[Adopted 6-14-1988 by Ord. No. 972 (Art.
VI of Ch. 75 of the 1985 Code)]
The following terms, when used in this article,
shall have the meanings set forth in this section:
Every person, firm or corporation having a right of property
in a cat and anyone who keeps, harbors or has such cat in his or her
care and anyone who permits such cat to remain on or about any premises
occupied by him or her.
A.
For the purposes of this section, the words "dwelling
unit" shall mean a building or portion thereof designed for occupancy
by one family for residential purposes and having cooking facilities.
B.
There shall not be kept or harbored in a dwelling
unit more than a total of three cats of the age of six months or over.
No person shall keep or harbor a cat which,
by loud or frequent or habitual meowing, shall cause a serious annoyance
to the neighborhood or to people passing to and fro upon the streets.
Yards and exercise runs shall be kept free of
cat droppings and uneaten food and maintained in a sanitary manner
so as not to be a nuisance because of odor or attraction for flies
and vermin.
No person owning, harboring, keeping or in charge
of any cat shall cause, suffer or allow such cat to soil, defile,
defecate or to commit any nuisance on any public thoroughfare, sidewalk,
passageway, bypass, play area, park or any place where people congregate
or walk or upon any public property whatsoever or upon any private
property without permission of the owner of said property unless:
A.
The person who so owns, harbors, keeps or is in charge
of such cat shall immediately remove all droppings deposited by such
cat by any sanitary method. The person shall possess a container of
sufficient size to collect and remove the above-mentioned droppings
and exhibit the container if requested by any official empowered to
enforce this article.
B.
The droppings removed from the aforementioned areas
shall be disposed of by the person owning, harboring, keeping or in
charge of such cat in a sanitary method on the property of the person
owning, harboring or in charge of said cat.
No person shall own or harbor a fierce or vicious
cat or a cat that has been known to have been bitten by any animal
afflicted with rabies. It shall be the duty of every person owning
or harboring a cat which has been attacked or bitten by another cat,
dog or other animal to immediately notify the Police Department that
they have such cat in their possession.
A.
All premises where more than three cats are habitually
kept or harbored shall be deemed to be a "kennel." All premises where
any number of cats are habitually kept or harbored primarily for the
purpose of grooming, boarding or breeding or similar purposes shall
be deemed to be a "kennel."
B.
A fee for a kennel license shall be as provided in Chapter 133, Fees, per year, provided that an additional per-year fee shall be charged when such premises contain more than 10 cats but not more than 20 cats, and an additional amount as provided in Chapter 133 shall be charged for each cat on the premises in excess of 20 cats. The granting of any such kennel license shall be done by the Police Chief or designee with due regard to the quality of the surrounding neighborhood and the applicable zoning ordinances. The refusal of the Police Chief or designee to issue any kennel license shall be subject to review of the City Council upon an appeal being taken to the Council. Such kennel license shall be secured before May 1 of any year and shall expire on April 30 of the following year.
[Amended 7-27-1999 by Ord. No. 1125]
[Amended 7-27-1999 by Ord. No. 1125]
The fee paid by any person for a kennel license shall entitle that person to receive, upon presentation of proper vaccination certificates, a license tag for each individual cat within the kennel. Such license tag shall be issued in the same manner as dog license tags. For each tag so issued, the sum as provided in Chapter 133, Fees, shall be charged against the kennel license fee paid until the amount of the kennel license fee has been used up. After any person has been given credit for the kennel license fee against the tags so issued so that the entire kennel license fee has been used up, he or she shall pay the normal rate as provided in Chapter 133 per cat. No kennel owner or operator shall accept any cat for boarding without first requiring proof of vaccination for such cat from the owner thereof.
