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

6 4848-4827-0498, v. 1 official registration tag or sleeve for any cat, unless the owner thereof 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 recommendations of the United States Department of Human Services, or has been certified exempt as provided by subsection § 10-11.2. The rabies inoculation shall be administered by a duly licensed veterinarian, or by such other veterinarian permitted by law to do the same. g. License Fee Schedule. A license shall be issued after payment of a fee as prescribed by Resolution. Persons who fail to obtain a license as required within the time period specified in this section, will be subject to a late fee in an amount prescribed by Resolution. h. Fees, Renewals, Expiration Date of License. License from another municipality shall be accepted. The person applying for the license and registration tag and/or sleeve shall pay the fee fixed or authorized. The fee for the renewal of license and registration tag or sleeve shall be the same as for the original, and the license, registration tag or sleeve and renewal thereof shall expire on January 31 of the following year. Only one license and registration tag or sleeve shall be required in the licensing year for any cat in this Township. Any valid New Jersey license tag or sleeve issued by a New Jersey municipality shall be accepted by this municipality as evidence of compliance. i. Loss of License. If a license tag or sleeve has been misplaced or lost, the Health Department may issue a replacement license and/or registration sleeve for that particular cat. j. Proof of Licensing. Proof of licensing shall be produced by any person owning, keeping, maintaining, or harboring a cat, upon the request of any Health Official, Police Officer, Animal Control Officer, or other authorized person. k. Interfering with Persons Performing Duties Under this Section. No person shall hinder, molest, or interfere with anyone authorized or empowered to perform any duty under this section. l. Disposition of Fees Collected. License fees and other moneys collected or received under the provisions of this section, shall be forwarded to the Chief Financial Officer of the Township, and shall be placed in a special account separate from any of the other accounts of the municipality and

provisions of this section, shall be forwarded to the Chief Financial Officer of the Township, and shall be placed in a special account separate from any of the other accounts of the municipality and shall be used for the following purposes only; collecting, keeping, and disposing of cats liable to seizure, for local prevention and control of rabies, providing anti-rabies treatment under the direction of the Health Department for any person known or suspected to have been exposed to rabies, and for administering the provisions of this section. Any unexpected balance remaining in such special account shall be retained until the end of the third fiscal year following, and may be used for any of the purposes set forth in this section. At the end of the third fiscal year following and at the end of each fiscal year thereafter, there shall be transferred from such special account to the general funds of the municipality any amount then in such account which is in excess of the municipality any amount then in such account which is Deleted: delinquent Deleted: duplicate Deleted: at a fee in an amount prescribed by Resolution