(a) Every owner of any cat shall annually
register with the City Clerk his or her name and address with the name, sex and
description of each cat owned and kept within the city. It shall be unlawful
for the owner of any newly acquired cat or any cat brought into the city to
fail to register such animal within 30 days from acquisition or bringing the
cat into the city. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any previously
registered cat to fail to maintain current registration of such cat.
(b) Upon registration, the owner shall present a
current, completed certificate of immunization against rabies. No registration
shall follow without evidence of this document, and it shall be unlawful for
the owner of any cat over six months of age to fail to maintain effective
rabies immunization of such cat.
(c) The owner or harborer of any cat shall, at
the time of registering such cat, present to the City Clerk a certificate from
an accredited veterinarian showing that a male cat has been neutered, or a
female cat has been spayed, if the cat has been neutered or spayed.
(d) The City Clerk shall collect an annual
registration fee of $5 for each neutered male cat and for each spayed female
cat, and $10 for each unneutered male cat and for each unspayed female cat.
(e) The registration year shall be from June 1st
through May 31st of the following year.
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It shall be the duty
of the City Clerk or designated agent, upon receipt of the registration fee
hereinbefore required, to keep in a book suitable for the registration of cats,
the time of the registration, the name of the owner or keeper, the number of the
registration and the amount paid therefor, and shall deliver to the owner or
keeper of the cat a certificate in writing, stating that the person has
registered the cat and the number by which the cat is registered, and shall
also deliver to the owner or keeper of the cat a tag with the registration
number and the registration year thereon, which shall be, by the owner or
keeper, attached to the collar to be used on the cat so registered. When any
tag has become lost during a registration period, the owner of the cat may
request a duplicate tag for the remainder of the registration period. When so
requested, the City Clerk shall, upon presentation of the registration
certificate, issue a duplicate of such tag upon the payment of $1 fee. It shall
be unlawful for any person to take off or remove the city registration tag from
any cat belonging to another, or remove the strap or collar on which the same
is fastened.
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It shall be unlawful
for any person to place on any cat a tag issued for any other cat or to make or
use any false, forged or counterfeited tag or imitation thereof
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It shall be unlawful
for the owner of any cat kept within the city to fail to display a current
certificate of immunization against rabies issued by an accredited veterinarian
evidencing the vaccination of such cat within two years, when requested by the
animal control officer or any law enforcement officer.
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The provisions of this
article with response to registration shall not apply to any cat owned by any
person visiting or temporarily remaining within the city for less than 30 days.
However, such cats shall be kept under restraint by the owner thereof at all
times.
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It shall be unlawful
for the owner or harborer of any cat to permit such cat to disturb the peace of
any neighborhood by loud, frequent and habitual howling, mewing, roaring or
screeching or by damaging others property in any manner.
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Provisions of Section
2-207, 2-208, and 2-209 concerning running at large, impoundment, disposition,
and confinement of dogs, shall also apply to cats with the necessary changes
being made.
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