(A) A Community-Managed Cat Colony Program is established in order to encourage the stabilization of the free-roaming cat population in the city by utilizing the trap-neuter-return methodology.
(B) A person may trap any free-roaming cat in a humane manner, utilizing a live-release trap that does not injure the animal, in order to have the free-roaming cat evaluated, surgically sterilized, ear-tipped, and vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian and released in the vicinity from where it was trapped or released to a community colony caretaker.
(C) A community-managed colony cat impounded by the ACO shall be returned in the vicinity from where it was trapped unless the circumstances present a detriment to the cat or to the public health or welfare.
(Ord. 2022-005-C, passed 6-6-2022)