Fire & Rescue

Animal control agencies in nearly every community cost the taxpayers (us) millions of dollars every year. They do a good job but if s just not enough. With many millions of homeless animals, we are seeing an annual rise in dog bites and attacks, open garbage containers, feces in public and private areas, and angry, frightened citizens who do not understand the misery of these unwanted pets. Additionally, homeless animals disturb the ecological balance by scaring away or killing birds and wildlife.

•Neutered pets are more loving and better tempered pets.

•Neutered cats are less likely to mark their territory (or spray).

•A spayed female doesn't have estrus (or heat cycles). The estrus cycle happens about twice a year for dogs and three or more times a year for cats. It can last for six or more days and often results in a distracted, nervous female??who may cry or howl??and numerous unwanted male visitors.

•Neutered pets tend to live longer than unneutered pets.

•Neutered pets have no chance or drastically reduced chances of suffering from a great many health problems. These health problems can be costly and difficult to treat.

•Spayed females do not suffer from uterine or ovarian cancer and are highly unlikely to suffer from breast cancer, especially if spayed before her first estrus (or heat) cycle.

•One dog and her puppies, in just six years, can produce 67,000 puppies.

•In seven years, one cat and her offspring can be the source of 420,000 cats.

•In the United States, every day, 70,000 (or more) puppies and kittens are born. Just 10,000 humans are born each day.

Who will take care of all these dogs and cats? It's not just a problem of too many -- each pet is an individual life.

While it may seem harmless, letting your pet have one -- or even two -- litters can cause big problems. Even if you find homes for all (or most) of the puppies or kittens, what about their puppies and kittens? In less than a year, all those puppies and kittens will be grown dogs or cats and able to have litters of their own. On a daily basis, thousands of puppies and kittens, healthy but homeless are killed. Many of them came from "just one litter."

Sometimes referred to as "altering", spaying and neutering are ways of providing birth control for dogs and cats by removing their reproductive organs, therefore preventing them from having litters of puppies or kittens. Spaying is the procedure used for female pets, and neutering generally refers to the procedures used for male pets.

The City of Edgewater Residential Rental Inspector or designee will perform all required residential rental inspections. 

The property owner or representative will be given adequate time to correct violations noted.  The time allotted for correction will be at the inspector’s discretion, based on the nature and severity of the violation.

There will be an additional inspection fee that must be prepaid prior to the re-inspection date.