Doctor's note for cats?!

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Hey everyone... so I have a bit of a lease term question. I just bought this four-plex and it's my first local property. We're managing it ourselves. We've literally had possession for 4 days. Tenant #2 comes up with some doctor's note stating he needs therapy cats and his pet deposit shall be waived. My first thought: "What the... NO."

The lease he has in place does not allow for pets of any kind, however, the last sentence says ""Pets" does not include animals trained to serve the handicapped, such as Seeing Eye dogs or Hearing dogs."

What do I do here? Is a therapy cat even a real thing? And cats aren't exactly "trained to serve the handicapped..." 

And oh by the way, his quote when handing my husband the "note" said "I have 2 cats."

Any advice is welcome!!! Thank you!