(a) Every owner of any cat over six months of age shall annually register with the City Clerk his or her name and address with the name, sex and description of each cat owned and kept within the city. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any newly acquired cat or any cat brought into the city to fail to register such animal within 30 days from acquisition or bringing the cat into the city. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any previously registered cat to fail to maintain current registration of such cat.
(b) Upon registration, the owner shall present a current, completed certificate of immunization against rabies. No registration shall follow without evidence of this document, and it shall be unlawful for the owner of any cat over six months of age to fail to maintain effective rabies immunization of such cat.
(c) The owner or harborer of any cat shall, at the time of registering such cat, present to the City Clerk a certificate from an accredited veterinarian showing that a male cat has been neutered or a female cat has been spayed, if the cat has been neutered or spayed.
(d) The City Clerk shall collect an annual registration fee of $10 for each neutered male cat and for each spayed female cat, and $10 for each unneutered male cat and for each unsprayed female cat.
(e) The registration shall coincide with the vaccination certificate.
(2010 Code, § 2-301)