(A) All dogs over the age of six months kept, harbored or maintained by their owners in the city shall be licensed and registered with the city. Dog licenses shall be issued by the Clerk-Administrator or Deputy Clerk-Administrator upon payment of the license fee. The license shall be valid for one year. The owner shall state, at the time an application is made for the license and upon forms provided for such purpose, his or her name and address and the name, breed, color and sex of each dog owned or kept by him or her. No license shall be granted for a dog which has not been vaccinated against distemper and rabies, as provided in this section. Vaccination shall be performed only by a doctor qualified to practice veterinary medicine in the state in which the dog is vaccinated. A veterinarian who vaccinates a dog to be licensed in the city shall complete a certificate of vaccination. One copy shall be issued to the dog owner for affixing to the license application.
(B) It shall be the duty of each owner of a dog subject to this section to pay to the Clerk- Administrator or Deputy Clerk-Administrator the license fee as imposed by the Council by resolution.
(C) Upon payment of the license fee, the Clerk- Administrator or Deputy Clerk-Administrator shall issue to the owner a license certificate and metallic tag for each dog licensed. The tag shall have stamped on it the year for which it is issued and the number corresponding with the number on the certificate. Every owner shall be required to provide each dog with a collar to which the license tag must be affixed, and shall see that the collar and tag are constantly worn. In case a dog tag is lost or destroyed, a duplicate shall be issued by the Clerk-Administrator or Deputy Clerk-Administrator. A charge of $2 shall be made for each duplicate tag. Dog tags shall not be transferable from one dog to another, and no refunds shall be made on any dog license fee or tag because of death of a dog or the owner’s leaving the city before the expiration of the license period.
(D) The licensing provisions of this section shall not apply to dogs whose owners are non-residents temporarily within the city, nor to dogs brought into the city for the purpose of participating in any dog show, nor shall this provision apply to “seeing eye” dogs properly trained to assist blind persons for the purpose of aiding them in going from place to place.
(E) The funds received by the Clerk- Administrator or Deputy Clerk-Administrator from all dog licenses and metallic tag fees shall first be used to defray any costs incidental to the enforcement of this section; including, but not restricted to, the costs of licenses, metallic tags and impounding and maintenance of the dogs.
(F) Cats shall be included as controlled by this section insofar as running at large, pickup, impounding, boarding, licensing and proof of anti- rabies vaccine is concerned. All other provisions of this section shall also apply to cats unless otherwise provided.
(Prior Code, § 90.26) (Ord. 595, passed 6-1-1999; Ord. 595, passed 7-6-1999)