As used in this Chapter:

    A.  "Animal" means a cat or dog.

B.  "Animal shelter" means a facility providing services for stray, lost, or unwanted animals, including holding and placing the animals for adoption.  

    C.  "Person" means an individual, an entity, or a representative of an entity.

    D.  "Proof of sterilization" means a written document signed by a licensed veterinarian stating:

        1.    a specified animal has been sterilized;

        2.    the date on which the sterilization was performed; and

        3.    the location where the sterilization was performed.

E.  "Recipient" means the person to whom an animal shelter transfers an animal for adoption or redemption after impoundment.

F.  "Sterilization deposit" means the portion of a fee charged by an animal shelter to a recipient or claimant of an unsterilized animal to ensure the animal is timely sterilized.  

G.  "Sterilized" means that an animal has been surgically altered, either by the spaying of a female animal or by the neutering of a male animal, so it is unable to reproduce.

H.  "Transfer" means that an animal shelter places for adoption, or releases after impoundment an animal to a recipient.

(Ord. No. 99-03, Enacted, 05/10/99)