§ 300-4. Definitions.

As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

BOARD OF HEALTH

The agency of the Borough of Fanwood ("Borough") charged with enforcing the requirements of Title 26 of the New Jersey Statutes and created pursuant to Chapter 41 of the Borough Code.

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, where cats for sale are kept or displayed.

CONTROL AUTHORITY

Any person or agency designated or certified by the State of New Jersey to enforce provisions relating to licensing and vaccination of cats.

FEED

To give, place, expose, deposit, distribute or scatter any edible material with the intention of feeding, attracting or enticing wildlife, including purposely or knowingly leaving or storing any refuse, garbage, food product, pet food, forage product or supplement, salt seed or birdseed, fruit, or grain in a manner that would constitute an attractant to any wild animal or waterfowl. Feeding does not include baiting in the legal taking of fish and/or game.

[Added 8-6-2015 by Ord. No. 15-05-03 (Board of Health)]

LICENSING AUTHORITY

The licensing authority is hereby designated as the Board of Health.

LICENSING YEAR

The period from February 1 to January 31 of the following year during which time the license required by this article shall be in effect.

NEUTERED

Rendered permanently incapable of reproduction as certified by a licensed veterinarian.

OWNER

Every person having custody of a cat and every person who has such cat in his or 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. The owner of a cat shall be considered the initial owner of its kittens. A person who continually feeds a stray cat shall also be considered its owner.

PERSON

Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal jurisdiction.

[Amended 8-6-2015 by Ord. No. 15-05-03 (Board of Health)]

WILDLIFE

All animals that are neither human nor domesticated.

[Added 8-6-2015 by Ord. No. 15-05-03 (Board of Health)]

Amended 3-3-2003 by Ord. No. 03-01