2903-25 Ordinance Supplementing Chapter 10 Subsct. 2 - Require Multi Family Units and Vets to Ensure Licenses - FINAL.doc.pdf

4 4848-4827-0498, v. 1 § 10-11.1. Definitions As used in this section: ALTERED Shall mean rendered permanently incapable of reproduction as certified by a licensed veterinarian. ANIMAL Shall mean a dog or cat. CAT Shall mean any member of the domestic feline species; male, female, or altered. CAT OF LICENSING AGE Shall mean any cat which has attained the age of seven months, or which possesses a set of permanent teeth. CATTERY Shall mean any room or group of rooms, cage, or exhibition pen, not part of a kennel, wherein cats for sale are kept or displayed. HEALTH DEPARTMENT Shall mean the Department of Health and Welfare of the Township of West Orange. OWNER When applied to the proprietorship of a cat shall mean and 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. PERSON Shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, organization, or institution commonly recognized by law as a unit. TOWNSHIP Shall mean the Township of West Orange. § 10-11.2. Rabies Vaccinations of Cats a. Vaccination and License Requirements. No person shall own, keep, harbor, or maintain any cat over seven months of age within the Township 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 Federal 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 Deleted: ¶ ¶ ¶