§ 14.89 ANIMALS REQUIRING A LICENSE APPLICATION PROCESS.

   (a)   License requirement and application. It is unlawful for an owner of an animal requiring a license that is three months old or older to keep or harbor it within the city without having first obtained a license therefor in accordance with this Division A. No application for an animal requiring a license shall be accepted unless it is completed and signed by an owner who is at least 18 years of age on the application form provided by the issuing authority , which shall include at a minimum the following information: the full name, home address and daytime and evening telephone numbers of each owner of the animal requiring a license ; the name, breed, color, age, sex and reproductive status of the animal requiring a license ; the street address where the animal requiring a license , or any other animal intended to live within the home will be kept or harbored; a current certificate of rabies vaccination for the animal requiring a license ; and any other information deemed to be necessary by the issuing authority .

   (b)   License fee. The license fee shall be as set forth in City Code Appendix A. The fee shall be paid at the time the application for the license is submitted to the issuing authority .

   (c)   License validity. All licenses issued under this Division A of this code shall only be valid for the animal identified on the license application unless the license is transferred under subsection (g) below.

   (d)   Penalties. Failure to obtain a license for an animal requiring a license shall be subject to penalties in § 12.130.

   (e)   Individual animal licenses not required for commercial animal establishment licensees or pet services facilities . Individual licenses for animals requiring a license kept in a commercial animal establishment licensed under § 14.92 through 14.103 or in pet services facilities defined in § 12.91 of this code need not be obtained by the operator.

   (f)   License tag. Upon acceptance of the license application, the issuing authority shall provide the owner of an animal requiring a license with a license tag, which shall be stamped with a unique identifying number. If the license tag issued for an animal requiring a license is lost, the owner shall obtain a duplicate tag upon the payment of a fee as set forth in City Code Appendix A. A valid durable license tag must be securely fastened to the choke chain, collar or harness. If the dog, cat or ferret is out of doors, either on the owner’s premises but not confined or off the owner’s premises, the collar or harness with the license tag attached shall be worn.

   (g)   Transfer of license. If a city licensed animal dies within one year of application and an animal requiring a license is secured by the owner to replace the previous animal , the license for the deceased animal may be transferred to the replacement animal upon completion of a new application form identifying the replacement animal requiring a license and payment of a transfer fee as set forth in City Code Appendix A. No transfer of license from one species to another is allowed.

   (h)   Change in ownership. If there is a change of ownership, as defined in § 14.87 of this code, of a city licensed animal requiring a license , the new owner must apply for a license within 30 days and pay the fee charged for a new license if the animal continues to be kept or harbored in the city.

(1958 Code, § 120.15) (Ord. 69-39, passed 5-19-1969; Ord. 72-1, passed 1-10-1972; Ord. 72-64, passed 11-27-1972, renumbered to § 120.12; Ord. 92-58, passed 11-9-1992; Ord. 93-27, passed 5-24-1993; recodified by Ord. 95-13, passed 8-7-1995; Ord. 96-58, passed 10-21-1996; Ord. 2002-22, passed 6-17-2002; Ord. 2010-28, passed 11-1-2010; Ord. 2017-34, passed 9-11-2017; Ord. 2021-39, passed 11-29-2021)