a. There is hereby levied an annual license fee upon the owner, keeper or harborer of each dog and cat within the corporate limits of the City. The fee for unspayed female or unneutered male dogs or cats shall be forty ($40.00) dollars, and the fee for all spayed or neutered dogs or cats shall be ten ($10.00) dollars, which license fee shall cover a one-year period. In addition to the aforementioned license fees, each owner shall also pay the cost of the appropriate tag. Owners of unspayed female or unneutered male dogs and cats shall also be issued a spay/neuter certificate worth a prescribed amount towards the cost of a spay or neuter surgery at the Bowling Green-Warren County Humane Society or participating veterinarians.
b. The license fee shall be due and payable on the first day of July each year or on the first day of the month following the acquisition of the dog or cat, and shall be paid not later than thirty (30) days thereafter. If these license fees are not paid at the time herein provided, a penalty of ten ($10.00) dollars shall be added.
(Ord. BG80-63, S6-45, 7/15/80; Ord. BG84-26, 6/5/84; Ord. BG84-70, 1/8/85; Ord. BG90-51, 9/18/90; Ord. BG2006-5, 3/7/2006)