TITLE 6
ANIMALS
Chapter 6.04   Dogs
Chapter 6.05   Dangerous Animals
Chapter 6.08   Keeping of Animals
Chapter 6.09   Cats
Chapter 6.04 Dogs
   6.04.010   Registration and license--Required.
   6.04.015   Registration and license--Exemption.
   6.04.020   Registration and licenseFees.
   6.04.030   Registration--Rabies vaccination required.
   6.04.040   Registration--General provisions.
   6.04.050   Kennel license Required.
   6.04.070   Kennel license fee.
   6.04.080   Pounds and transportation facilities.
   6.04.090   Poundmaster.
   6.04.100   Impoundment--Generally.
   6.04.105   Impoundment--Fees.
   6.04.110   Surrender of animals for disposal--Generally.
   6.04.115   Surrender of animals for disposal--Fees.
   6.04.120   Dead animals.
   6.04.130   Authorized impoundment.
   6.04.140   Enforcement.
   6.04.150   Prohibited acts.
6.04.010 Registration and license--Required.
   A.   Except as provided in this chapter, every dog owner shall see that his dog or dogs are properly licensed at all times by the securing of a license for the dog or dogs from the director of finance not less than once every year. The license shall expire on the thirtieth day of June of every year following the obtaining of the license and shall be renewed thereafter before the first day of August.
   B.   Every dog owner, after his dog attains the age of four months, shall register such dog with the director of finance before July 1st of each year.
   C.   Any dog owner who becomes a resident of the incorporated area of the city subsequent to any July 1st shall register his dog within thirty days after moving into the incorporated area.
(Ord. 680, 1999; Ord. 494 (part), 1986; Ord. 393 (part), 1982)
6.04.015 Registration and license--Exemption.
   No registration or fee shall be required for guide dogs for the blind.
(Ord. 680, 1999)
6.04.020 Registration and license--Fees.
   A.   A fee shall be charged for each dog that is registered and for each registration renewal.
   B.   The fee shall be less for each dog that is castrated, spayed or otherwise sexually altered to prevent reproduction. A certificate from a licensed veterinarian may be required before registering an altered dog.
   C.   The amount of annual license fees shall also be prorated to the nearest quarter of a year.
   D.   A penalty shall be charged and collected for each late registration or late renewal. Dog owners shall not be considered in default until the first day of August each and every year, but the license fee shall become due and owing on July 1st of each and every year.
   E.   The amount of the fees described in this section shall be established and amended by resolution of City Council.
(Ord. 680, 1999)
6.04.030 Registration--Rabies vaccination required.
   No registration tag shall be issued for a dog unless proof has been presented that the dog has been vaccinated against rabies not more than eighteen months prior to the date of the issuance of the registration.
(Ord. 413 § 1, 1982: Ord. 393 (part), 1982)
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