Township of Oxford, NJ
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2023-02-15
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 118 Animals
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Article III Regulation of Cats
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration of Government
- Ch 16 Claims Approval
- Ch 24 Court, Municipal
- Ch 32 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 43 Fire Department
- Ch 51 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 66 Personnel Practices
- Ch 70 Police Department
- Ch 75 Public Defender, Municipal
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 91 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 95 Adult Establishments
- Ch 100 Affordable Housing
- Ch 107 Alarm Systems
- Ch 112 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 118 Animals
- Ch 118 Art III Regulation of Cats
- § 118-27 Care and control.
- § 118-28 Responsibility of owner.
- § 118-29 Nuisances.
- Ch 133 Building and Lot Numbering
- Ch 139 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 145 Clothing Bins
- Ch 157 Curfew
- Ch 164 Driveways
- Ch 170 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 172 Dumpsters, Roll-Off Containers and Drop Boxes
- Ch 181 Fire Insurance Claims
- Ch 185 Fire Prevention
- Ch 188 Floodplain Management
- Ch 192 Highlands Area Exemptions
- Ch 203 Licensed Occupations
- Ch 208 Loitering
- Ch 209 Outdoor Gatherings
- Ch 213 Mobile Home Parks and Campgrounds
- Ch 219 Nuisances
- Ch 226 Off-Tract Improvements
- Ch 234 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 240 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 248 Property Maintenance
- Ch 249 Property, Vacant and Abandoned
- Ch 250 Radio Communications
- Ch 252 Records
- Ch 260 Sewers
- Ch 265 Site Plan Review
- Ch 268 Smoking
- Ch 271 Soil Conservation and Protection
- Ch 275 Soil Removal
- Ch 280 Solid Waste; Recycling
- Ch 285 Stormwater Management
- Ch 294 Streets, Sidewalks and Trees
- Ch 298 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 305 Taxation
- Ch 313 Tree Removal
- Ch 319 Vehicles, Abandoned and Inoperable
- Ch 325 Vehicles, Operation of
- Ch 340 Zoning
- Part III, Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 350 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 355 Animals and Fowl, Domestic
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 6-17-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-08]
Any person who owns, keeps or harbors any cat located within
the Township of Oxford or permits a cat to enter the corporate limits
of the Township of Oxford shall exercise sufficient and proper care
and control over such animal at all times so as to prevent the animal
from becoming a public nuisance or otherwise violating this article.
No person owning, keeping or harboring any cat shall permit
it to soil, defile or commit any nuisance on any place where people
congregate or walk or upon any public property whatsoever. This provision
shall apply to all privately owned property in the Township except
the property of the owner or keeper of the cat and the property owned
or controlled by persons who have invited or permitted the owner or
keeper of a cat to bring such cat upon the premises.
No person owning or keeping a cat shall permit such cat to become
a public nuisance as defined herein.
