(A) No person shall own, keep, or harbor any dog over the age of six months within the city unless a license has first been secured. Licenses shall be issued by the City Clerk-Treasurer upon payment of a license fee as set by the City Council for each dog regardless of sex. The license period will run from May 1 through April 30 of each year. The owner shall state at the time application is made for such license and upon printed forms provided for such purpose his or her name and address, the name, breed, color, and sex of each dog owned or kept by him or her. Every application for a license shall be accompanied by a certificate from a qualified veterinarian showing that the dog to be licensed has been given a vaccination against rabies within a period of one year preceding the application for license.
(B) This section does not apply to dogs whose owners are nonresidents temporarily within the city, nor to dogs brought into the city for the purpose of participating in any dog show nor to leader dogs properly trained to assist blind or disabled persons when such dogs are actually being used by such persons for the purpose of aiding them in going from place to place, leader dogs in training, nor to police canine dogs properly trained and certified by USPCA and being used by law enforcement for official police duty.
(Ord. 3-3, passed 12-11-2000) Penalty, see § 91.99