. No cat shall be allowed
to run at large on private property or on any of the public streets
or public places of the Borough unless the cat is securely confined
and controlled.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5A-2.4]
Unrestrained cats may be taken by Police or the Animal Control
Officer, impounded in the animal shelter and there confined in the
manner prescribed in N.J.S.A. R:19-15.14. Impounded cats shall be
kept for not less than seven days unless reclaimed by their owners.
If by a license or by other means the owner can be identified, the
Animal Control Officer shall, immediately upon impoundment, notify
the owner by telephone or mail of the impoundment of the cat. Cats
not claimed by their owners within seven days, or placed in suitable
new homes may be disposed of by methods prescribed as humane by the
American Veterinary Medical Association and the New Jersey Veterinary
Medical Association by the Animal Control Officer or by a representative
delegated by him to exercise that authority.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5A-2.5]
An owner claiming a cat impounded under the subsection 5-11.4, or any animal impounded for whatever reason shall pay a fee of $10, plus $1 or such other daily amount as the Borough is charged for the shelter of the animal for each day that the animal has been impounded. The Borough may also take steps against the owner in violation of this section.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5A-2.6]
In addition to, or in lieu of, impounding a cat found at large,
the Animal Control Officer or Police Officer may issue to the known
owner of such cat a summons for ordinance violation.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5A-2.7]
Every female cat in heat shall be confined in a building or
secure enclosure in such manner that such female cat cannot come into
contact with another cat except for planned breeding.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5A-2.8]
No owner shall fail to exercise proper control of his cat to
prevent it from becoming a public nuisance. Excessive, continuous
or untimely molesting passersby, chasing vehicles, habitually attacking
other domestic animals, trespassing upon school grounds, or trespassing
upon private or public property shall be deemed a nuisance.
[Ord. No. 10-09 § 1; Ord. No. 4-13]
a.
No more than five cats shall be sheltered in any house. The quarters
shall be clean and sanitary and shall as not to create a health hazard
nor disturbance by reason of noise, odor or other causes.
b.
Violations; Penalties. All violators of this subsection shall be
subject to a penalty of $100 for each violation or 30 days of community
service, or both. Each and every day in which a violation of this
section exists shall constitute a separate violation subject to penalty.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5A-3.1]
Pursuant to Chapter 263, the Laws of 1973, all cat owners of
the Borough shall have 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 Health, Education and Welfare, or has been certified exempt as
provided by regulation of the State Department of Health.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5A-3.2]
All cat owners shall show proof, signed by a veterinarian, indicating
why the cat should not be inoculated against rabies.
[Ord. No. 10-91 § 5A-3.3]
The local Board of Health shall serve a notice upon the owner
of a cat requiring a rabies vaccination certificate. Compliance with
this notice shall occur in not less than one or more than 10 days.
