(a) Application Information; Fee. Every person who owns, keeps or harbors in the Municipality a horse or pony shall, before January 20 of each year, file in the office of the Chief Administrative Officer of the Municipality an application for registration for the following year, stating the age, sex, color, height and distinctive markings of such horse or pony, and the name and address of the owner. A registration fee of seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) for each horse or pony shall accompany such application.
If such application for registration is not filed and the fee paid on or before January 20 of each year, the Municipality shall assess a penalty of thirty dollars ($30.00) upon such owner, keeper or harborer, which must be paid with the registration fee.
(b) Records. Upon the filing of the application for registration and payment of the registration fee, the Chief Administrative Officer shall assign a distinctive number to every horse or pony described in such application, and shall deliver a certificate of registration bearing such number to the owner thereof. A permanent record of all certificates of registration issued, together with the applications therefor, shall be kept in a horse register, which shall be open to the inspection of any person during reasonable business hours.
(c) Term of Validity. Certificates of registration for horses and ponies shall be valid only during the year for which they are issued.
(d) Compliance Required. No owner, keeper or harborer of a horse or pony shall fail to file the application for registration, nor shall he fail to pay the legal fee therefor.
(e) Misdemeanor Classification. Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(Ord. 1978-1122. Passed 10-9-78; Ord. 1990-79. Passed 10-8-90; Ord. 2005-28. Passed 6-13-05.)