A. License - Registration shall depict the land owner's name and applicable property management's, phone numbers and e-mail address, in-conjunction with the dog owner's contact information.
B. All dogs over the age of six (6) months kept, harbored or maintained by any person in the city shall be licensed and registered.
C. All dogs under the age of six (6) 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.
D. Dog licenses shall be issued by the city clerk and/or code enforcement officer upon payment of a license fee as provided in this chapter.
E. All dog owners within the city shall renew their current dog licenses on or before February 1 of each year. The owner shall state, at the time application is made for such license, his name, address, phone number, and the sex, breed, and color of each dog owned or kept by him and a certificate of a veterinarian showing inoculation with anti-rabies vaccine as required in this chapter.
F. The failure to present a certificate of rabies vaccination shall not excuse the requirements of licensing otherwise eligible dogs.
G. The license fee shall cover the period of one year (12 months) commencing on February 1 and terminating on January 31 of the following year.
H. The provisions of this section shall not apply to dogs accompanied by their owners who are nonresidents of the city of Kimberly and who are temporarily within the city for thirty (30) days or less, nor to dogs brought into the city for the purpose of participating in any dog show or being boarded at a commercial dog kennel.
I. 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 chapter.
J. Payment of the license fee shall be made to the city clerk.
K. All dogs over the age of six (6) months whose owners are nonresidents of the city of Kimberly, are unaccompanied by their owners and are not being boarded by a commercial dog kennel shall be allowed to be in the city of Kimberly for a maximum of ten (10) days without being required to be licensed. After said ten (10) day period, such dogs must be licensed pursuant to the terms of this chapter. (Ord. 623, 2015; amd. Ord. 666, 5-25-2021)