(A) (1) Any person owning, harboring, or having custody of a cat within the county must obtain a license within 15 days of obtaining the animal. Licenses, except for lifetime licenses, shall be valid for one year from date of issue.
(2) Any person not eligible to obtain a license may not own a cat.
(B) (1) Applications for licenses shall be made to the animal shelter.
(2) If the applicant withholds or falsifies any information on the application, no license shall be issued.
(3) Any licenses issued upon false or withheld information shall be null and void.
(C) Application shall include: species; breed; gender; name of the animal; whether the animal has been altered; a current rabies certificate, if required, issued by a licensed veterinarian; and the name, telephone number, and address of the owner.
(D) It shall be within the discretion of the animal shelter whether to issue a license if there have been three or more violations of this chapter within 12 months’ time.
(E) Upon issuance of the license and payment of all fees, the animal shelter shall issue to the applicant a durable tag stamped with an identification number. The animal shelter shall maintain a record of the identifying number of all tags issued.
(F) The animal shelter shall charge fees for animal licenses and certain other charges pursuant to § 93.005. The animal shelter shall deposit all monies collected from this section into the Non-Reverting Fund for the Animal Control Runs Fund with the City Controller. The fees shall be collected by the animal shelter, or by its fiscal agent.
(G) The license fee may be waived for certified service animals and governmental police dogs. These shall still be registered with the animal shelter and must obtain a license, as any other.
(H) The owner of any animal deemed by a veterinarian to be unfit to undergo a spaying or neutering operation shall be, upon presentation of written certification to that effect by a licensed veterinarian, charged the fee for an altered animal.
(I) No person shall use a license for any animal other than the animal for which it was issued.
(Ord. 2015-14, passed 12-1-2015) Penalty, see § 93.999