(A) A license is required by any person owning, keeping, harboring or having custody of any dog or cat over the age of four months within the city limits.
(B) Application for license shall be made in person to the city, which shall include name and address of applicant, description of the animal, the appropriate fee and rabies certificate issued by a licensed veterinarian.
(C) The license shall be good for a period of one year, if not revoked. All licenses are renewable on or before July 1, of each year.
(D) Application for a license must be made within 30 days after obtaining a dog or cat over the age of four months of age. This requirement does not apply to a nonresident keeping a dog or cat within the city for less than 60 days.
(E) A license shall be issued after the payment of the applicable fee listed in the fee schedule at the end of this code of ordinances.
(F) A certification by a licensed veterinarian shall accompany the license request for a spayed or neutered dog or cat.
(G) Upon the acceptance of the license application and fee, the licensing authority shall issue a durable tag with an identifying number and the date of expiration.
(H) Persons who fail to obtain a license as required within the time period specified in this section would be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(I) A duplicate license will be issued for a fee as set out in the fee schedule at the end of this code of ordinances.
(J) License fees shall not be required for seeing eye dogs, dogs that have a specific medical purpose or governmental police dogs.
(K) No person may use any license for any animal other than the animal for which it was issued.
(Ord. 3198, passed 9-16-08)