(a) Each license specified in this Section shall be valid for the term of the license period and shall be renewed within 30 days after such period terminates, except that where the current vaccination for the dog which is the subject of the license shall expire prior to the expiration date of the license being applied for, the Animal Control Officer may upon request of the owner or custodian of such dog, backdate such license so that its expiration date occurs concurrent with or prior to the expiration date of the vaccination; provided, however, that where such backdating is performed, there shall be no reduction or discount of the license fee applicable to the license applied for, and such license shall be renewed within 30 days after the date of its expiration.
(b) Whenever a dog validly licensed under this Chapter shall have died more than three months before the expiration date of the license, the owner of such dog may return the license tag to the Animal Control Officer, accompanied by a statement signed by a veterinarian or a declaration signed under penalty of perjury by the owner, indicating that such dog is dead and specifying the date of death. In such event, the license shall be cancelled and a pro rata credit of the license fee by full calendar quarters of the original license period remaining after the death of the dog may be applied to tags during said remaining period to the license fee for another dog acquired by the same owner.
(c) Upon transfer of ownership of any dog validly licensed under this Chapter, the new-owner shall notify the Animal Control Officer of such transfer within 30 days of such transfer, on a form prescribed by the Animal Control Officer, accompanied by a transfer fee as set by the City Council.
(d) If a valid license tag is lost or destroyed, a duplicate thereof may be procured from the Animal Control Officer upon submission to the Animal Control Officer of a statement signed by the owner of the dog containing the date and circumstances of such loss or destruction and the payment of a fee.
(e) The term of the license shall be one, two or three years from the date of issuance, depending upon the fee paid and the expiration date of the vaccine provided.
(f) The Animal Control Officer shall issue a license only upon presentation of a certificate of vaccination indicating that the date of expiration of the vaccination is not earlier than the date of expiration of the license being issued or renewed, upon payment of the applicable license fee determined by the City, and upon proof of compliance with all other requirements of this Chapter for spaying, neutering and micro-chipping, unless otherwise exempt.
(g) Where the vaccinated dog is between the ages of four months and 12 months, the period of vaccination immunity required for licensing shall be as specified in Title 17, California Code of Regulations, Section 2606.4.
(h) Dogs must wear license identification at all times when off the enclosed premises of the owners.
(Ord. 181, passed 5-1-2019)