As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
CAT
Any cat of any sex and of any age, unless otherwise indicated
herein.
OWNER
Any one or more persons, corporations, partnerships or associations,
or any entity capable of being sued or prosecuted, who or which owns
any animal or has custody of a minor owning any animal.
TOWN
The unincorporated area of the Town of Cortlandt.
It shall be the duty and responsibility of every
owner of any cat to exercise and maintain such care and control over
it that it does not become a nuisance, as set forth in this article,
within the confines of the Town.
A cat shall become a nuisance whenever it shall
engage in or commit any of the following actions within the confines
of the Town:
A. Injure or threaten injury to persons or other domestic
animals or birds.
B. Injure property, including lawns, flowers, shrubs
and trees.
C. Upset or otherwise interfere with garbage receptacles.
D. Be found in any commercial establishment without the
consent or permission of the owner thereof.
E. Be kept or placed by its owner under cruel, unsanitary
or otherwise inhumane conditions, or be abandoned by its owner.
F. Defecate, urinate, dig or otherwise damage property
other than the property of the owner.
G. Engage in loud or habitual crying or whining or conduct
itself in such a manner as to unreasonably and habitually disturb
the comfort or repose of any person other than the owner of such cat.
Any cat found in violation of this article will
be seized by the Dog Warden of the Town of Cortlandt, and the owner,
in order to obtain possession of the cat, must pay a fine and per
diem expenses incurred in the keeping of said cat. The expense shall
be in such amounts as follows:
A. On the first pickup of any cat, a fine of $25 for
the release of said cat, if said cat is released at the Town's holding
area at Arlo, said fine to be paid to the Town Clerk of the Town of
Cortlandt; or, if released at the Society of the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals (SPCA), a fine of $25 plus per diem expenses shall be paid
to the SPCA, which shall reimburse the Town of Cortlandt on a monthly
basis for the fines so collected. The per diem expenses shall be retained
by the SPCA.
B. On the second pickup of the cat, a fine of $50 for
the release of said cat, if said cat is released at the Town's holding
area of Arlo, said fine to be paid to the Town Clerk of the Town of
Cortlandt; or, if released at the SPCA, a fine of $50 shall be paid,
plus existing per diem expenses. In turn, the SPCA shall reimburse
the Town of Cortlandt on a monthly basis for the fines so collected,
but shall retain the per diem expenses.