Amending Chapter 5 in its Entirety Replacing it With A New Chapter 5 Entitled Responsible Animal and Pet Ownership Care and Control Regulations

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Substitute Bill No. 17 -14 Responsible Animal and Pet Ownership Care and Control Regulation Ordinance Page 26 Sec. 5 -28 Enticement of Another Person's Animal Prohibited. (a) It shall be unlawful for a person, not so authorized, to enter or invade the private premises of another person in the city to capture, entice, or take any animal out of the enclosure or premises of the owner, community cat caretaker er to seize an animal at any plaee while s u°'• animal is aeeefflpanied by its ewvner• er keeper (b) Except as expressly authorized in this Chapter, it shall be unlawful for a person to entice any animal away from the premises of the owner or community cat caretaker. peFsen • °w° ° ° ~° ° ~' ° ° ~° (c) It shall be unlawful for a person to bring into the city an animal for the purpose of its impoundment, or the collection of any fee or reward for its return, except as provided in this Chapter. Sec. 5 -29 Interference with Another Person's Animal Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for a person to feed, tease, tantalize, molest, or provoke any animal in the city without the express consent of the animal's owner, if any, while the animal is on the owner's property or under the owner's control. A person who violates this section shall be punishable as provided in Section 5 -111 of this Chapter; provided, however, a fine imposed for any such violation shall not be less than fifty dollars ($50.00). Sec. 5 -30 Offensive Use of Animal Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for a person willfully to deposit a live or dead animal upon public or private premises not owned by that person, or willfully to throw a live or dead animal against any other person, or aid or abet another person in doing so. Sec. 5 -31 Abandonment of Animal(s) Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for a person to abandon or cause to be abandoned any animal on public or private property and a violation of this section shall be punishable as provided in Section 5 -111 of this Chapter; provided, however, a fine imposed for any such violation shall not be less than five hundred dollars ($500.00). Actions',taken by colony caretakers in accordance with this chapter shall not be considered abandonment of an animal.