(A) All vicious dogs, six months of age or older, owned, kept, harbored, or maintained in the city shall be licensed and registered with the city.
(B) Licenses shall be issued by the City Code Enforcement Officer upon submittal of application, Proof of Insurance as provided in § 90.055(D).
(C) The owner shall state at the time the application is made for the license, upon forms provided for such purpose by the City Code Enforcement Officer, the owner’s name and address and the name, breed, color, and sex of each vicious dog owned or kept by him or her and provide proof of rabies vaccination.
(D) Upon receipt of the properly executed application(s), Proof of Insurance and payment of the license fee, the city shall issue to the owner a license certificate for each vicious dog so licensed.
(E) A vicious dog license shall not be transferable from one dog to another and no refunds shall be made on any license fee because of death of the vicious dog or the owner leaving the city before the expiration of the license period.
(F) If there is a change of owners of a vicious dog during the license period, the new owner may have the current registration transferred to his or her name upon payment of a transfer fee of $1 and Proof of Insurance.
(G) The registration and license period provided for herein shall be on an annual basis with each license to be renewed on anniversary date of issue.
(H) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to dogs brought into the city for the purpose of participating in any bona fide dog show, or to “seeing eye” dogs properly trained to assist blind persons when the dogs are actually being used by blind persons for the purpose of aiding them in going from place to place.
(I) All vicious dogs that are brought into the city, except as provided in division (H) above, shall be registered and licensed as herein provided if said animals remain in the city for more than 24 hours.
(J) The licensing and registration herein required shall be in addition to all licenses, registrations, and vaccination requirements of the state or county by law or regulation.
(K) Any vicious dog whose owner does not possess a vicious dog license as herein required shall prima facie evidence that the dog is unlicensed and unregistered, and in any proceeding under this chapter, the burden of proof of the fact that a dog has been licensed and registered shall be on the owner of the dog.
(Ord. 2006-06, passed 10-9-06)