(A) It shall be unlawful for any owner of any cat to permit the cat, at any time, to leave or be beyond the premises upon which such cat is usually kept so as to run or be at large. The cat shall also be considered a public nuisance based upon excessive or continuous or untimely making of any noise or disturbance.
(B) It shall be the duty of any animal control officer or other individual or individuals as designated by the City Manager to seize and impound any such cat deemed to be a public nuisance. Any such cat taken into custody by an animal control officer as hereinbefore provided shall be impounded at the county’s animal shelter, or other suitable facility and therein handled according to the regulations of the facility.
(1995 Code, § 6.04.080) Penalty, see § 96.99
(C) (1) Any owner reclaiming an impounded cat shall be required to pay a flat fee of $25 for the first redemption within the fiscal year, $50 for the second redemption within the fiscal year and $75 for the third redemption within the fiscal year, as well as for all subsequent redemptions within the fiscal year, plus the cost of any tag, if necessary, before any impounded cat is released. However, before the cat is released to the owner, he or she must present a valid inoculation certificate or valid tag which shall be evidence of inoculation.
(2) In the event the cat has not been inoculated, the cat shall be released upon payment of the fees set forth above, and the owner shall then have 24 hours to procure and present an inoculation certificate or the cat shall be subject to being impounded again.
(3) The payment of the impounding fees shall not bar the imposition of any fine which may be imposed for the violation of this chapter.
(4) For the purposes herein expressed, the fiscal year commences July 1 and terminates June 30.