(A) All dogs kept, harbored, or maintained by their owners in the city shall be licensed and registered if over six months of age. A dog license shall be issued by the Wilmington Township Trustee upon payment of a license tax as required by law. No license shall be issued unless the owner shows, at the time it is requested, a certificate that the vaccination required has been made. The owner shall state at the time the application is made for the license and upon printed forms provided for such purposes his name and address and the name, breed, color, and sex of each dog owned or kept by him.
(B) The provisions of this section shall not apply to dogs whose owners are nonresidents temporarily within the city, to dogs brought into the city for the purpose of participating in any dog show, nor to dogs properly trained to assist blind persons when such dogs are actually used by blind persons for the purposes of aiding them in going from place to place. Licenses issued under the provisions of this section shall be valid until January 1 next after the issuance.
(Ord. 952, passed 10-6-80; Am. Ord. 1197, passed 3-1-93) Penalty, see § 90.99