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THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF FARADAY
BY-LAW NO. 5-2010
A By-Law to regulate the keeping of cats within the municipality
and for restricting the number of cats that may be kept by any
person or that may be kept in or about any dwelling unit and for
regulating the being at large of cats.
WHEREAS Council of municipalities have the authority under Section 11 of the
Municipal Act, 2001, to pass by-laws respecting matters within various spheres of
jurisdiction, including "animals";
AND WHEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Faraday is
desirous to enact a By-Law respecting the keeping of cats within the
municipality; and the for the purpose of prohibiting cats being at large;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Township of Faraday
ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1.
DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this By-Law the following definitions shall apply:
(a)
CAT means any cat or cats, male or female;
(b)
DWELLING UNIT means a separate set of living quarters
provided for human habitation which has a private entrance from
outside the building or from a common hallway or stairway inside
a building;
(c)
MUNICIPALITY means the Corporation of the Township of
Faraday;
(d)
ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER means the person so designated
by the Municipality for the purpose of carrying into effect the
provisions of this by-law;
(e)
CLERK shall mean the Clerk of the Corporation of the Township
of Faraday.
2.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(a)
No person shall keep more than five cats in or about any dwelling
unit;
(b)
Notwithstanding paragraph 2(a), kittens that have not been
weaned and are under the age of twelve weeks, shall not be
counted in determining the number of cats on a premises. The
keeping of such kittens shall not exceed four months.
(c)
No person shall allow a cat to defecate on any property, including
public land, other than the property of its owner or other private
property;
(d)
Cats being at large are prohibited. The owner of any cat found
being at large is guilty of an offence under this By-Law and liable
on conviction to the penalty provided in this By-Law.
(e)
Any Cat caught being at large in the Municipality may be seized
and/or destroyed (killed), by any such officer or person as may be
designated by the Municipality
(f)
The Animal Control Officer, may capture every cat being at large
contrary to the provisions of this By-Law;
3.
PENALTY
Every person who contravenes any provision of this By-Law is guilty of an
offence and upon conviction shall be liable to a fine prescribed and
recoverable under the provisions of the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O.
1990, c.P.33, as amended, for each offence committed, Provided that
prosecution under the provisions of this By-Law shall not be a bar to the
Municipality pursuing any other remedies available to it;
BY-LAW NO. 5-2010
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4.
It is the declared intention of the Council of the Corporation of the
Township of Faraday that any section or part of a section of this By-Law
which may subsequently be held to be illegal shall be severable from the
remainder of the By-Law.
5.
All By-Laws or parts of By-Laws heretofore passed inconsistent with the
provisions hereof and respecting the regulating of cats within the
municipality are hereby by repealed.
6.
This By-Law shall come into force and take effect upon the final passage.
READ a first, second and third time and finally passed this the 7th day of April,
2010.
Original Signed
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C. A. Tinney - Reeve
Original Signed
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Brenda Vader - Clerk