Dare County Animal Control or the agency designated by Dare County to provide animal control services and law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction shall have the right to:
(A) Investigate and enforce any violation of this subchapter and/or any nuisance complaint allegedly caused by a feral or stray cat or feral cat colony;
(1) If it is found that a feral or stray cat or feral cat colony is causing a nuisance, the caregiver if known, shall be given written notice delineating the nuisance and location of the cat or colony with specificity.
(2) If a cat or cats belonging to a feral cat colony is causing a nuisance, then the caregiver of the colony shall have 10 days from the date that written notice was provided pursuant to this division (A) to cure the nuisance. If the caregiver fails to cure the nuisance within 10 days, an Animal Control Agency shall remove the offending cat or cats.
(B) Reassign caregiver responsibility of feral cat colonies if the caregiver repeatedly fails to comply with the requirements of § 91.098 and the caregiver does not correct the situation within 10 days of being given written notice delineating its failures with specificity.
(C) Upon complaint of a property owner, remove a feral cat without notice, from the property of the complaining property owner.
(Ord. passed 1-19-2016)