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(A) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BEARBAITING. The pitting of any animal against a bear.
COCKFIGHTING. The pitting of a fowl against another fowl.
DOGFIGHTING. The pitting of a dog against another dog.
PITTING. Bringing animals together in combat.
(Prior Code, § 6-207)
(B) Prohibited. No person shall knowingly promote, engage in or be employed at dogfighting, cockfighting, bearbaiting or pitting an animal against another, nor shall any person knowingly receive money for the admission of another person to a place kept for such purpose, nor shall any person knowingly own, use, train, sell or possess an animal for the purpose of animal pitting, nor shall any person knowingly permit any acts as described in this section to occur on any premises owned or controlled by him or her.
(Prior Code, § 6-208)
(C) Spectators prohibited. No person shall knowingly and willingly be present at and witness as a spectator dogfighting, cockfighting, bearbaiting or the pitting of an animal against another as prohibited in division (B) above.
(Prior Code, § 6-209)
Penalty, see § 90.99
DOGS
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DOG. Both male and female dogs of the age of six months or more.
(Prior Code, § 6-101)
OWNER. Any person who shall harbor or permit any dog to be for five days or more in or about his or her house, store or enclosure or to remain to be fed shall be deemed the OWNER and possessor of such dog and shall be deemed to be liable for all penalties herein described.
(Prior Code, § 6-106)
VACCINATION FOR RABIES. The inoculation of a dog with a rabies vaccine licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture. Such VACCINATION must be performed by a duly licensed veterinarian.
(Prior Code, § 6-102)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 54-606, 71-4401
Any person who shall own, keep or harbor a dog over the age of three months within the municipality shall, within ten days after acquisition of the said dog, acquire a license for each such dog annually by or before January 1 of each year. The said tax shall be delinquent from and after January 31; provided, the possessor of any dog brought into or harbored within the corporate limits subsequent to January 1 of any year shall be liable for the payment of the dog tax levied herein and such tax shall be delinquent if not paid within ten days thereafter. Licenses shall be issued by the Municipal Clerk upon the payment of a license fee for each dog for the amount stated in § 36.01 of this code of ordinances. Said license shall not be transferable and no refund will be allowed in case of death, sale or other disposition of the licensed dog. The owner shall state at the time the application is made and, upon printed forms provided for such purpose, his or her name and address and the name, breed, color and sex of each dog owned and kept by him or her. A certificate that the dog has had a rabies shot, effective for the ensuing year of the license, shall be presented when the license is applied for and no license or tag shall be issued until the certificate is shown.
(Prior Code, § 6-103)
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 17-526, 54-603, 71-4412
(A) (1) Upon payment of the license fee, the Municipal Clerk shall issue to the owner of a dog a license certificate and a metallic tag for each dog so licensed. The metallic tags shall be properly attached to the collar or harness of all dogs so licensed and shall entitle the owner to keep or harbor the said dog until December 31 following such licensing. In the event that a license tag is lost and upon satisfactory evidence that the original plate or tag was issued in accordance with the provisions herein, the Municipal Clerk shall issue a duplicate or new tag for the balance of the year for which the license tax has been paid and shall charge and collect a fee of $1 for each duplicate or new tag so issued. All license fees and collections shall be immediately credited to the General Fund.
(2) It shall be the duty of the Municipal Clerk to issue tags of a suitable design that are different in appearance each year.
(Prior Code, § 6-104)
(B) It shall be unlawful for any person to remove or cause to be removed the collar, harness or metallic tag from any licensed dog without the consent of the owner, keeper or possessor thereof.
(Prior Code, § 6-117)
Penalty, see § 90.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 17-526
It shall be unlawful for the owner, keeper or harborer of any dog to permit or allow such dog to wear any license, metallic tag or other municipal identification than that issued by the Municipal Clerk for a specific dog.
(Prior Code, § 6-106) Penalty, see § 90.99
It shall be the duty of the governing body whenever, in its opinion, the danger to the public safety from rabid dogs is great or imminent, to issue a proclamation ordering all persons owning, keeping or harboring any dog to muzzle the same or confine it for a period of not less than 90 days from the date of such proclamation or until such danger is passed. The dogs may be harbored by any good and sufficient means in a house, garage or yard on the premises wherein the said owner may reside. Upon issuing the proclamation, it shall be the duty of all persons owning, keeping or harboring any dog to confine the same, as herein provided.
(Prior Code, § 6-107)
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