(a) Any dog or cat not recovered by its owner within the prescribed holding period may be offered by adoption to a new adult owner.
(b) The Supervisor shall collect such fees for animal adoption as follows:
(1) Canine adoption fee: eighty dollars ($80.00); previously spayed or neutered: seventy dollars ($70.00).
(2) Feline adoption fee: seventy dollars ($70.00); previously spayed or neutered: sixty dollars ($60.00).
(3) Individuals age 65 or older shall receive a ten dollar ($10.00) discount on adoption fees.
(c) Such rabies vaccination as is prescribed in Section 505.33(b) shall also be required.
(d) If any dog or cat has not reached maturity, the owner shall agree in writing to have such animal at a specified place and date for neutering or spay. Such owner shall be required to have such animal currently immunized against rabies by a licensed veterinarian before neutering or spaying. Any owner who fails to have such pet spayed or neutered within thirty days after the specified date shall forfeit ownership of said animal and any spaying or neutering fee. All dogs or cats old enough for neutering/spaying shall be altered either through the Euclid Animal Pound adoption program or by the owner's own veterinarian. In the latter case, such alteration shall be at the owner's expense, and all appointments for surgery shall be made for the owner by a representative of the Euclid Animal Pound.
(e) Anyone found in violation of the City adoption agreement and who fails to correct the violation within forty-eight hours, shall forfeit the adopted animals to the Euclid Animal Shelter, and shall be subject to a fine in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(Ord. 133-1981. Passed 5-18-81; Ord. 214-1981. Passed 9-8-81; Ord. 245-1989. Passed 11-20-89; Ord. 60-1993. Passed 4-5-93; Ord. 62-2003. Passed 3-17-03; Ord. 123-2003. Passed 6-2-03.)