- Canine and cats should be spayed or neutered, with some exemptions.
- Canine and cats should not be allowed to breed except the proprietor has a breeder allow.
Sec. 4-59. – Spaying and neutering.
(a) It’s the function of this text to advertise the well being, security and common welfare of the residents of the town by lowering the variety of stray canines and cats. The council finds that every 12 months lots of of canines and cats are euthanized as a result of they aren’t needed. It’s the function of this part to eradicate the extreme variety of undesirable animals and thereby cease the pointless killing of those animals by proscribing the breeding practices of pet homeowners and breeders by way of laws that’s each cheap and enforceable.
(b) It shall be illegal to personal, possess, or preserve within the metropolis any canine or cat over the age of six months that has not been spayed or neutered besides as supplied herein.
(1) Homeowners should alter their canines and cats except:
a. The pet is lower than six months outdated;
b. The proprietor has obtained an unaltered animal allow from the town clerk to maintain the pet intact with the price of such allow to be $50.00 per animal for the lifetime of the animal;
c. A licensed veterinarian states in writing that the animal is medically unfit to endure the process; or
d. The animal is stored within the metropolis for fewer than 30 days in a one-year interval.
(2) To qualify for an unaltered animal allow, the proprietor should:
a. Fulfill the town clerk that the allow is looked for a correct function or buy a breeding allow.
b. Have the pet examined repeatedly by a licensed veterinarian.
c. Have the pet vaccinated yearly.
d. Have the pet housed correctly.
e. Have had no a couple of violation of the animal code within the previous 24 months.
(Code 1974, § 3-40; Ord. No. 2008-5, 4-8-2008)
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Sec. 4-62. – Breeding allow.
(a) No particular person shall trigger or permit any canine or cat owned, harbored or stored throughout the metropolis to breed with out first acquiring a breeding allow, as described beneath. The time period “breeding allow” means a written authorization, issued yearly by the town clerk, giving its lawful holder permission to breed a canine or cat.
(b) Every breeding allow shall be legitimate for one 12 months from the date of issuance, and could also be renewed yearly earlier than its expiration date. Every applicant for such a allow shall pay an annual payment of $30.00 per canine or cat. A separate allow should be obtained for every owned canine or cat which is allowed to breed.
(c) The humane officer shall implement the animal breeding allow program to permit the breeding of canines and cats that aren’t sterilized per standards herein. In no way shall such a allow be issued to an individual who has been convicted of animal cruelty or neglect. All breeding permits shall include the next phrases and situations: The proprietor of a feminine canine or cat that isn’t sterilized shall not permit the breeding of a couple of litter per animal in any family throughout the allow 12 months. However this provision, the town clerk is hereby approved, up [sic] utility of a permittee permit [sic] on a one-time foundation the breeding of as much as two canine or cat litters per breeding animal inside any home family inside a allow 12 months. Within the occasion, {that a} permittee is pressured to euthanize a litter of canines or cats for medical causes the town clerk might authorize the breeding of 1 extra litter of canines or cats throughout the similar allow 12 months by the permittee with out penalty.
(Code 1974, § 3-44; Ord. No. 2008-5, 4-8-2008)
Sec. 4-63. – Penalty for violation of breeding allow provisions.
(a) The penalty for a conviction of violation of part 4-62 shall be a effective of $150.00 for every violation. This penalty shall not be waived by the switch or abandonment of the animal by the noncompliant proprietor.
(b) Town clerk might revoke any allow issued pursuant to this part upon a discovering that the allow holder has violated its phrases and situations. Such a discovering shall be made solely after giving the proprietor of the animal in query discover of the violations and a possibility to elucidate such violations to the town clerk.
(Code 1974, § 3-45; Ord. No. 2008-5, 4-8-2008)
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