(a) Every owner of any dog over six months of age shall annually register with the City Clerk his or her name and address with the name, sex and description of each dog owned and kept within the city. It shall be unlawful for the owner for any newly acquired dog to fail to register such animal within 30 days from acquisition or bringing the dog into the city. It shall be unlawful for the owner of any previously registered dog to fail to maintain current registration of such dog.
(b) Upon registration, the owner shall present a current, completed certificate of immunization against rabies. No registration shall follow without evidence of this document, and it shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog over six months of age to fail to maintain effective rabies immunization of such dog.
(c) The owner of any dog shall at the time of registering such dog present to the City Clerk a certificate from an accredited veterinarian showing that a male dog has been neutered or a female dog has been spayed if the dog has been neutered or spayed.
(d) The City Clerk shall collect an annual registration fee of $5 for each neutered male dog and spayed female dog, and $10 for each unneutered male dog and for each unsprayed female dog.
(e) The registration shall be from April 1 through March 31 of each year. The fee shall be payable before April 1 of each year without penalty. Every owner or harborer of dog or dogs who shall fail to register the same prior to April 1 of each year shall pay, in addition to the registration fee herein provided, a penalty fee for late registration of $10.
(Ord. 636, passed 12-21-2009)