§ 5-82. Microchipping or ear tipping of cats.

(a)

All indoor/outdoor cats that are privately owned must be microchipped or ear tipped.

(b)

Community cats and/or feral cats may be allowed outside so long as the cats do no prove to be a nuisance to neighbors. Any ear-tipped cat collected under the provisions of this section shall be released on-site unless suffering from an obvious injury or illness. Any non-ear-tipped cat collected under the provisions of this section shall not be returned to its owner and/or caregiver until such time as said owner shall have cat spayed or neutered, ear tipped or microchipped, and vaccinated against rabies, and all nuisance complaints are resolved.

(c)

"Community cat" means a feral or free roaming cat that is without visibly-discernible identification of any kind and has been sterilized, vaccinated, and ear-tipped. Community cats are exempt from licensing, feeding bans, and registration requirements.

(d)

"Community cat caregiver" means any person other than an owner, keeper, custodian, or harborer, who provides food or water to a community cat or community cats.

(e)

"Ear-tipped" means removing approximately a quarter-inch off the tip of a cat's left ear while the cat is anesthetized for sterilizations.

(f)

"Feral cat" means a cat that is born in the wild, is the offspring of an owned or feral cat and is not socialized, or is formerly-owned cat that has been abandoned and is no longer socialized.

(Ord. No. 17-122, § 13, 9-14-17)