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CITY OF ST. CATHARlNES
A By-law for restricting the number of cats and rabbits in defined areas in
the City of St. Catharines.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF ST. CATHARlNES
pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 2 of Section 354 ( l) of The Municipal
Act, R. S. 0. 1970, enacts as follows:
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Except upon land that is assessed as farm land, no person shall
have or keep more than one pair of rabbits for breeding purposes and, in any
event, not more than eight rabbits on or in connection with his or her premises.
2.
Except upon land that is assessed as farm land, no person shall
have or keep more than eight cats on or in connection with
or her premises.
3.
This By-law shall be enforced by the Niagara Regional Police
Department and any employees of the Niagara (Regional Area) Health Unit.
4.
No provision of this By-law shall be deemed to affect or inferen
tially repeal any prohibition or regulation contained in any restricted area,
zoning or land use by-law in force in the City of St. Catharines.
5.
It is declared that notwithstanding that any section or sections of
this By-law, or parts thereof, may be found by any Court
Law to be bad or
illegal or beyond the power of the Council to enact, such section or sections
or parts thereof shall be deemed to be severable and that all other sections or
parts of this By-law are separate and independent therefrom and enacted as
such.
6.
Any person convicted of a breach of any of the provisions of this
By-law shall forfeit and pay at the discretion of the Provincial Judge a penalty
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not exceeding Three hundred ($300. 00) Dollars exclusive of costs, and
further such penalty shall be recoverable under The Sunu:nary Convictions
Act.
7.
All By-laws or parts thereof of the former City of St. Catharine s,
Township of Grantham, Township of Louth, Town of Merritton and Town of
Port Dalhousie, insofar as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this
by-law, are hereby repealed.
PASSED this
day o:f
1973.
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CLERK.
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CITY OF ST. CATHARINES
BY-LAW No. 73-2M
A BY-LAW for restricting the number
of cats and rabbits in defined areas
in the City of St. Catharines.
BY·LAW read a first, second and third
lime and passed this
27th
day of
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CITY OF ST. CATHARINES
BY-LAW NO.
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A By-law to amend By-law 73-244 entitled "A By-law to regulate the keeping
of animals".
THE COUNC
OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF ST. CATHARINES enacts as
follows:
That By-1 aw No. 7 3-244 be and the same is hereby amended by
deleting therefrom Section 3.
PASSED this
day of
1983.