(a) Definitions. For purposes of this Section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Community Cat" shall mean a cat that is abandoned, stray, lost, or feral and that may be cared for by a community cat caregiver, known or unknown, pursuant to this ordinance.
(2) "Community Cat Medical Caregiver" shall mean a person who, in accordance with and pursuant to a policy of Trap-Neuter-Return, provides medical care, while not being considered the owner, harborer, controller, or keeper of a community cat.
(3) "Eartipping" shall mean the removal of the ¼ inch tip of a community cat's left ear, performed while the cat is under anesthesia, in compliance with any applicable federal or state law, and under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian, designed to identify the community cat as being sterilized and lawfully vaccinated for rabies.
(4) “Trap-Neuter-Return" shall mean the process of humanely trapping, sterilizing, vaccinating for rabies, eartipping, and returning community cats to their original location.
(b) Permitted Acts. The following actions shall be permitted in the municipality in pursuance of a process of Trap-Neuter-Return:
(1) Trapping, for the sole purpose of sterilizing, vaccinating for rabies, and eartipping community cats, in compliance with any applicable federal or state law, and under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian, where applicable.
(2) An eartipped cat received by local shelters will be returned to the location where trapped unless veterinary care is required. A trapped eartipped cat will be released on site unless veterinary care is required.
(Ord. 49-20. Passed 7-6-20.)