Pompano Beach, FL Animal Ordinances: Cat Rules (2026)

22 sets up a citywide 'return to field' program: a community cat caregiver or organization must register with the city, list a verifiable name, home address, and phone number, and file a written property-owner permission form for every care location, updating it within 15 days of any change. Backyard sanctuary caregivers, who feed three or fewer cats at their own residence, are exempt from registering or filing a location form. Under subsection (F), every community cat must be sterilized, ear-tipped, vaccinated for rabies, microchipped to the registered caregiver, tested for FeLV/FIV, and given FVRCP and other vaccines the treating veterinarian recommends, with records kept by the caregiver.

Food may only be set out while the feeder is physically present, cannot sit inside anything but a secured humane trap once feeding stops, and automatic feeders are banned. Feeding is barred outright in city parks, on beaches, roads, rights-of-way, and other public property, and within 1,000 feet of any location the city has already ordered to stop feeding. 12 (Vaccination and License) for cats at an approved location. If a location feeds more than eight cats, subsection (K) lets a neighbor within 200 feet or an adjoining owner, manager, or tenant file an objection, triggering a 21-day window for the caregiver to reduce the colony before the city traps and permanently removes any cats left, holding them at least 36 hours before final disposition.