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Any dog which may, in any manner, continually disturb the quiet of any person’s or neighborhood’s property, or shall destroy or in any manner injure any animal, plant, shrub or other property not on the premises of its owner or keeper, is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and such dog shall be taken up and impounded and may be redeemed.
(Prior Code, § 14-114)
Cross-reference:
Keeping barking dogs and crying cats, see § 90.32
COMMUNITY CATS
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COMMUNITY CAT. Any free-roaming, feral, or barn cat that may be cared for by one or more residents of the immediate area and which has no discernible form of ownership identification. COMMUNITY CAT includes a domesticated cat that an owner has forsaken entirely or neglected or for which an owner has refused to provide care and support.
COMMUNITY CAT CAREGIVER. A person who provides care, including food, water, shelter or medical care to a community cat. A COMMUNITY CAT CAREGIVER shall not be considered to be the owner, custodian, harborer, controller, or keeper of a community cat.
EARTIPPING. The removal of the one-fourth-inch tip of community cat’s ear, performed while the cat is under anesthesia, under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian and designed to be an indication that the community cat has been sterilized and vaccinated for rabies.
FERAL CAT. A cat that:
(1) Is born in the wild or is the offspring of an owned or feral cat and is not socialized; or
(2) Is a formerly owned cat that has been abandoned and is no longer socialized; or
(3) Lives on a farm.
FERAL CAT COLONY. A group of cats that congregates, more or less, together as a unit. Although not every cat in a colony may be feral, any nonferal cats that congregate with a colony shall be deemed to be a part of it.
(Ord. 1798, passed 11-20-2017)
The purpose of this subchapter is to permit implementation of a Community Cat Program (CCP) in the village for the purpose of reducing the population of feral and free roaming cats, benefitting public health, improving the quality of life for residents, and ensuring the humane treatment of community cats.
(Ord. 1798, passed 11-20-2017)
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