(A) Owners should take reasonable precautions to identify their cat as owned. These precautions include providing the cat with a microchip, collar, or tag. Collar and tags are required to be worn by cats, pursuant to G.S. § 130A-190.
(B) Due to the overwhelming number of cats in Dare County, owners of domesticated cats shall take reasonable precautions not to allow unsterilized cats to roam at large.
(C) Owners of domesticated cats shall take reasonable precautions not to allow their cat(s) to act as a public nuisance.
(D) Owners of domesticated cats shall not abandon their cats.
(E) When feeding outdoors, owners of domesticated cats shall not allow the food to be available for more than 2 hours a day in an effort to reduce the resources for other animals.
(Ord. passed 1-19-2016)