(A) An owner of a dog shall obtain a license for the dog as herein provided, unless the dog is less than four months old.
(B) Written application for licenses shall be made to the Animal Care and Control Authority (or its agents) which shall include name, address, and telephone number of applicant, a description of the animal, proof of neutering and rabies vaccination, and the appropriate fee.
(C) If not revoked, the license for the keeping of a dog shall be for a period of the calendar year.
(D) The owner of a dog shall apply for a license upon obtaining a dog as required by this chapter to be licensed, and the owner of a dog shall apply for a license immediately upon the dog attaining the age of four months.
(E) License fees shall not be required for seeing eye dogs, hearing ear dogs, service dogs, or governmentally owned dogs; however, they must be licensed.
(F) Upon acceptance of the license application and fee, the Animal Care and Control Authority shall issue a durable tag stamped with an identifying number and the year of issuance. Tags should be designed so that they may be conveniently fastened or riveted to the animal’s collar or harness.
(G) The owner of a dog shall require that the dog wear identification tags (as provided in division (F) above) at all times, unless actually being shown at a dog show or event, recognized as such by the Animal Care and Control Authority, or the dog is actually being run on a hunt and is under the effective control of its owner.
(H) The Animal Care and Control Authority shall maintain a record of the identifying numbers of all tags issued for a period of three years and shall make this record available to the public.
(I) The licensing period shall begin January 1 and shall run for one year. Application for license may be made 30 days prior to the start of the new year.
(J) A license may be issued after payment of a fee of $5 for each spayed or neutered dog required to be licensed, and a fee of $25 for each unspayed or unneutered dog required to be licensed. For owners age 62 and over, the fees shall be $3 for each spayed or neutered dog required to be licensed, and $10 for each unspayed or unneutered dog required to be licensed. Persons who fail to obtain a license as required herein before March 1 of any year will be subjected to a penalty of $10 for each license that was not obtained. This penalty shall be in addition to any citation issued under the provisions of § 90.16 or § 90.99.
(K) A duplicate license may be obtained upon payment of a replacement fee of $1.
(L) No person may use any license for any animal other than the animal for which it was issued.
(M) Any person, partnership, or corporation who harbors an unlicensed dog, or while the owner or lessor of property allows an unlicensed dog to be harbored on the property, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalties provided in § 90.99, unless the dog is not required to be licensed.
(N) If required by an Animal Control Officer or the Animal Care and Control Authority to obtain a license, the owner shall provide the Animal Control Officer or the Animal Care and Control Authority with the current year’s license number within 15 days of the request for documentation of licensing.
(2004 Code, § 81-2) (Ord. 26, passed 1-21-1980; Ord. 26A, passed 4-13-1981; Ord. 26B, passed 10-30-1984; Ord. 26C, passed 7-29-1986; Ord. 26D, passed 8-28-1990; Ord. 02-23, passed 11-26-2002; Ord. 06-15, passed 11-28- 2006)