[Adopted as Sec. 15.115 of the Codification]
No person or persons living, lodging, cooking or eating together
as a single housekeeping unit shall own or keep more than two cats
over the age of two months within any building used wholly or partly
for residence purposes.
A.
Any police officer or any health officer of the Village may kill
or impound any cat which he believes, from the appearance or conduct
of such cat, to be infected with the disease known as hydrophobia
or rabies.
B.
Any person who shall suspect that any cat is infected with hydrophobia
or rabies shall report his or her suspicion to the police or health
authorities, describing the cat and giving the name of the owner if
known; any such cat shall, upon demand of any police officer or health
officer of the Village, be delivered to such officer; if upon examination
by the health authorities, the cat shall prove in fact to be infected
with said disease, the cat may be killed by any such officer.
C.
No person shall knowingly harbor or keep any cat infected with hydrophobia
or rabies or any cat known to have been bitten by a cat known to have
been infected with hydrophobia or rabies, or shall fail to report
to the police or health authorities of the Village the existence of
a cat which he knows to be infected with hydrophobia or rabies.
A.
Every owner or keeper of a cat and every person who knows that a
cat has bitten or scratched any person shall immediately report such
fact to a police officer or the Health Officer of the Village.
B.
Such cat owner or keeper shall immediately confine said cat within
an adequate enclosure for a period of at least 14 days thereafter
and shall not release such cat except with the written approval of
the Health Officer.
C.
Any such cat shall be surrendered to the police or Health Officer
upon demand.
D.
In addition to other penalties provided for a violation of this article,
any owner or keeper of a cat quarantined pursuant to this article
who permits or is responsible for a violation of said quarantine shall,
upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than $50 nor more than $100,
together with the costs of prosecution, and in default of the payment
of such forfeiture and the costs of prosecution, shall be imprisoned
in the County Jail or House of Correction of Milwaukee County until
such forfeiture and costs are paid, but not exceeding 90 days.
No cat shall run at large, and any person may seize or impound
any such cat found at large. A cat shall be deemed to be "at large"
when it is on any property other than the premises of the owner of
the cat.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1188]
The possession of any cat so impounded or seized may be obtained
by paying to the Clerk-Treasurer of the Village the sum of $3 plus
$4 for each day or fraction thereof during which said cat has been
impounded. After any cat has been so impounded for a period of seven
days, it shall be destroyed under the direction of the Village Manager
or other officer performing similar functions.
[Amended by Ord. No. 1198; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 17, Village Code and Ordinances,
Art. I)]
Every cat shall be licensed pursuant to the provisions of Milwaukee
County Ordinance Chapter 26. The fact that a cat is without a proper
license tag attached to its collar shall be presumptive evidence that
it is unlicensed. Humane Officers, licensed by the State of Wisconsin,
are hereby authorized to issue Village citations to Village residents
for violations of this article.
