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Sec. 6.017. Community cat management. <br /> (a) Community cat caregivers assume responsibility for the following minimum requirements: <br /> (1) Daily feeding maintained throughout the year; <br /> (2) Any cats and kittens eight weeks of age or older will be sterilized, eartipped,and vaccinated; <br /> (3) Every attempt will be made to remove kittens from the colony before eight weeks of age for <br /> domestication and placement; <br /> (4) Sick or injured cats will be removed from the colony for immediate veterinary care or humane <br /> euthanasia; <br /> (5) Location of a community cat colony requires the approval of the property owner; <br /> (6) Cats must be fed in containers and the containers removed after one hour so as not to attract wildlife <br /> or create litter. <br /> (b) The animal services manager, or designee, is authorized to issue citations, revoke cat colony permissions,or <br /> obtain a search and seizure warrant if there is probable cause to believe any requirements of this section are <br /> violated. <br /> (Ord. No.2008-62,§3, 12-18-08) <br /> Sec. 6.018. Donations fund established. <br /> The city shall create a special revenue fund, labeled "donations fund",for animal services purposes to <br /> account for the collection and spending of donations to the city for animal issues.This fund will provide an <br /> accurate accounting of the sources and uses of these monies to demonstrate,to the donor that the funds are used <br /> for their intended purposes. Expenditures of these monies will require city council approval through the normal <br /> budgeting process. <br /> (Ord. No. 2008-62, §3, 12-18-08) <br /> Secs. 6.019-6.029. Reserved. <br /> ARTICLE 2. IMPOUNDMENT <br /> Sec. 6.030. Impoundment and redemption. <br /> (a) Impoundment: <br /> (1) It is the duty of an animal control officer to capture and impound such animals as are running at large <br /> or which are required to be impounded pursuant to other laws or ordinances or to protect public <br /> health or safety.Any officer or citizen of the city is authorized to take up and deliver in a humane <br /> manner to the animal services facility any animal that may be found running at large in the city,with <br /> the exception of visually healthy cats which pose no apparent danger to public health or safety. <br /> (2) The animal control officer shall impound and quarantine all dogs,cats and other animals exposed to, <br /> suspected to be exposed to,or infected with rabies,whether the dog,cat or other animal to be <br /> impounded is at large,on a leash, or confined to its owner's premises or whether it is currently <br /> vaccinated.Any animal which a licensed veterinarian suspects of having rabies shall be humanely <br /> Created: 2022-03-03 11:27:11 [EST] <br /> (Supp.No.34,Update 4) <br /> Page 17 of 40 <br />