A. License Required: Any person who owns or keeps any dog within the City limits without having first obtained an appropriate license therefor shall be guilty of an infraction. The provisions of this section, however, shall not apply to any owner of any dog under three (3) months of age. (Ord. 566, 11-7-2006)
B. License Fees: The City Clerk is authorized to issue a license and tag to any person applying therefor upon the payment of the following fees:
For each dog | $ 5.00 |
For a kennel license for each resident with more than 3 dogs | 25.00 |
C. License Term: All licenses must be dated from the first of the calendar year in which they were granted, with the actual issuance date noted on the license. The tag shall have stamped thereon the year for which such tag is issued and a number that will correspond with the number on the license. Such license fees shall be due and payable on January 1 of each and every year. (Ord. 388, 6-2-1981; amd. Ord. 417, 4-7-1987)
D. Exceptions: Any dog born subsequent to the due date of the license fee shall be licensed by the payment of the appropriate license fee within three (3) months after its birth, and any dog brought into the City subsequent to the license fee due date shall be licensed by the payment of the appropriate license fee immediately after being brought into the City.
E. License Nontransferable: All licenses and tags issued under this chapter shall be nontransferable.
F. Lost Tag; Fee For Duplicate: A duplicate or replacement tag shall be issued by the City Clerk upon payment of one dollar ($1.00) for each tag so issued to replace the original tag which was lost or destroyed. (Ord. 388, 6-2-1981)