(A) License required. No person shall own, keep or harbor any dog or cat over the age of four months within the village unless the dog or cat is licensed as provided in this chapter.
(B) Application. Application for the license shall be made by the owner on a forth to be provided by the Village Collector within ten days after acquiring any dog or cat over four months of age or within ten days after a dog or cat becomes four months of age; provided that any owner moving to the village for the purpose of establishing residence or becoming a resident as a result of any annexation, and otherwise required to obtain a license, shall have until ten days after moving or annexation to obtain such a license.
(C) Proof of rabies vaccination required. All owners applying for a license must show to the satisfaction of the licensing authority that the animal for which the license is being obtained has been inoculated against rabies within the last two years.
(D) Proof of sterilization. Any owner claiming that his or her dog or cat has been spayed or neutered must show to the satisfaction of the licensing authority that the operation has been performed.
(E) Payment of license fee. A license fee shall be paid at the time of making application. The license fee for both dogs and cats shall be $5 for each altered dog or cat and $20 for each unaltered dog or cat.
(F) Exemption from license fee. License fees shall not be required for seeing eye dogs, government police dogs or dogs belonging to a nonresident of the village and kept within the boundaries of the village for not longer than 30 days: provided that all dogs of nonresidents shall at the time of entry into the village be properly vaccinated against rabies, and while kept within the village, meet all other requirements of this chapter. Any owner claiming any of these exemptions has the burden of proving to the satisfaction of the licensing authority that the dog or cat in question is entitled to such exemption.
(Ord. 02-792, passed - -2002) Penalty, see § 91.99