(A) The Animal Care and Control Division or its designee, in order to encourage the stabilization of the free-roaming population in the city, may:
(1) Trap any free-roaming cat in a humane manner;
(2) Have the cat surgically sterilized, ear tipped, and vaccinated against rabies by a licensed veterinarian; and
(3) Release the cat to Animal Care and Control for adoption or other disposition in accordance with law or to a colony caretaker who will maintain the cat as part of a managed colony of free-roaming cats.
(B) Any free-roaming cat impounded by the enforcement authority that bears an appropriate ear tipping that indicates it belongs to a managed colony may, at the discretion of the Animal Care and Control Division, be returned to its managed colony unless illness or injury present an imminent danger to public health or safety.
(Ord. 2022-005-C, passed 6-6-2022)