(a) No owner, keeper, or harborer of any cat shall permit such cat to go beyond the premises of such owner or keeper at any time. The owner or keeper shall keep such cat confined upon the premises of the owner or keeper or under reasonable control of some person.
(b) The running at large of any such animal in or upon any other individuals property aside from the animal’s owner is prima-facie evidence that it is running at large in violation of this section.
(c) As used in this section “running at large” means off the premises of the cat owner and not under restrain by leash, cord, wire, strap, chain, or similar device.
(d) No person shall permit any cat to scratch, dig or defecate upon any lawn, tree, shrub, plant, buildings or other public or private property other than the property of the owner or the person in charge of or in control of such cat.
(e) Where the owner in charge or in control of such cat immediately and forthwith removes all fecal matter deposited by such cat and disposes of such fecal matter in a sanitary manner, such nuisance shall be considered abated.
(f) Any person harboring or feeding stray cats shall be deemed and held responsible as the owner of such stray cat.
(g) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 33-88. Passed 11-8-88.)