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REGULATING THE LICENSING, IMPOUNDING, IMMUNIZATION AND
KEEPING OF CATS.
§209.1 Definitions. For use within this ordinance the following are defined:
A. The term "cats" includes both male and female cats whether altered or not.
B. The term "at large" refers to any cat running otherwise than upon the
premises of its owner when the cat is not attached to a leash held by a
competent person, restrained within a motor vehicle, or in an animal
hospital, or kennel.
C. The term "owner" includes any person, firm or corporation owning,
harboring, sheltering or keeping a cat.
§209.2 License. All cats shall be licensed. Every owner of a cat shall
procure a license from the Police Department on or before the first day of January of each
year. The annual license fee for both an altered and unaltered cat shall be set by resolution
of the city council.
Upon payment of the license fee, the Police Department shall issue to the owner a license
which shall contain the name of the owner, his place of residence, and a description of the
cat. The Police Department shall keep a duplicate of each license issued as a public record.
Upon issuance of the license, the Police Department shall deliver to the owner a metal tag
stamped with the number of the license and the year for which it was issued. The license
tag shall be securely fastened to a collar or harness which shall be worn by the cat for which
the license is issued. Any cat found running at large without the license tag attached to its
collar or harness shall be deemed unlicensed.
It shall be a violation of this ordinance for any owner to own or possess a cat within the city
of Waukee without obtaining a license in compliance with this section.
Ordinance 2818 – July 18, 2016
§209.3 Immunization. Every owner of any cat over the age of three (3)
months shall, when procuring a cat license from the Police Department, present a certificate
from a qualified doctor of veterinary medicine that such cat has had immunization against
rabies, and such certificate shall show the date of such immunization and the term of such
immunization. The Police Department shall not issue any cat license until evidence is
shown certifying a rabies vaccination of the cat by a licensed veterinarian.
If any cat for which a license has been obtained shall not have attained the age of three (3)
months at the time of the licensing of such cat, the owner shall, not less than ten (10) days
after such cat attains the age of three (3) months, secure immunization against rabies for
such cat and present a certificate as required in this section to the Police Department who
shall enter such certification in the records of the city.
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It shall be a violation of this ordinance for any owner to own or possess a cat within the City
of Waukee without furnishing a certificate of immunization against rabies in compliance
with this section.
Ordinance 2818 – July 18, 2016
§209.4 Impounding.
A. Any cat found at large shall be seized and impounded.
B. The owners of licensed cats, if known, shall be notified in writing
not less than two (2) days following impoundment that upon
payment of impounding costs such cats will be returned. If the
impounded licensed cats are not recovered by their owners within
ten (10) days after notice, the cats shall be disposed of by the
Marshall.
C.Impounded unlicensed cats may be recovered by the owner, upon
proper identification, by payment of the license fee and
impounding costs. If such cats are not claimed within ten (10) days
after impounding, they shall be disposed of by the Marshall.
Ordinance 2824 – September 6, 2016
§209.5 Owners of Animals Shall Clean and Dispose of All Excrement
From Such Animals on Property Other Than Property of Owners. Owners of animals,
whether running at large or on leash or restraints, shall clean all excrement from such
animals from property, including structures, other than the property of the owner.
§209.6 Penalty. Anyone violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall, upon conviction, be subject to imprisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days, or a fine
not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00).
Ordinance 2259 - November 2, 1998