A. The owner of any dog or cat over the age of three months in the City of Grand Island shall pay an annual pet license fee for said dog or cat. Such fee shall be adopted by the governing body and identified in the City of Grand Island Fee Schedule.
The annual pet license as provided in this section shall be for the period of January 1 through December 31 of the licensing year. The pet license provided for by this section shall be secured by each new owner or new resident within thirty days of establishing residency in the City or after acquiring said animal, notwithstanding the fact that the dog or cat may have been registered within the annual period by a previous owner or that the dog or cat had been registered with another authority other than the City of Grand Island.
B. The fee required in (A) above shall become due on January 1 of the licensing year and shall become delinquent on February 1 of each year. The owner of any dog or cat in the City of Grand Island registering the same after said fee has become delinquent shall pay a surcharge in accordance with the fees adopted by the governing body identified in the City of Grand Island Fee Schedule.
C. No dog or cat shall be registered and licensed unless and until the owner shall display a certificate of a licensed veterinarian showing that such dog or cat has been vaccinated for rabies.
D. The owner of any dog or cat that has been declared “potentially dangerous” or “dangerous” shall pay, in addition to the pet license above, an annual kennel inspection fee. Such fee shall become due at the time of the declaration, and then shall be paid annually thereafter with the annual fee becoming due on January 1 of the year following the declaration, and shall become delinquent on February 1 of said year. The kennel inspection fee shall be adopted by the governing body and identified in the City of Grand Island Fee Schedule.
(Amended by Ordinance No. 9142, effective 11-28-2007) (Amended by Ordinance No. 9200, effective 12-17-2008)