(A) Requirements. All domestic animals kept or maintained by their owner within the corporate limits of the city shall be licensed and registered if over six months of age.
(B) Application.
(1) Except as herein provided, within 30 days after acquiring possession of an animal which has not been licensed by the city, the owner of the animal shall make application for a license at the Braham Police Department. A license shall continue in force for the life of the animal, provided that the owner shows proof every year that the animal has current vaccinations, and provided the owner reports any change of address to the city.
(2) A certificate of vaccination, authorized by a licensed veterinarian, for rabies and parvo vaccinations must be presented at the time of licensing, and every year thereafter. Any owner of an animal not vaccinated for rabies and parvo will be in violation of this section.
(C) License fee. The license fee for an animal license is set by City Council from time to time. The benefit to licensing a pet is for identification purposes should the animal be picked up. The license fee for a kennel license is in an amount as set by Council from time to time per year.
(D) Duration of license. A license shall be issued for a period of time not to exceed the expiration date of the rabies and parvo vaccinations.
(E) Issuance of license.
(1) Upon completion of the application form and receipt of the proof of vaccination, the Braham Police Department shall cause a license to be issued to the applicant for a particular animal.
(2) In case any license tag is lost, a duplicate may be issued by the City Administrator’s office. No person shall counterfeit, or attempt to counterfeit the tags provided for in this chapter, nor shall any person, except the owner, take from any animal a tag legally placed upon it, nor shall any person place a tag upon another animal.
(3) License tags shall not be transferable.
(F) Kennels.
(1) No person shall maintain a kennel, as defined in § 92.01, without first securing a license pursuant to division (C) above. The City Council shall have the power to attach reasonable conditions to the issuance of any license. The maximum number of animals allowed under a kennel license is six of the same species.
(2) In a R-1 zoning district, a maximum of three animals of the same species is allowed per parcel without a kennel license.
(3) Any animals kept or maintained upon any premises in violation of this section may be impounded under the provisions of § 92.07(I). Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(G) Kennel license. Upon issuance of a kennel license, three to six animals of the same species over the age of six months may be kept at a licensed premises upon compliance with the following:
(1) The filing of written approval of the occupants of residential property abutting the licensed premises;
(2) The yard of the licensed premises is fenced in a manner as to restrain the animals on the premises from leaving the yard;
(3) Animals kept on the licensed premises do not create a nuisance by excessive barking, howling, or by creating unsanitary conditions; and
(4) Payment of an annual license fee pursuant to division (F) above.
(H) Receipt and tags. The City Administrator’s office shall also procure a sufficient number of metallic tags suitably numbered and lettered, and deliver one appropriate tag to the taxpayer for each animal upon which the license is issued.
(I) Tags to be attached to animal. When at all possible, the applicant shall cause the tag to be affixed permanently by a metal fastening device to the collar of the licensed animal, or in a manner that the tag may be easily observed.
(J) Change of address. An applicant who has obtained a license shall notify the City Administrator’s office of the applicant’s address changes within the corporate limits of the city within ten days of any address changes.
(Ord. 275, passed 12-1-2015; Ord. 275, passed 8-3-2022) Penalty, see § 92.99