It shall be the duty of each person who keeps, harbors, or owns a dog or cat to pay the license fee imposed in § 90.16 and set by the fee schedule in § 34.01 to the City Administrator on or before the applicable January 1 if applying for a microchip license, on or before January 1 in each year if applying for a tag license, upon acquiring ownership or possession of any unlicensed dog or cat, or upon establishing residence in the city. If payment of the license fee is made after January, a penalty of 50% of said fee shall be imposed and collected upon issuance of the license, except that a person acquiring ownership of, or possession of, unlicensed dogs or cats, or who establishes residence in the city subsequent to January 31, has ten days after acquiring possession or ownership of or establishing residence within the city, to make application for a dog or cat license without payment of the penalty.
(1963 Code, § 103.04) (Ord. passed 7-10-1972; Ord. passed 7-12-1993; Ord. 21-03, passed 4-12-2021)