[Ord. 94-4, 4/2/1994, § 501; as amended by Ord. 2002-1, 2/21/2002, § 1]
As used in this Part, the following terms have the meaning indicated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
CAT
A felis libyca domestica, kept as a pet and/or for rodent control.
OWNER
Any person owning, keeping, feeding, harboring or having custody of a cat, or who allows a cat to reside or remain about his premises, shall be considered a "cat owner."
RUNNING AT LARGE
Being upon the public highway, street, alley, park or other public land or upon property of another person other than the owner, and not being accompanied by or under the control of the owner or any other person having custody of said cat.
VACCINATION
The practice of inoculations with a vaccine to afford protection from rabies, as required by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources.
[Ord. 94-4, 4/2/1994, § 502; as amended by Ord. 2002-1, 2/21/2002, § 2]
1. 
It shall be unlawful for any owner to have any cat that becomes a nuisance in the Borough. Acts of nuisance shall include, but are expressly not restricted to, the following:
A. 
Noise disturbance as put forth in § 2-302 (Noise Disturbance) of this chapter.
B. 
Viciousness.
C. 
Digging into flower beds, lawns, children's sandboxes, gardens or the damaging of shrubbery, trees, lawns, personal property not belonging to the owner of the cat, or the depositing of feces as set forth in § 2-401 (Animal Defecation on Public and Private Property Restricted) of this chapter.
D. 
Running at large in the Borough either upon the public streets, highways, alleys, sidewalks, any public property, upon any property not belonging to or resided in by that person, or any other property other than the owner of such cat.
2. 
No owner shall permit a cat to enter upon any area designated as a tot lot in any publicly owned park or playground.
3. 
Any owner of a cat shall comply with, and be current with rabies vaccination requirements of the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with regard to cats.
[Ord. 94-4, 4/21/1994, § 503]
1. 
The Borough Code Officer or the person or agency designated by the Borough Council of the Borough shall enforce the provisions of this Part. Upon receipt of a written complaint that a cat is a public nuisance, the Code Officer will investigate said compliant and, if found to be legitimate, the Code Officer shall authorize the seizure of the cat by the issuance of humane-type cat trap to trap said cat alive. Traps will only be set during daylight hours. Trapping at night is prohibited.
2. 
The person who is issued the trap must notify the Code Officer as soon as possible after a cat is apprehended. The Code Officer and/or the person or agency designated by the Borough Council of the Borough will transport and deliver the cat to the Humane Society for holding. If the Humane Society refuses to take the animal, the cat will be delivered to a veterinarian contracted with the Borough and held for 72 hours prior to being disposed of in a humane manner. If the cat so apprehended bears any identification of ownership, the Code Officer shall, on the date of apprehension, notify the owner that the animal has been apprehended and that it may be claimed at a designated location subject to the provisions of this Part.
3. 
Any cat may be claimed by its owner at the veterinarian during the custodial period and shall pay all costs for the care, maintenance and disposal of said cat at the prevailing veterinarian rate.
4. 
Any cat which has been seized pursuant to this Part and which has not been reclaimed during the custodial period may be disposed of in a humane manner in accordance with standards generally followed by the Humane Society or as provided by the contracted veterinarian service in § 2-503, Subsection 2.
[Ord. 94-4, 4/21/1994, § 504]
No more than four cats shall be kept, maintained or harbored for more than 90 days in any residential housing unit or on its grounds. This provision shall not apply to cats which have been owned prior to the effective date of this Part.
[Ord. 94-4, 4/21/1994, § 505]
If the owner of animals in violation of this Part does not comply with a notice to abate the violation which constitutes a nuisance or health hazard, within the time period described, the Borough shall have the authority to take measures to correct the conditions and collect the cost of such correction plus 10% of all costs. The Borough, in such event and pursuant to its statutory or otherwise authorized police powers, shall have the right and power to enter upon the offending premises to accomplish the foregoing. The enforcement authority of this provision shall contain the right to use all other enforcement provisions of this Part.
[Ord. 94-4, 4/21/1994, § 506]
1. 
In order for the Borough to distinguish between a stray cat or owned cat, the Borough requires the licensing of all cats by their owners within the limits of the Borough of Hummelstown. Licenses will be issued by the Borough and must be affixed to the cat's collar which must be worn by the cat at all times. License fees will be adopted by resolution of the Borough Council from time to time with a copy of the most recent resolution, establishing cat license fees, kept on file at the Borough Office.
2. 
Licenses will [be] required to be purchased on a yearly basis. Any cat six months or older must be licensed and have the appropriate rabies vaccine. A license will not be issued without the proof of a rabies inoculation certificate.
[Ord. 94-4, 4/21/1994, § 506]
It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep, feed or harbor any cat which has been found to violate the provisions of this Part. Any person found to violate the provisions of this Part shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300 and/or imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days.