6.12.010     Voluntary licensing.

The department of animal care and control is authorized to establish a voluntary cat registration system as follows:

A. Upon payment of the fee prescribed herein, the department shall issue an identification tag to each cat owner or person having custody or control thereof for each cat, said tag to be worn at all times by the cat for which issued. Should a cat come into the custody of the department and the cat has displayed a valid identification tag issued by the department, then the department shall, within twelve (12) working hours from the time of impounding, notify the registered cat owner that said cat is in the custody of the department.

B. A record of the name and address of the cat owner and a description of the cat, as well as the identification number assigned thereto, shall be maintained by the department on each cat registration, and such other information that the director may deem proper.

C. The registration fee shall be in an amount fixed by resolution of the city council per cat so registered. Registration shall be valid for the life of the cat. The fee may be reduced to fifty (50) percent if a certificate of spaying or neutering is presented upon application for registration hereunder.

D. There shall be no charge to have the cat owner's address change entered upon the department's records.

E. There shall be a fee in the amount fixed by resolution of the city council for the duplication of a lost cat tag.

F. There shall be a fee in an amount fixed by resolution of the city council to have a change in ownership entered upon the records. (Prior code § 4-40)