[Adopted 8-6-2002 by Ord. No. 7-02 as §§ 12.12 and 12.20 of the 2002 Code]
A. 
Every person residing in the City who owns a cat which is more than five months of age on January 1 of any year shall annually, at the time and in the manner prescribed by law for the payment of personal property taxes, obtain a license therefor. No license shall be issued for any cat over the age of five months unless the applicant for such license presents proof that the cat has been inoculated for rabies within the year prior to application or has been inoculated with a rabies vaccine effective for a longer period.
B. 
The license fee for all cats shall be as set by the Common Council. The license fee for each cat licensed after April 1 of each license year shall be increased by $10.
[Amended 11-18-2003 by Ord. No. 15-03]
C. 
License to be displayed. The owner of every cat shall display the license required by Subsection A on the collar or in some other manner on such animal.
All City residents who own or have in their possession any cat shall have such cat inoculated for rabies, distemper or other dangerous diseases.
No person shall permit his cat to run at large within the City. A cat shall be deemed running at large when off the premises of its owner or keeper without being under adequate control of its owner or keeper.
The parent or guardian of any minor claiming ownership of any cat shall be deemed to be the owner of such animal and shall be charged for all penalties and pound fees imposed by this article.
A. 
No person shall remove any cat impounded at the Humane Society without first having paid the City Administrator the sum as adopted by the Common Council as part of the Small Animal Collection Contract and having a receipt for such fee.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
B. 
No person shall remove any cat impounded at the Humane Society without first having identified such animal and paid any fees assessed to the owner by the City.
No unlicensed cat shall run at large, and any person may seize or impound any unlicensed cat found at large. The fact that a cat is without a proper license tag attached to its collar shall be presumptive evidence that it is unlicensed. Any police officer may enter upon the premises of the owner or keeper of any unlicensed cat to seize it.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this article shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Chapter 1, Article I of this Code.