[Adopted 9-13-1993 as L.L.
No. 4-1993]
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
A felis libyca domestica, kept as a pet and/or for rodent control.
Any person owning, keeping, feeding, harboring or having custody
of a cat or who allows a cat to reside or remain in or about premises owned
or occupied by such person.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any owner to cause or permit
any cat owned, kept, harbored or fed by such owner to become a nuisance. Acts
of nuisance include but are not restricted to:
(1)
The frequent raising of any disturbance between the hours
of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. the following day, prevailing time, or at extended
intervals at any other time of day, or both.
(2)
Viciousness.
(3)
Frequent digging into flower beds, lawns, children's
sandboxes or play areas or gardens, or the depositing of feces or urine and/or
otherwise damaging shrubbery, trees or lawns on premises, personal property
or other property not belonging to the owner of the cat.
B.
No owner shall suffer, permit or encourage a cat to enter
upon the property of any other person.
C.
No person, whether an owner or otherwise, shall feed
or cause or permit the feeding of any cat unless such feeding is conducted
in a manner permitted by the provisions of this Article and within a building.
No person shall abandon any cat, regardless of its age, within the Village
of Thomaston.
