HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD-CC-1979-09ORDINANCE NO. 9-79
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING RULES AND REGULATIONS
FOR OWNING OR HARBORING CATS IN THE CITY OF MOAB
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF MOAB, UTAH:
That the Moab City Code be amended by adding
Article III, CATS, to Chapter 4 as follows:
ARTICLE III: CATS
Section 4-50. Cats to be provided with collar or harness.
Every cat within the City shall be provided by
its owner with a collar or harness made of leather, metal or
other substantial material which shall be worn by such cat
at all times when off the premises of its owner, and to
which collar or harness shall be securely fastened a tag
giving the registration number of such cat, or in lieu of
such collar or harness, any cat, at the owners option, may
have the registration number tatooed in its ear.
Section 4-51.
Every cat owner within the City shall cause each
cat over six (6) months of age owned by him, to be registered
with the City and shall pay to the City an annual registration
fee as follows:
For a male cat; $5.00
For a neutered male cat: $2.00
For a female cat: $10.00
For a neutered female cat: $2.00
The registration number given for a cat shall remain the
same for that cat for each subsequent renewal after the
first issuance of the annual registration number.
Section 4-52.
Before issuing any cat owner a registration
number or an annual renewal of such number, the owner must
produce evidence of innoculation of the cat so to be
registered, which innoculation of the cat so to be registered
shall have been within three (3) months of the registration
of the cat or the seeking of the renewal of the registration.
Section 4-53.
No more than three (3) cats over the age of six
(6) months shall be housed or harbored on any single family
residential property or dwelling unit in the City, unless the
person owning or harboring such animals has obtained a kennel
permit from the City.
Section 4-54. Definition of owner.
Any person owning a cat, or providing shelter
or food, or otherwise harboring a cat for a period of five
(5) days or more shall be deemed an owner thereof, and be
under the duties with respect to said cat as imposed by this
Article.
Section 4-55. Killing or injuring cats with vehicle.
No person shall wilfully injure, beat, abuse or
run down any cat with a vehicle. Any person who kills or
injures a cat while driving a vehicle shall stop at the
scene of the accident and render such assistance as practi-
cable, shall make a reasonable effort to locate and identify
himself to the owner of or any person having custody of the
cat, and shall report the accident immediately to the police
department.
Section 4-56. Cats running at large without collar or name tag.
Any cat running at large without a collar and
name tag or an ear tatoo as herein provided, shall be liable
to impoundment and extermination by the City without liability
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to the owner thereof. Upon taking such animal into custody,
the City shall have no duty to board the same for more than
two (2) working days, but having boarded the same for two (2)
working days if the cat is not claimed by any person, the
City may have the same destroyed. Any person reclaiming a cat
impounded, shall pay a boarding fee of $ 2.50 per day and
a $5.00 pick-up fee to the poundkeeper.
Violations.
Violation of this Ordinance shall render a
person liable for criminal prosecution as a Class C Mis-
demeanor and subject the person to a fine of not more than
Two Hundred Ninety-nine and No/100 ($299.00) Dollars.
The Moab City Recorder shall certify to the
adoption of this Ordinance and cause the same to be published.
This Ordinance shall be and is hereby declared
to be in full force and effect on the l0th day of December
1979.
APPROVE p :
arold Jacoby/%ayor