As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
COMMUNITY CAT
Any free-roaming, feral, or barn cat that may be cared for
by one or more residents of the immediate area and which has no discernible
form of ownership identification.
COMMUNITY CAT CAREGIVER
A person who may provide care, including food, water, shelter
or medical care, to a community cat. A community cat caregiver shall
not be considered to be the owner, custodian, harborer, controller,
or keeper of a community cat.
DOMESTICATED CAT
A cat that is socialized to humans and is appropriate as
a companion for humans.
EARTIPPING
The removal of the one-fourth-inch tip of community cat's
left ear, performed while the cat is under anesthesia by a licensed
veterinarian and designed to be an indication that the community cat
has been sterilized and vaccinated for rabies.
FERAL CAT
A cat that: a) is born in the wild or is the offspring of
an owned or feral cat and is not socialized; b) is a formerly owned
cat that has been abandoned and is no longer socialized; or c) any
nonferal cat that congregates with a colony shall be deemed to be
a part of the colony.
NUISANCE
Disturbing of the peace by: a) habitually or continually
howling, crying or screaming, or b) the habitual and significant destruction,
desecration or soiling of property against the wishes of the owner
of the property.
TNR
Trap, neuter, return.
TNR PROGRAM
A program pursuant to which feral and stray cats are trapped,
neutered or spayed, vaccinated against rabies and returned to the
location where they congregate.
The Office of Animal Control shall have the following rights:
A. The right to seize or remove cats from a colony that have not been
vaccinated against rabies and which are demonstrating signs of disease.
B. The right to seize/remove a cat from a colony that is creating a
nuisance as defined above and the caregiver has been given 15 days
to remove and relocate the cat and has failed to do so.
As per Chapter
1, §
1-1: Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to penalties, including:
A. Warning for a first offense.
C. Each subsequent offense: $65.