As used in this Part 2, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
- ANIMAL
- Dog or cat.
- ANIMAL CONTROL AUTHORITY
- Any person or agency designated or certified by the City of Egg Harbor City to enforce the provisions of this Part 2.
- CAT
- Any member of the domestic feline species, male, female or neutered.
- 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 the City of Egg Harbor City or any designated representative thereof charged with administering the issuance and/or revocation of permits and licenses under the provisions of this Part 2.
- NEUTERED
- Rendered permanently incapable of reproduction as certified by a licensed veterinarian.
- OWNER
- When applied to the proprietorship of a cat, includes 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.
- PERSON
- Any individual, corporation, partnership, organization or institution commonly recognized by law as a unit.
