1.

In this By-law, “dwelling unit” shall mean a separate set of living quarters containing at least one room and separate kitchen and sanitary convenience, with a private entrance from outside or from a common hallway or stairway inside.
 

2.

No person or persons shall keep or permit to be kept any more than 4 cats in or about any dwelling unit within the Town of LaSalle.
 

3.

(1)

Any person who owns or is keeping more than 4 cats in or about a dwelling unit on the date of the passing of this By-law shall file with the Corporation on or before the 31st day of July, 2006, such documentation as may be required by the Clerk of the Corporation, which documentation shall be deemed to be evidence that the said person was lawfully keeping more than 4 cats in or about that dwelling unit on the date of the passing of this By-law.
 

(2)

This By-Law shall not apply to any person who has filed the necessary documentation referred to in subsection (1) herein with the Clerk of the Corporation, so long as the said person continues to keep only, and not more than, the same cats the said person had been lawfully keeping on the date of the passing of this By-Law.
 

(3)

In the event a person to whom subsections (1) and (2) herein apply suffers a loss of one or more of the cats being lawfully kept on the date of the passing of this By-Law, either by death, sale, loss or other means, the said person shall not be permitted to replace or substitute the said cat so lost with any other cat if the replacement or substitution of the said cat so lost will bring the total number of cats in or about that dwelling unit to more than 4 as prohibited by this By-Law.
 

4.

In the event any cat in any dwelling unit gives birth to a litter of kittens, no person who is lawfully keeping the mother cat shall retain possession of any of the kittens beyond 12 weeks after the date of their birth where the possession of such kitten(s) will increase the number of cats legally permitted to be kept by that person.
 

5.

Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this By-Law is guilty of an offence, and upon conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $5,000.00 for each offence committed, which fine is recoverable pursuant to the provisions of the Provincial Offences Act, R.S.O. 2001, c. P.33, as amended.
 

6.

This By-law shall come into full force and effect upon the final passing thereof.