Aurora City Code Chapter 14 incentivizes spay-neuter through tiered pet licensing fees, with significantly higher fees for intact dogs and cats, and mandatory sterilization for animals impounded multiple times.
Aurora does not impose a blanket spay-neuter mandate but uses graduated licensing fees that make intact-animal licenses substantially more expensive than altered-animal licenses under Chapter 14. Owners surrendering or reclaiming impounded intact animals may be required to sterilize them before release as a condition of redemption, particularly on second or third impoundments. Aurora Animal Services partners with Dumb Friends League and Foothills Animal Shelter on low-cost spay-neuter clinics for income-qualified residents. Licensing must be renewed annually and proof of rabies vaccination is required regardless of sterilization status. Fees fund shelter operations.
Failure to license carries fines under Chapter 14; reclaiming an impounded intact animal without required sterilization can result in forfeiture and additional impoundment fees.
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