§ 4-28. Feral cats and feral cat colonies; penalties.

(a)

Maintaining feral cats prohibited.

(1)

No person shall attend to feral cats by providing such cats any form of sustenance or care. The term "care," for the purposes of this section, shall mean, but not be limited to, feeding, sheltering, trapping, spaying, neutering, vaccinating, ear-tipping or micro-chipping, or providing medical aid to any feral cat.

(2)

It shall be unlawful to establish, manage, or participate in managing a feral cat colony within the village, either informally or through a more formalized Trap-Neuter-Release (TNR) program, Trap-Alter-Release (TAR) program, or otherwise.

(3)

No person shall bring into or release within the village any feral cat that was trapped or taken from a location either outside of the village limits or, taken from a location inside the village limits and then brought to any location or place outside of the village.

(b)

Penalty. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than $75.00 or more than $750.00. Each violation of any of the provisions of this section shall constitute a separate offense. The fine for a second violation of this section occurring within any 12 month period shall not be less than $150.00. Any person committing a third or subsequent violation of this section within any 18 month period shall be fined a minimum of $300.00.

(Code 1993, § 4-2.4; Ord. No. 2011-O-32, 5-10-2011)