(A) License and registration required.
(1) All dogs over the age of six months kept, harbored or maintained by any person in the city shall be licensed and registered.
(2) All dogs under the age of six months kept, harbored or maintained by any person in the city and found to be at large, and impounded will be required to be licensed and registered at the time the impound fees are paid in order to be released back to the owner.
(3) Payment of the license fee shall be made to the City Clerk. Dog licenses shall be issued by the City Clerk and/or city official upon payment of a license fee.
(4) All dog owners within the city shall renew their current dog licenses on or before January 1 of each year. The owner shall state at the time application is made for such license, his or her name, address, phone number and the sex, breed and color of each dog owned or kept by the resident.
(5) The license fee shall cover the period of one year (12 months) commencing on January 1 and terminating on December 31.
(6) Dogs used as guides or assistants for blind persons or other handicapped persons shall be licensed and registered as other dogs provided for in this subchapter.
(B) License fees.
(1) Annually, no later than January 1, the owner of the dog shall pay a license fee of $5 for each dog.
(2) The owner of any newly acquired dog of licensing age or any dog which attains licensing age shall make application for a license and official metal registration tag for such dog within ten days after such acquisition or age attainment. A new resident of the city who owns a dog of licensing age shall make and apply for a license within ten days of moving into the city.
(C) License tags; issuance and removal.
(1) Upon payment of the license fee, the City Clerk shall issue to the owner a certificate and a metallic tag for each dog so licensed.
(2) The tag shall have stamped thereon identifying information and the license number corresponding with the tag number of the certificate.
(3) Every owner shall be required to provide each dog with a collar or harness to which the license tag shall be affixed and shall see that the collar and the tag are constantly worn.
(4) Replacement dog tags shall be issued upon payment of $2.50 for each tag so issued to replace the original tag that was lost or destroyed.
(5) Dog tags shall not be transferable from one dog to another, and no refunds shall be made on any dog license fee for any reason whatsoever.
(6) The original certificate shall be retained by the owner or harborer of the licensed dog for inspection by the Animal Control Officer or city official.
(7) No person shall remove or cause to be removed the collar or metallic tag from any licensed dog without the consent of the owner, keeper or harborer thereof.
(Ord. passed - -; Ord. passed 7-6-2020) Penalty, see § 90.99